Chumash Wilderness, Protected wilderness in Kern County, United States.

Chumash Wilderness is a 38,150-acre (15,440 ha) wilderness area in the southern Los Padres National Forest, in the Transverse Ranges of northern Ventura County and southwestern Kern County. It wraps around Mount Pinos and Cerro Noroeste, which are excluded because of paved roads, and its highest point is Sawmill Mountain at 8,818 ft (2,688 m). Chaparral grows at lower elevations and conifers higher up; the badlands near the southern edge have steep slopes and knife-edge ridges.

Congress protected this wilderness in 1992 as part of the Los Padres Condor Range and River Protection Act. This law marked an important step to preserve the natural landscape and its resources for future generations.

The name comes from the Chumash, the Native people of this stretch of California. The wilderness lies within the historic range of the California condor, a scavenger that once fed across these mountains. Visitors today see chaparral at lower elevations and conifers higher up, with snow often lying on the peaks from fall into late spring.

Overnight visitors need permits to camp in this area, and trails here are long and demanding. The main access point is the Mount Pinos trailhead with parking available about two miles from the entrance gate.

The Chumash Wilderness sits in the center of the California condor's historic range, and the endangered scavengers are listed among its fauna alongside black bear, mountain lion and bobcat. Congress created the area in 1992 through the Los Padres Condor Range and River Protection Act, the same law that established the Garcia, Machesna Mountain, Matilija, Sespe and Silver Peak wildernesses.