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Capps Crossing Group
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 38.65137, -120.40784
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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 Capps Crossing Group
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,066 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Capps Crossing GroupNIFC · 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 Capps Crossing Group · Eldorado National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail6 mi
- FFuel10 mi
- GGrocery10 mi
- EVEV fast charger10 mi
- HHardware12 mi
- DDump12 mi
- ShShower13 mi
- WWater13 mi
- MMechanic21 mi
- RxPharmacy21 mi
- +Urgent care21 mi
- OOutfitter21 mi
- AAir-up23 mi
- PPropane28 mi
- LLaundry28 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 10 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 — Capps Crossing Group
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,066 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
38.65137, -120.40784
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Capps Crossing Group · Eldorado National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureNorth Fork Cosumnes River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townVoss · ~1.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelChevron · ~10.0 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~11.9 mi
- Dump station~12.5 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~11.4 mi
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~28.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicMarshall Medical Center · ~21.3 mi
- HardwareAce Hardwarw · ~13.9 mi
EV charging — from Capps Crossing Group · Eldorado National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger10.0 mi straight-line NW — Pollock Pines, CA - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 12 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 reach10 within 25 mi · 121 within 50 · 433 within 100 · 1118 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS11.9 mi — GF4EVA POLLOCK P. DC, Pollock Pines
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO11.9 mi — GF4EVA POLLOCK P. DC, Pollock Pines
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)11.9 mi — GF4EVA POLLOCK P. L2, Pollock Pines, CA · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port 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 326660 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Capps Crossing Group · Eldorado National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCapps Crossing Group · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletElkins Flat Staging Area · ~4.8 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPipi Cg · ~6.1 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPipi Day Use · ~6.1 mi S · USFS
Open Capps Crossing Group elsewhere
Other camps near Capps Crossing Group
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Pipi Cg~6.1 mi · fee
- Middlefork Cosumnes Cg~7.4 mi · fee
- Sand Flat Cg~9.0 mi · fee
- China Flat Cg~10.4 mi · fee
The unit that manages Capps Crossing Group
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Capps Crossing Group are set by Eldorado National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Capps Crossing Group
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: $165 per night for the whole GROUP site; the same page also posts $28 single, $56 double and $5 per extra vehicle. Interagency Senior and Access passes are accepted for single family units -- give the pass number when reserving. STALENESS NOTE: recreation.gov 233981 lists this campground but its most recent rate season ENDED 2022-09-06 (at the same $165/$28/$56), so the forest page is the current source and rec.gov is not corroboration. Placerville Ranger District, (530) 644-2324. Sources: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/eldorado/recreation/capps-crossing-group-campground and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/233981.
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 Capps Crossing Group
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 — Capps Crossing Group
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Fire rules & restrictions →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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