When I read the post title, I thought (admittedly with tongue-in-cheek) of Vancouver - but you laready saw that coming. I would recommend Angeles National Forest (if I remember corectly, a few years ago they actually stopped people at a checkpoint to confirm no fireworks), but while everyone is made aware of the ban, there will certainly be parties willing to violate it once the sun goes down. Tahunga canyon comes to mind as a place in particular to avoid.
Yosemite Valley is outside your 100-mile- limit, but it and Kings' Canyon and Sequoia National Parks ought to be quiet, since there is not only a ban, but usually very heavy ranger presence during this holiday, as well.
The Mojave Desert is right out - too many flatlanders head up over Cajon Pass to blow up and shoot things even on non-holiday weekends in the summer. But the Coast might be a good shot, somewhere between Goleta and Los Osos (there is a state park at Los Osos, If I remember correctly; this is just south of Morro Bay) or up towards Point Sur. Perhaps the Oceano Dunes or Pismo Beach? The small town of Guadalupe, between there and Lompoc/Vandenberg AFB?
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Date: 2012-07-02 11:48 pm (UTC)Yosemite Valley is outside your 100-mile- limit, but it and Kings' Canyon and Sequoia National Parks ought to be quiet, since there is not only a ban, but usually very heavy ranger presence during this holiday, as well.
The Mojave Desert is right out - too many flatlanders head up over Cajon Pass to blow up and shoot things even on non-holiday weekends in the summer. But the Coast might be a good shot, somewhere between Goleta and Los Osos (there is a state park at Los Osos, If I remember correctly; this is just south of Morro Bay) or up towards Point Sur. Perhaps the Oceano Dunes or Pismo Beach? The small town of Guadalupe, between there and Lompoc/Vandenberg AFB?