Agency-listedBLM · dispersedFree
BLM Dispersed Camping Area for JNP
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · CA · 34.16412, -116.21835
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management 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 BLM Dispersed Camping Area for JNP
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,362 ft.
Fire & smoke — around BLM Dispersed Camping Area for JNPNIFC · 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 BLM Dispersed Camping Area for JNP · Bureau of Land Management · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- MMechanic6 mi
- OOutfitter6 mi
- LLaundry6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- EVEV fast charger7 mi
- RxPharmacy8 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- +Urgent care10 mi
- DDump12 mi
- PPropane14 mi
- ShShower30 mi
- AAir-up56 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 6 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 — BLM Dispersed Camping Area for JNP
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
2,362 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
34.16412, -116.21835
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around BLM Dispersed Camping Area for JNP · Bureau of Land Management · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureStream · nearby
- Nearest townSunfair · ~1.7 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~4.7 mi
- Fuel76 · ~5.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~11.7 mi
- GroceriesCircle K · ~5.7 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~7.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicHi-Desert Medical Center · ~3.9 mi
- HardwareStarr's Toolbox · ~13.1 mi
EV charging — from BLM Dispersed Camping Area for JNP · Bureau of Land Management · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger6.7 mi straight-line W — Joshua Tree, CA (at a public site) · RIVIAN_ADVENTURE · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 12 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach7 within 25 mi · 58 within 50 · 545 within 100 · 1301 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO9.5 mi — COMMUNITYCENTER FASTCHARGE2, Twentynine Palms
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)1.6 mi — Copper Mountain College, Joshua Tree, CA (at a college campus) · SWTCH · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2023-05-03 · hours: 24 hours daily
- 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 391228 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around BLM Dispersed Camping Area for JNP · Bureau of Land Management · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomVault Toilet, Double, Indian Cove Ranger Station · ~4.7 mi SE · NPS
- RestroomVault Toilet, Single, Indian Cove Group Campsite 7 · ~5.5 mi SE · NPS
- RestroomVault Toilet, Single, Indian Cove Group Campsite 6 · ~5.6 mi SE · NPS
- RestroomVault Toilet, Single, Indian Cove Nature Trail · ~5.6 mi SE · NPS
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Other camps near BLM Dispersed Camping Area for JNP
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Big Pine Flat Cg~16.0 mi · fee
- BLM public land~19.5 mi
- San Gorgonio Wilderness~24.3 mi
- Sand To Snow National Monument~24.4 mi
How we know this — BLM Dispersed Camping Area for JNP
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 BLM Dispersed Camping Area for JNP
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 — BLM Dispersed Camping Area for JNP
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Hot-weather camping →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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