P-Bar Flat Campground along the upper Santa Ynez River began as a private hunting camp around 1916.
It was originally known as “Piss Pot Flat,” a name taken from a chamber pot that hung on a post and was used as target practice.
“In the interest of dignity, the current label evolved,” Bob Burtness writes in the ’81 edition of his book, “A Camper’s Guide to the Tri-county Area: Santa Barbara – Ventura – San Luis Obispo.”
