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Rancho Oso RV & Camping Resort <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you love camping, Rancho Oso RV & Camping Resort<\/a> in Santa Barbara is a spot you must visit. It offers anything you can imagine when thinking about camping: staying in cabins, cottages, tents, or RVs with your pets<\/a>, horse camping in an authentic Western village, sleeping next to campfires in Tipis, or covered wagons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding to this experience are dozens of activities you can enjoy on the 310 acres \/ 125 hectares of ranch area. <\/p>\n\n\n

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A General Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rancho Oso RV & Camping is a resort in Santa Barbara, Califonia. Resting between the Los Padres National Forest and the Santa Ynez River, on an area of 310 acres \/ 125 hectares, the camp offers various things, from history and photography to hiking and horseback riding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Camping is available in RVs, the Rancho Oso cabins, which come in several styles, including authentic Western ones or authentic Western wagons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The camp is not just pet-friendly but also offers lodging for your horse, with large pastures and covered corals at your disposal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the camp, you can join in various activities, like recreational events and entertainment, or use the time to relax, whether by sitting back or taking in the scenery during hiking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When sightseeing, the Western village, with its wagons, stables, adobe, and unique amenities, is a must. You will feel as if you were suddenly transported to a different period in time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Resort’s History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Rancho Oso RV & Camping Resort has a rich and interesting history. The entire region of Santa Barbara County, where the ranch is currently located, was once the home of the Chumash Native American tribe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exceeding the number of 20,000, the Chumash lived in villages across the region, with the vicinity of the coast providing fish as sustenance during summer months in addition to the rich hunting grounds on land and the foraging in the forest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rancho Oso <\/strong>area of land was home to a sizeable Chumash settlement, with several ceremonial and burial grounds from this period still on the property and available for visits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of the Chumash succumbed to syphilis and smallpox brought by Spanish missionaries, which led to the land falling under the ownership of the Mexican government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mexican Governor Pio Pico sold 48,728 acres\/ 19,719 hectares of the land, including Rancho Oso,<\/strong> to Jose Dominguez in 1845. The area was named Rancho Los Prietas y Nagalayegua, and Dominguez constructed the first building on the site (nowadays, this is the office building). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The property changed hands several times, with nobody bothering to confirm the property’s title with the land commissions. This lack of documentation led to settlers occupying the grounds in 1866 and refusing to relocate despite current owner Thomas Scott’s efforts. The quicksilver fever drew the attention away from the dispute, though, with the settlers remaining on the premises. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ownership changed hands several times through the years, and the land eventually returned to the ownership of the US government in the late 1800s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several decades later, the next owner of note was Edward W. Alexender, who bought 310 acres \/ 125 hectares of the land, which is the exact size and location of the property we know today as the Rancho Oso RV & Camping Resort. He called it the EW Ranch back then and was the first to use it as a bed and breakfast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Santa Barabara was the center of the movie industry in the early 1900s, so many of the world’s most famous actors stayed at the ranch. Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton were known as regulars at the ranch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The EW Ranch became the TP Ranch after Alexander died, and Paul Dalzell bought the ranch. He brought an award-winning strain of Morgan horses to the ranch, thus establishing the horse camping tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Dalzell, a man called General Jacob McGavock Dickinson bought the ranch, introducing even more horses, this time Arabian, to the property, which he named The Traveler’s Rest Ranch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually, the ranch changed hands again in 1949, with the new owner, M. K. Duryea, giving the Ranch its current name, Bear Ranch (Rancho Oso).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Available Amenities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On a surface area of 310 acres \/ 125 hectares, in the warm California climate, the history-rich western-style Rancho Oso Ranch and Resort <\/strong>offers many different activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On-site outdoor options include hiking nature trails, horseback riding, mini golf, basketball, pickleball, volleyball, or swimming in the pool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More leisurely amenities include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n