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The Atlas/California/Maricopa Highway (CA-33)

Maricopa Highway (CA-33)

CA-33 between Ojai and Maricopa climbs immediately out of the Ojai Valley through Wheeler Gorge — a narrow canyon of twisted sedimentary rock layers with hand-blasted road tunnels — before cresting the spine of Pine Mountain at roughly 5,000 feet in Los Padres National Forest. The summit reveals a dramatic transition: lush Ojai canyons give way to the vast, high-desert Cuyama Valley stretching north. The road blends technical mountain switchbacks with fast ridgeline straights across an 80-mile stretch designated as the Jacinto Reyes National Forest Scenic Byway through its Ojai-to-Maricopa segment. Gas is available in Ojai and Maricopa; there are no services in between.

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