Happy Camp Canyon Regional Park is a regional park located in the eastern foothills of

Moorpark, California Moorpark is a city in Ventura County in Southern California. Moorpark was founded in 1900. The town grew from just over 4,000 citizens in 1980 to over 25,000 by 1990. As of 2006, Moorpark was one of the fastest-growing cities in Ventura County.. ...

. The park has been run by the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority since 1990.

Trails

There are of trails in the park, ranked at a moderate difficulty. One of the longest trails in the park is Happy Camp Loop, at long.

Wildlife

The park has been known to have native wildlife from the region, including deer and

mountain lions The cougar (''Puma concolor'') is a large cat native to the Americas. Its range spans from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes in South America and is the most widespread of any large wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere. I ...

. A mountain lion sighting caused a closure of the park in 1994.

Fire history

Happy Camp Regional Park is prone to seasonal brush fires and has burned in the Happy Camp Fire (2013), Guiberson Fire (2009), and Day Fire (2006). Portions of the park have also been used for live burn trainings by the

Ventura County Fire Department The Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) provides fire protection and emergency response services for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, and for seven other cities within the county. Together, these areas compose the Ventu ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Happy Camp Canyon Regional Park Parks in Ventura County, California Moorpark, California