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  • Places To Go
    • Cheeseboro and Palo Comado Canyons
    • Circle X Ranch
    • King Gillette Ranch
    • Paramount Ranch
    • Peter Strauss Ranch
    • Rancho Sierra Vista / Satwiwa
    • Rocky Oaks
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    • Zuma and Trancas Canyons
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      • Santa Monica Mountains Visitor Center
      • Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center
  • Things To Do
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    • Backbone Trail
      • About the Backbone Trail
      • Maps and Information for the Backbone Trail
      • Camping on the Backbone Trail
      • Backbone Trail Safety
      • Group Hikes on the Backbone Trail
      • NPS Backbone Trail Application
      • Backbone Trail FAQs
    • Hiking
    • Mountain Biking
      • Bike Safety & Etiquette
      • Popular Riding Sites
    • Horseback Riding
      • Horse Safety and Etiquette
      • Riding Sites
      • Horse Rentals
    • Climbing
      • Climbing Closures & Regulations
      • Climbing Ethics & Safety
      • Recommended Climbing Sites
    • Camping
    • Explore with a GPS
      • ParkCaches in the Mountains
      • EarthCaches in the Mountains
        • A View By De-Fault
        • Inspiration Point
        • Sandstone Peak
      • Frequently Asked GPS Questions
      • Types of Caches
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  • History & Culture
    • People
      • Ranchos & Ranchers
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      • Native American Indians
    • Collections
      • Archaeology Collections
      • Archival Collections
  • Nature
    • Animals
      • Amphibians
        • California Treefrog
        • Baja California Treefrog
        • California Newt
        • California Red-legged Frog
        • Western Toad
      • Birds
        • Monthly Birdwalks
        • Birding Contacts
        • Raptors
        • Birding Sites
      • Fish
        • Steelhead Trout
      • Mammals
        • Coyotes
        • Bats
        • Small Mammals
        • Mountain Lions
        • Bobcats
      • Reptiles
        • Blainville's Horned Lizard
        • Western Pond Turtle
        • Snakes
    • Plants
      • Chaparral
      • Coastal Sage Scrub
      • Coastal Salt Marsh
      • Coastal Strand
      • Oak Woodland
      • Riparian Woodland
      • Valley Grassland
      • Valley Oak Savanna
    • Environmental Factors
      • Air Quality
      • Climate Change
      • Habitat Loss and Fragmentation
      • Nonnative Species
        • Bullfrogs
        • Crayfish
        • New Zealand Mudsnails
        • Red-Eared Sliders
    • Natural Features & Ecosystems
      • Fossils
      • Mediterranean Ecosystem
      • Geologic Formations
        • Earthquakes
        • Geology Vocabulary
        • Volcanoes
  • Education
    • Parks as Classrooms
      • Plan a Field Trip
        • Ecohelpers Program
        • Next Generation Stewards
      • Curriculum Materials
        • National Park Legacy - Discoverers (Grades 1-2)
        • National Park Legacy ? Adventurers (Grades 4 - 5)
        • National Park Legacy ? Seekers (Grades 6 - 8)
        • National Park Labs: Studies of Wildland Fire Ecology
      • Traveling Trunks
    • Professional Development
      • Teacher Workshops
      • Teacher-Ranger-Teachers
  • Kids & Youth
    • Be A Junior Ranger
      • Let's Move Outside
    • Park Fun
      • Chumash Cultural Journey
        • Clothing
        • Natural Resources-Animals
        • 250 Years Ago
        • Parts of a Village
        • Tools
        • Music
        • Sounds of Morning
        • Traditional Games
        • Today
  • Management
    • Our Staff & Offices
    • Park Statistics
    • Laws & Policies
      • Hunting in the National Recreation Area
      • Firearms in the National Recreation Area
      • Off-Road Driving
    • Public Involvement
    • Nature Neighbor Project
      • Urban Wildlife
      • Anticoagulant Rodenticide
      • Coyotes
      • Wildfire
      • Invasive Plants
      • Light Pollution
      • Stream Pollution
      • Cats
      • Dogs
    • Fire Management
      • 2013 Springs Fire
      • Springs Fire Photo Monitoring
      • Fire Maps
      • Fire Operations
      • Fire Cooperators
      • Fuels Management
        • Prescribed Fire
      • Community Wildfire Safety
      • Fire Regime / History
        • Fire Behavior
        • Fire Frequency
        • Modern Fire History
      • Fire Ecology
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  • Work With Us
  • Planning
    • SMMNRA Interagency Trail Management Plan
      • 2005 Public Scoping
      • SMMART Report, September, 1997
      • Recreational Trail Use Visitor Survey
    • General Management Plan
    • Cheeseboro Accessible Trail
    • Centennial Initiative 2016
    • King Gillette Ranch Planning Update