Los Padres National Forest (North) Hiking Wells & Matt Peterson

Wells & Matt Peterson

Some of the reported gold and gold districts are included as far back as 1850

a hapless prospector idly hammered a rock from an outcrop

between 1900 and 1940 such multiethnic areas mushroomed in Los Angeles

and solitude)

Los Padres National Forest (North) Hiking Wells & Matt PetersonThe forest stretches across almost 220 miles north to south from the spectacular Big Sur coast in Monterey County to the western edge of Los Angeles County and includes two separate land divisions. Major ecosystems include chaparral (68% of the land area), oak woodland, mixed conifer, coast redwood, grassland, pinyon juniper, semi desert scrub and riparian. The forest provides habitat for about 500 animal species and nearly 1200 plant species. 2014