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Carrizo Plain National Monument Carrizo Plain National Monument Welcome to the Carrizo Plain National Monument; a powerful Some Helpful Hints yet peaceful landscape of sky and earth in a pattern seen • Services (gasoline, food, water) are not available. nowhere else. As you explore this living museum, remember Services are available in Taft to the east and Santa the closer you look, the more you see. Margarita to the west. • Vehicles must remain on designated roads. Dirt roads are Geography and Climate: The Carrizo Plain is an internal impassable or closed when wet and have a potential for drainage basin with all surface water draining to Soda Lake. fire danger in summer. Soda Lake Road is only partially The lake evaporates and becomes a white, salt-encrusted basin paved. during the dry season of May through November. The plain • Only street legal vehicles are allowed on the monument. stretches for about 50 miles north to south; it is bordered on • Permits are required for campfires during fire season and the northeast by the Temblor Mountains and on the southwest are available at Bakersfield BLM office, 661-391-6000. by the Caliente Mountains. Caliente Mountain, the highest • Cultural artifacts and rock art are protected; so please peak in San Luis Obispo County, stands 5,106 feet high while don’t remove or touch them. the Temblors reach up to 4,332 feet high at McKittrick • Do not harass wildlife. Summit. The San Andreas Fault makes its seemingly quiet • Leave No Trace. Pack out what you pack in. path through the area and is clearly visible near Wallace • Follow California Department of Fish & Wildlife hunting Creek. The plain is one of the sunniest places in California and regulations. summer temperatures often exceed 100 degrees F. On winter • nights, however, temperatures often dip below freezing. Target shooting is not allowed on the monument. • Pets must be under owner control at all times. In Plants and Animal: Plant communities range from iodine addition, pets must be leashed or caged at all developed bush and saltbush scrub to valley grasslands and California sites including visitor center, interpretive areas, trailheads juniper woodland. Many sensitive species live on the plain and campgrounds. including the blunt-nosed leopard lizard, the San Joaquin kit fox, the giant kangaroo rat, and the San Joaquin antelope Painted Rock ground squirrel. Tule elk and pronghorn antelope have been • Painted Rock is closed to public access March 1 through reintroduced into the area and can be seen at various locations July 15 to protect biological and cultural resources. on the plain. Winter brings long-billed curlews, ferruginous • Guided tours are offered in March through May by permit hawks, and other birds to the Carrizo Plain. Many raptors, only. including red-tailed hawks, golden eagles, harriers, owls, and • Self-guided tours are offered July 16 through the end of others, can be found all year throughout the area. The February by permit only. California condor has been reintroduced nearby and will • Permits for Painted Rock guided and self-guided tours hopefully return to its historic foraging grounds. must be booked at www.recreation.gov or by calling toll free, 1-877-444-6777. TDD 1-877-833-6777. Human History: Chumash, Yokuts, and other Native • Horses and pets are not allowed at Painted Rock, on the Americans hunted and traded in the area. Painted Rock, trail to Painted Rock or the Painted Rock parking area. probably used for religious ceremonies, is one of the more significant examples of Native American rock painting in the Facilities world. Dryland grain farming and ranching developed in the • KCL and Selby Camp - primitive camping, restrooms. late 1800s; in 1912 mechanized agriculture brought large-scale • Goodwin Education Center (Visitor Center) - information, farming to the plain. Today, most people come to Carrizo for brochures, campfire permits, restrooms, no water. Open recreation -- birding, hiking, photography, camping, hunting, December through May, Thursday through Sunday, 9:00 and just plain relaxing. AM to 4:00 PM. Closed holidays. • Painted Rock - restroom, picnic tables, no water, 1/2- mile Management: The Carrizo Plain National Monument, trail from parking lot to Native American pictograph site. covering almost 250,000 acres, is managed jointly by the • Soda Lake Overlook - vista, restrooms, no water. Bureau of Land Management, the California Department of • Traver Ranch - Information and self-guided tour of Fish and Game, and The Nature Conservancy. A primary dryland farming equipment, restroom, no water. management focus is rare and endangered plants and animals and restoration of native ecosystems. Research is an active and For More Information important part of management, and projects are underway to • Goodwin Education Center: 805- 475-2131 better understand species and their habitats. Melding human • Information Line: 805-475-2035 use and species preservation, prescribed fire and livestock are Goodwin Education Center used as tools to reach management goals. HCR 69 Box 3087 California Valley, California 93453 Carrizo Plain National Monument California Valley E l k S h o McKittrick d o a Rd r L n a le k R Please respect private property rights and e d R . the privacy of private land owners within o a Seven Mi Carrizo Plain NM. d . All Roads within Carrizo Plain NM are d Wallace Creek Trail unpaved, except the portions of R r Soda Lake Road shown. During wet e l weather many unpaved roads are impassible. Boardwalk m m i S S C o d a Overlook Hill a ker Spr. roc Rd. L r C ak e e r n a c i . ri z d u r Goodwin R H o iego C r. D Education Center n a ) S - Legend e S T k a Foot Trail Painted Rock a n e L A m Roads: Natural Surface Trail Parking a n d dr b o e Taft anoramaRd." lo Roads: Paved S as Painted Rock P F (" r San Andreas Fault a u l E R t l Carrizo Plain National Monument P kho a Selby Campground rn n C l R g a a d. e l Ca i i lie n e nte KCL n M t t. e R Campground i d g e T ra il E rail T lk Maricopa s h s o e Traver Ranch c r ¨¦§5 c n A Caliente Mtn. IÄ ?à Rd. e 5,106 F t. P d Bakersfield l ra ! ?m ! a i G n n San Luis Obispo Aû Carrizo Plain r ! National Monument R o Santa Maria a h nge lk ! §5 E Santa Barbara ¨¦ ! Los Angeles Locked Gate Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office Locked Gate S 3801 Pegasus Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93308. 661-391-6000 Locked Gate od a www.ca.blm.gov/bakersfield L a ke R Goodwin Education Center (Open December - May: Phone 805-475-2131) d Information Line 805-475-2035 0 1 2 4 New Cuyama Miles.
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