FS · Los Padres National Forest

La Panza Campground

3 of 7 sites fit 42 ft

Book 002, 003, 004

Longest for your rig: 45 ft
Booking: Reservable
Hookups: none
Entry: Pull-through
ADA sites: —
Elevation: 2,208 ft
Vehicles: 1 per site
Season: Open year-round

Bring your bikes, motorcycles, ATVs and four-wheel drive vehicles to enjoy the amazing trail experience!Facilities This campground is open daily and year-round.quoted from the description Recreation.gov publishes for this facility

Every site here is listed for one vehicle. Agencies differ on whether a truck and the trailer it tows count as one or two, so this may not affect a fifth wheel — but it does decide whether a second car can come. Worth a call before you rely on it.

Book on Recreation.gov →the official reservation system; we take no cut

Getting there

What the agency says about the road in. For a long rig this is often the binding constraint — a site that fits is no use behind four miles of shelf road — and none of it appears in the campsite data.

High clearance or 4WD advisedBring your bikes, motorcycles, ATVs and four-wheel drive vehicles to enjoy the amazing trail experience!Facilities This campground is open daily and year-round.quoted from the description

Every bookable site

Fits your 42 ft rig — 3 sites

00245 ft driveway · back · gravel 00345 ft driveway · back · gravel 00445 ft driveway · back · gravel

Too short for 42 ft — 4 sites

00140 ft driveway · back · gravel 00540 ft driveway · back · gravel 00930 ft driveway · pull · gravel 01025 ft driveway · back · gravel

Within 60 miles

Map marker#	Campground	Distance	Sites	Longest for your rig	Hookups
1	Navajo Flats Campground CA	3 mi W	6	—	none · pull-through
2	Turkey Flat OHV Staging Area CA	5 mi W	4	60 ft	none · pull-through
3	American Canyon Campground CA	6 mi SW	12	18 ft	none
4	Cerro Alto Campground CA	27 mi W	22	35 ft	none · pull-through
5	Nira Campground CA	44 mi SE	12	24 ft	none
6	Davy Brown Campground CA	45 mi SE	13	60 ft	none

this campground numbered to match the tableClick a marker for what it is and how far. Straight-line distances, not driving distances; the inset shows where this sits in the state. For directions, open this location in OpenStreetMap.

Everything else on record

Bookable sites: 7
Longest driveway: 45 ft
Max occupancy per site: 6
Reservable sites: 5
Coordinates: 35.3533, -120.2600
Phone: 805 434 1996
Elevation: 2,208 ft

Sources

Recreation Information Database (RIDB) · fetched from https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1/facilities/273870 · retrieved 2026-08-17 · public-domain
USGS Elevation Point Query Service · fetched from https://epqs.nationalmap.gov/v1/json · retrieved 2026-08-17 · public-domain