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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Ojai

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Ojai, California

Updated April 12, 2023

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Exterior of Bart’s Books.

Ojai, California

Bart's Books

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."
Matilija Dam Scissors.

Ojai, California

Matilija Dam

The disdain for this dysfunctional dam is reflected in a giant pair of scissors painted on the concrete face.
Rare foggy day

Ojai, California

Piedra Blanca

Unusual white sandstone formations in the Los Padres National Forest.
The Sound Arch.

Ojai, California

Trimpin Sound Arch

Make sweet music as you walk through this interactive sonic sculpture.
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Pull up your anchor and pop a squat.

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S.S. Relief

Kayak out to a floating restroom.
7 miles from Ojai
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Ventura Oil Refinery. (tunnelbug/Flickr)

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Ventura Oil Refinery

Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.
8 miles from Ojai

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Farmworkers Monument

A monument is dedicated to the thousands of people who pick and harvest our nation's food.
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