This site of what was once a Boy Scout summer camp, nestled along the Little Sur River below Bottchers Gap, was closed after the Soberance Fire of 2017. The next winter the road to Bottchers Gap -- and the gated road down to the Boy Scout camp -- were closed by severe erosion damage. No repairs have yet occurred, and the site will not be accessible for many years.

Prior to the 2017 fire, birders could obtain permission to walk down the gated road from Bottchers Gap to the Camp for surveys and the Christmas Bird Count. The camp area along the Little Sur River was good for American Dipper, the suite of Ponderosa Pine forest birds, and sometimes Wood Duck (rare). It was know for its diversity of owls, which could be heard at night from the upper end of the gated road. All these locations are now closed.

In 1905, the United States Land Office withdrew patents for public settlement in what is now the Los Padres National Forest. Theodore Roosevelt added 25,000 acres in 1908, including the private holdings of the settlers that is the site of Camp Pico Blanco. In 1916, investors purchased most of the remaining land from the original homesteaders and began harvesting tanbark timber. 

This caught the eye of California newspaper owner William Randolph Hearst, who believed that the uncut redwood forest should be preserved. He bought the land from the tanning company for $50,000 in 1921. From 1927 to 1934, Boy Scouts from the Santa Clara, San Benito, and Monterey Bay Council #55 camped and built makeshift facilities for Scouting in the area. 

In 1948, William Randolph Hearst donated the site to the Boy Scouts; the camp was opened in 1955. The camp was closed following the Soberanes Fire in 2017, and remained closed after Palo Colorado Road was severely damaged the following winter. Due to the camp's closure after the 2017 fire, the Boy Scouts made a choice to sell the property. In summer 2022, the Boy Scouts

In the summer of 2022, the BSA chose the Pico Partners as potential buyers who would ensure the land was still useable by Scouts. Fund-raising is on-going. It is not know when the site will be re-opened.