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Brush Creek
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 35.96619, -118.47875
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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 Brush Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,784 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Brush CreekNIFC · 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 Brush Creek · Sequoia National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail10 mi
- GGrocery14 mi
- FFuel15 mi
- +Urgent care18 mi
- OOutfitter21 mi
- DDump22 mi
- EVEV fast charger24 mi
- WWater25 mi
- HHardware27 mi
- AAir-up30 mi
- MMechanic30 mi
- LLaundry31 mi
- RxPharmacy31 mi
- ShShower46 mi
- PPropane49 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 25-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 14 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 — Brush Creek
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,784 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
35.96619, -118.47875
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Brush Creek · Sequoia National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBrush Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townRoads End · ~2.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFastrip · ~14.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~21.9 mi
- GroceriesGeneral Store · ~14.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicKern Valley Hospital · ~23.2 mi
- HardwareTuff Shed · ~27.4 mi
EV charging — from Brush Creek · Sequoia National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger24.2 mi straight-line W — EFTP#1, Porterville, CA (at a public site) · CHAEVI · J1772, CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 6 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 31 within 50 · 189 within 100 · 931 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO30.9 mi — City of Porterville, Porterville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)24.2 mi — EFTP#1, Porterville, CA (at a public site) · CHAEVI · J1772, CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- 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 395255 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Brush Creek · Sequoia National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBrush Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLimestone · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletJohnsondale Bridge River Access · ~0.5 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFairview · ~2.7 mi S · USFS
Open Brush Creek elsewhere
Other camps near Brush Creek
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Limestone~0.2 mi · fee
- Sequoia National Forest~1.1 mi
- Fairview~2.7 mi · fee
- Calkins Flat Dispersed Campground~3.4 mi
The unit that manages Brush Creek
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Brush Creek are set by Sequoia National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Brush Creek
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 Brush Creek
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 — Brush Creek
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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