Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Blue Ridge
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 34.36001, -117.68752
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Blue Ridge · Angeles National Forest · CA
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 3N06.1 (E. Blue Ridge/Wright Mt), 130 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as bituminous surface treatment surface and maintenance level 3 – suitable for passenger cars.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 3N06.1 (E. Blue Ridge/Wright Mt), 130 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles May 1 – Nov 1. That season ends after Nov 1.
MVUM record for FR 3N06.1 (E. Blue Ridge/Wright Mt): “05/01-11/01” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Blue Ridge
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,900 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Blue RidgeNIFC · 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 Ridge · Angeles National Forest · CA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater2 mi
- GGrocery3 mi
- @Mail3 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- +Urgent care16 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- MMechanic16 mi
- LLaundry16 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- EVEV fast charger17 mi
- PPropane18 mi
- OOutfitter19 mi
- AAir-up20 mi
- DDump20 mi
- ShShower20 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 3 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 — Blue Ridge
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,900 ft
Ground slope
7.8% · gentle
Nearest rail line
~9.6 mi · main line
State
CA
Coordinates
34.36001, -117.68752
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Blue Ridge · Angeles National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurePacific Crest Reservoir · ~0.5 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Nearest townWrightwood · ~3.6 mi
- Nearest rail line~9.6 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~2.3 mi
- FuelChevron · ~6.2 mi
- Propane / LPGBlue Rhino · ~17.5 mi
- Dump station~19.8 mi
- GroceriesJensen's Foods · ~3.2 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~16.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicKalologie | Club Studio | Upland · ~15.9 mi
- HardwareThe Home Depot · ~16.0 mi
EV charging — from Blue Ridge · Angeles National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger17.4 mi straight-line S — La Verne, CA - Tesla Supercharger (at a restaurant) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 16 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 reach95 within 25 mi · 720 within 50 · 1085 within 100 · 1323 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS17.5 mi — Upland Town Center (Upland, CA), Upland
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO17.5 mi — Claremont Star, Claremont
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)16.4 mi — Merill Gardens at Rancho Cucamonga · Blink Network · J1772 · 4 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 — Grand Pine Cabins - Tesla Destination, Wrightwood, 3.0 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 368019 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Blue Ridge · Angeles National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBlue Ridge · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomBig Pines Visitor Center Site · ~1.3 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletArch · ~1.4 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletInspiration Point · ~1.5 mi NW · USFS
Coming out here — Blue Ridge · Angeles National Forest · CA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Pacific Crest Reservoir as a perennial lake or pond, ~0.5 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 7.8% — gentle. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Rail line mapped ~9.6 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in it.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Blue Ridge elsewhere
Other camps near Blue Ridge
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Table Mountain Campground~2.1 mi · fee
- Guffy~2.3 mi · fee
- Apple Tree Campground~2.4 mi · fee
- Lupine Campground~2.4 mi
The unit that manages Blue Ridge
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Blue Ridge are set by Angeles National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Blue Ridge
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-22: $5 per night, single site -- BUT READ THIS CAVEAT, THE PAGE CONTRADICTS ITSELF. The structured 'Fee Site and Info' block says 'Single Site: $5 per night', while the prose immediately below it says 'No camping fee but an Adventure Pass or America the Beautiful Pass is required for each vehicle', and the day-use line is separately $5 per vehicle per day / $30 annual / $5 secondary annual. The live EDW record types this site's fee as STANDARD AMENITY FEE -- the Adventure Pass category -- not an EXPANDED AMENITY (overnight) fee, which supports the 'pass, not nightly fee' reading. Carry a pass either way. SEPARATELY: the page header prints 'Site Closed -- Campground closed for the season' and the EDW record is seasonal_operational_status=CLOSED, so this camp is not open right now. fee left at 1 and status NOT changed. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/angeles/recreation/blue-ridge-campground.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Ridge
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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- Whether the site itself closes on its own schedule — only the road's season is on record
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- 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 Ridge
When the high country opens →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →