Ojala (;

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

: ''Ojalá'') is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

Ventura County Ventura County () is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 843,843. The largest city is Oxnard, and the county seat is the city of Ventura. Ventura County comprises ...

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

, United States. Ojala is located along

California State Route 33 State Route 33 (SR 33) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of California. It runs north from U.S. Route 101 in Ventura through the Transverse Ranges and the western side of the San Joaquin Valley to Interstate 5 at a ...

, northwest of

Ojai Ojai ( ; Chumash: ''’Awhaỳ'') is a city in Ventura County, California. Located in the Ojai Valley, it is northwest of Los Angeles and east of Santa Barbara. The valley is part of the east–west trending Western Transverse Ranges and is ...

. Ojala sits at the foot of

Nordhoff Ridge Nordhoff may refer to: * Ojai, California, a city that was formerly named Nordhoff * Nordhoff High School, a public high school in Ojai, California * Nordhoff station, a metro station in Chatsworth, Los Angeles * Nordhoff Street, a major thoroughfa ...

Los Padres National Forest Los Padres National Forest is a United States national forest in Southern California, southern and central California. Administered by the United States Forest Service, Los Padres includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast ...

. Ojala was once served by the smallest post office in the United States, which was the size of a phone booth. It burned in the 2017 Thomas fire at its last location in neighboring Wheeler Springs, CA. Since then it has been rebuilt by the Los Padres Forest Association with the help of many volunteers and cooperation of the USFS Ojai District at Wheeler Gorge Visitor Center a mile and a half from its previous location on HW-33. . Ojala was one of the first tourist attractions by Ojai Valley, primarily due to its natural hot springs. Ojala is Spanish and translates into "hopefully" or an expression of hope. The community of about 8 houses can only be reached by a single road.

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Unincorporated communities in Ventura County, California Ojai, California Unincorporated communities in California {{VenturaCountyCA-geo-stub

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