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Calabasas Group Site
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · AZ · 31.38500, -111.05190
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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.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Calabasas Group Site
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,042 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Calabasas Group SiteNIFC · 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 Calabasas Group Site · Coronado National Forest · AZ
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- EVEV fast charger6 mi
- HHardware7 mi
- RxPharmacy7 mi
- @Mail7 mi
- LLaundry7 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- DDump14 mi
- WWater20 mi
- +Urgent care21 mi
- AAir-up46 mi
- PPropane50 mi
- ShShower52 mi
- OOutfitter55 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 20-mi drive, 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 — Calabasas Group Site
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,042 ft
State
AZ
Coordinates
31.38500, -111.05190
Cost
Fee · reservable on Recreation.gov
Nearby & resupply — around Calabasas Group Site · Coronado National Forest · AZ (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureRock Tank (water) · nearby
- Nearest townEl Ruido · ~7.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelShell · ~5.9 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~30.8 mi
- Dump station~13.9 mi
- GroceriesSix · ~6.4 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~7.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicHoly Cross Hospital · ~6.3 mi
- HardwareThe Home Depot · ~9.3 mi
EV charging — from Calabasas Group Site · Coronado National Forest · AZ — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger6.2 mi straight-line NE — Flying J 279, Rio Rico, AZ · eVgo Network · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-15 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 9 within 50 · 44 within 100 · 95 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)50.5 mi — Tucson, AZ - Tesla Supercharger, Tucson
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO35.8 mi — JC HYUNDAI GV DC FAST 2, Green Valley
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.3 mi — Horne Ford of Nogales (at a car dealership) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-11-13 · 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 404579 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Calabasas Group Site · Coronado National Forest · AZ — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCalabasas · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRed Rock · ~2.1 mi NW · USFS
- RestroomLower Thumb Rock · ~2.3 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletUpper Thumb Rock · ~2.4 mi NW · USFS
Open Calabasas Group Site elsewhere
Other camps near Calabasas Group Site
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- White Rock Campground~2.4 mi · fee
- Arivaca Lake Dispersed Camping~15.5 mi
The unit that manages Calabasas Group Site
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Calabasas Group Site are set by Coronado National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Calabasas Group Site
Reserve
https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/233221
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)
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 Calabasas Group Site
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 — Calabasas Group Site
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →How to read this page →All field notes →
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