Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Bobcat Meadow Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 32.71092, -116.55665
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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 — Bobcat Meadow Campground · Cleveland National Forest · CA
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 17S06A (Bobcat Meadows Cg,O.H.V.), 30 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as crushed aggregate or gravel surface and maintenance level 2 – high-clearance vehicles.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 17S06A (Bobcat Meadows Cg,O.H.V.), 30 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles year-round.
MVUM record for FR 17S06A (Bobcat Meadows Cg,O.H.V.): “01/01-12/31” 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 Bobcat Meadow Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,761 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Bobcat Meadow CampgroundNIFC · 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 Bobcat Meadow Campground · Cleveland National Forest · CA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- ShShower3 mi
- GGrocery3 mi
- WWater5 mi
- +Urgent care7 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- DDump13 mi
- EVEV fast charger14 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- MMechanic18 mi
- OOutfitter22 mi
- PPropane22 mi
- LLaundry22 mi
- AAir-up27 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 — Bobcat Meadow Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,761 ft
Ground slope
9.2% · noticeable
Nearest rail line
~7.9 mi · main line
Nearest highway
~4.6 mi · Interstate 8
State
CA
Coordinates
32.71092, -116.55665
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Bobcat Meadow Campground · Cleveland National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureRiver · mapped within 1.6 mi
- USGS NHDno named surface water within 1 mi
- Nearest townLake Morena Village · ~3.7 mi
- Nearest rail line~7.9 mi · main line
- Nearest highway~4.6 mi · Interstate 8
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~2.9 mi
- FuelPine Valley Store · ~7.9 mi
- Propane / LPGStar Gas · ~28.5 mi
- Dump station~13.4 mi
- GroceriesOakShoreGro · ~3.3 mi
- PharmacyFarmacias Roma · ~9.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicHospital · ~10.2 mi
- HardwareHardware · ~10.5 mi
EV charging — from Bobcat Meadow Campground · Cleveland National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger14.0 mi straight-line NW — Alpine, CA - Tesla Supercharger (at a shopping center) · 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 reach19 within 25 mi · 187 within 50 · 422 within 100 · 1111 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS14.3 mi — Alpine Village Square, Alpine
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO22.9 mi — Madison Plaza Shopping Center, El Cajon
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)4.0 mi — MTN EMPIRE HS A03 A04, Campo, CA · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: Mon: 7:00am-5:00pm; Tue: 7:00am-5:00pm; Wed: 7:00am-5:00pm; Thu: 7:00am-5:00pm; Fri: 7:00am-5:00pm
- Also listed, not counted aboveDC fast, restricted access — Viejas Casino and Resort, Alpine, 12.6 mi · J1772, CCS · 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 375831 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Bobcat Meadow Campground · Cleveland National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBobcat Meadow Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCorral Canyon Campground · ~0.9 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFour Corners Trailhead · ~0.9 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBoulder Oaks Campground · ~4.5 mi E · USFS
Coming out here — Bobcat Meadow Campground · Cleveland National Forest · CA
- Surface water mapped nearby: River. That is wash water at best, and nobody has checked it for you — a creek can be dry and a tank can be mud. Filter or boil anything you drink. USGS maps no named surface water within 1 mi of the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022).
- Ground slope around the pin: about 9.2% — noticeable. 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 ~7.9 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.
- Interstate 8 is mapped ~4.6 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- 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 Bobcat Meadow Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Bobcat Meadow Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Corral Canyon Campground~0.9 mi · fee
- Boulder Oaks Campground~4.4 mi · fee
- Cibbets Flat Campground~7.8 mi
- Wooded Hill Group Camp~12.2 mi · fee
The unit that manages Bobcat Meadow Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Bobcat Meadow Campground are set by Cleveland National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Bobcat Meadow Campground
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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
auto: drive (road/trail right there) | Fee 2026-09-24: $15 per night single site, $30 double site; reservable on Recreation.gov, no cash accepted. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/cleveland/recreation/bobcat-meadow-campground (figure verified on that page); Recreation.gov's current 2026 season prices it the same: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/10354676.
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 Bobcat Meadow Campground
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 — Bobcat Meadow Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →