Laguna Mountain Recreation Area, Public recreation area in San Benito County, United States.

Laguna Mountain Recreation Area is a protected space in San Benito County featuring a 4,462-foot peak covered with dense shrubland and oak forests. The landscape includes grassy open areas and Laguna Creek, which forms a series of waterfalls flowing through the mountain gorge.

The Laguna Mountain Recreation Area is a park in San Benito County, California, administered by the Bureau of Land Management. It covers 4,462-foot Laguna Mountain of the Diablo Range and borders Hernandez Reservoir. The land was set aside as a recreation area with two campgrounds and three trailheads.

The Bureau of Land Management administers the area, and Laguna Creek flows through it most of the year, feeding a series of waterfalls in the Laguna Creek gorge. The creek and its gorge are the feature visitors follow on foot, and the water is the reason the chaparral and oak forest stay green.

The recreation area lies in San Benito County beside Hernandez Reservoir, and Laguna Creek runs through it most of the year, with waterfalls in the Laguna Creek gorge. The site has two campgrounds and three trailheads; the terrain is rolling hills under dense brush, so plan routes from a trailhead.

Laguna Creek keeps flowing through the recreation area for most of the year, and in the gorge it drops over a series of waterfalls. The creek and its gorge are easy to overlook beside the 4,462-foot summit, yet they are the reason the area is named Laguna.