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Airport Flat Cg
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 38.98526, -120.38040
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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 Airport Flat Cg
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,377 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Airport Flat CgNIFC · 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 Airport Flat Cg · Eldorado National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater4 mi
- ShShower11 mi
- DDump11 mi
- FFuel12 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- @Mail14 mi
- EVEV fast charger18 mi
- HHardware18 mi
- OOutfitter18 mi
- PPropane18 mi
- LLaundry18 mi
- RxPharmacy21 mi
- MMechanic22 mi
- +Urgent care24 mi
- AAir-up30 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 12 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 — Airport Flat Cg
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,377 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
38.98526, -120.38040
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Airport Flat Cg · Eldorado National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureGerle Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townGilberts · ~5.3 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~3.7 mi
- FuelFuel · ~11.8 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~18.6 mi
- Dump station~10.8 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~11.8 mi
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~20.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicBarton Memorial Hospital · ~21.2 mi
- Hardwareace hardware · ~20.7 mi
EV charging — from Airport Flat Cg · Eldorado National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger17.5 mi straight-line SW — Pollock Pines, CA - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 12 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach18 within 25 mi · 101 within 50 · 362 within 100 · 1048 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS18.6 mi — GF4EVA POLLOCK P. DC, Pollock Pines
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO18.6 mi — GF4EVA POLLOCK P. DC, Pollock Pines
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)16.7 mi — Palisades Tahoe Ski Resort, Olympic Valley, CA (at a public site) · EVRANGE · J1772 · 12 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Resort at Squaw Creek, Olympic Valley, 16.5 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for guest use only; see valet for access · AFDC lists it “Variable fee”
- 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 326660 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Airport Flat Cg · Eldorado National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletAirport Flat Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGerle Creek Cg · ~0.9 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGerle Creek Day Use · ~1.1 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletAngel Creek Day Use · ~1.2 mi SW · USFS
Open Airport Flat Cg elsewhere
Other camps near Airport Flat Cg
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Gerle Creek Cg~0.9 mi · fee
- South Fork Group~2.8 mi · fee
- Loon Lake Equestrian Group~3.3 mi · fee
- Loon Lake Group Campgrounds~3.4 mi · fee
The unit that manages Airport Flat Cg
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Airport Flat Cg are set by Eldorado National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Airport Flat Cg
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
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 Airport Flat Cg
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 — Airport Flat Cg
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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