Agency-listedBLM · dispersedFree
Blue Cloud Camping Area
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · CA · 34.16608, -114.37162
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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 Blue Cloud Camping Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 645 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Blue Cloud Camping AreaNIFC · 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 Blue Cloud Camping Area · Bureau of Land Management · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail4 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- HHardware5 mi
- DDump17 mi
- MMechanic20 mi
- WWater21 mi
- RxPharmacy21 mi
- EVEV fast charger23 mi
- LLaundry36 mi
- AAir-up36 mi
- +Urgent care41 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 21-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 5 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
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 — Blue Cloud Camping Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
645 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
34.16608, -114.37162
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Blue Cloud Camping Area · Bureau of Land Management · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureStream · nearby
- Nearest townBig River · ~2.6 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuel76 · ~5.0 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~8.9 mi
- Dump station~17.4 mi
- GroceriesFood City · ~4.9 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~21.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicParker Urgent Care · ~5.2 mi
- HardwareHarbor Freight Tools · ~21.5 mi
EV charging — from Blue Cloud Camping Area · Bureau of Land Management · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger22.6 mi straight-line N — Bradley Ford, Lake Havasu City, AZ (at a public site) · FORD_CHARGE · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 15 within 50 · 33 within 100 · 264 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)35.6 mi — Quartzsite, AZ - Main Event Ln - Tesla Supercharger, Quartzsite
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO35.9 mi — Love's Travel #286 (Quartzsite, AZ), Quartzsite
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)5.9 mi — BLUEWATERCASINO CHARGER 1, Parker, AZ · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · 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 416808 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Blue Cloud Camping Area · Bureau of Land Management · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBass Point Day Use Recreation · ~8.6 mi E · BLM
- Vault / pit toilet- Vault Toilet - Crossroads Campground Site · ~9.5 mi E · BLM
- RestroomVisitor Center - Rock House Recreation · ~10.1 mi E · BLM
- RestroomRock House Recreation · ~10.1 mi E · BLM
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Other camps near Blue Cloud Camping Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Blue Cloud Camping Area~0.7 mi
- Whipple Mountains Wilderness~10.5 mi
- Shea Road Spectator Area~12.7 mi
- Cupcake Mountain Hiking Trail~14.5 mi
How we know this — Blue Cloud Camping Area
Source
Bureau of Land Management 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
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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 Blue Cloud Camping Area
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 — Blue Cloud Camping Area
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Hot-weather camping →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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