Bottchers Gap Campround

in Los Padres National Forest

The managing agency’s description mentions a closure. Read it below and confirm before you drive out.

The numbers that decide it

Recreation.gov publishes no site-level detail for this campground, so we cannot say what length of rig it takes. Call the managing office before committing to it in a large vehicle.

Site-level detail from Recreation.gov, checked 2026-08-05. Where a field says “not published”, the agency has not published it — it does not mean zero.

Bottchers Gap Campround

Bottchers Gap Campground is closed indefinitely due to the Palo Colorado Road Closure. This campground has been closed since July 2016. Contact the Monterey Ranger District office for more information at (831) 385-5434 ext. 0.

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