Country
location:
Kern County
SW of Bakersfield
on Hwy 166 @ jct Hwy 33
recreation:
parks, forests, rivers & lakes:
maricopa campgrounds
Mount Pinos Camping
Ballinger Cyn OHV
Fort Tejon SHP Campground
Quatal Canyon Primitive Camping
Toad Spring Campground
Mount Able Camp O Alto

description:
The 2 block strip of brick buildings is downtown Maricopa, with a gas station & a motel nearby. A small diner, Jolly Kone & steak house are your choices for restaurants. Carrizo Plain National Monument is closeby with an awesome display of wildflowers.
- nearby towns:
- Taft
- Pine Mountain
- New Cuyama
- Ventucopa
- Bakersfield
- Taft
Taft Chamber of Commerce
314 4th Street, Taft, CA 93268
661-765-2165
https://www.taftchamber.com/
Los Padres Forest Watch
West Kern Oil Museum
The Historic Taft Fort
Los Padres Forest Association
Cuyama River Valley
Los Padres National Forest Map
Sespe Wilderness Map
Dick Smith Wilderness Map