Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Chamise Flats Dispersed Camping Area
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 35.91101, -118.48701
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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 Chamise Flats Dispersed Camping Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,468 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Chamise Flats Dispersed Camping AreaNIFC · 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 Chamise Flats Dispersed Camping Area · Sequoia National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel11 mi
- GGrocery11 mi
- @Mail11 mi
- DDump18 mi
- +Urgent care19 mi
- WWater21 mi
- OOutfitter22 mi
- HHardware24 mi
- EVEV fast charger25 mi
- MMechanic31 mi
- LLaundry32 mi
- AAir-up32 mi
- RxPharmacy32 mi
- PPropane46 mi
- ShShower47 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 21-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 11 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 — Chamise Flats Dispersed Camping Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
3,468 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
35.91101, -118.48701
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Chamise Flats Dispersed Camping Area · Sequoia National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureTobias Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townFairview · ~1.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFastrip · ~11.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~18.1 mi
- GroceriesPrimo's · ~11.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicKern Valley Hospital · ~19.6 mi
- HardwareTuff Shed · ~23.9 mi
EV charging — from Chamise Flats Dispersed Camping Area · Sequoia National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger25.4 mi straight-line NW — 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 reachnone within 25 mi · 42 within 50 · 176 within 100 · 1025 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO31.6 mi — City of Porterville, Porterville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)25.4 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 Chamise Flats Dispersed Camping Area · Sequoia National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletFairview · ~1.2 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGoldledge · ~3.1 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLimestone · ~3.7 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBrush Creek · ~3.8 mi N · USFS
Open Chamise Flats Dispersed Camping Area elsewhere
Other camps near Chamise Flats Dispersed Camping Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Calkins Flat Dispersed Campground~0.5 mi
- Fairview~1.2 mi · fee
- Old Goldledge Dispersed Camping~2.8 mi
- Goldledge~3.1 mi · fee
The unit that manages Chamise Flats Dispersed Camping Area
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Chamise Flats Dispersed Camping Area are set by Sequoia National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Chamise Flats Dispersed Camping Area
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
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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 Chamise Flats Dispersed Camping Area
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 — Chamise Flats Dispersed Camping Area
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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