Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
ABC Camp
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 36.01585, -121.43196
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at ABC Camp
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,870 ft.
Fire & smoke — around ABC CampNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from ABC Camp · Los Padres National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater5 mi
- FFuel10 mi
- GGrocery10 mi
- +Urgent care11 mi
- @Mail19 mi
- MMechanic21 mi
- LLaundry21 mi
- EVEV fast charger21 mi
- RxPharmacy22 mi
- HHardware22 mi
- ShShower24 mi
- DDump27 mi
- AAir-up35 mi
- OOutfitter43 mi
- PPropane47 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 10 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — ABC Camp
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
1,870 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
36.01585, -121.43196
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around ABC Camp · Los Padres National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureNacimiento River (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townLucia · ~6.6 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~4.9 mi
- FuelFuel · ~9.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~27.1 mi
- GroceriesGorda General Store · ~9.7 mi
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~28.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicAgile Occupational Medicine · ~20.9 mi
- HardwareSoledad Hardware & Lbr Inc · ~28.9 mi
EV charging — from ABC Camp · Los Padres National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger21.2 mi straight-line NE — DC CORRIDOR KC SHOPS DC1, King City, CA · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach7 within 25 mi · 51 within 50 · 266 within 100 · 905 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)21.2 mi — King City, CA - Tesla Supercharger, King City
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)21.2 mi — DC CORRIDOR KC SHOPS L2, King City, CA · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Esalen Institute - Tesla Destination, Big Sur, 13.7 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 183806 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around ABC Camp · Los Padres National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletWilliams Hill -Bldg Vault Toilet · ~23.7 mi E · BLM
Open ABC Camp elsewhere
Other camps near ABC Camp
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Nacimiento Campground~1.1 mi
- Ponderosa Campground~2.9 mi · fee
- Ponderosa~3.1 mi · fee
- Prewitt Ridge~3.4 mi
The unit that manages ABC Camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at ABC Camp are set by Los Padres National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — ABC Camp
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
Confidence
Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about ABC Camp
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — ABC Camp
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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