Agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirm
Cibbets Flat Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 32.77719, -116.44788
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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 Cibbets Flat Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,138 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Cibbets Flat 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 Cibbets Flat Campground · Cleveland National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater2 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- ShShower6 mi
- +Urgent care10 mi
- DDump12 mi
- EVEV fast charger18 mi
- HHardware20 mi
- LLaundry20 mi
- RxPharmacy20 mi
- MMechanic25 mi
- OOutfitter26 mi
- PPropane28 mi
- AAir-up31 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, 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 — Cibbets Flat Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,138 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
32.77719, -116.44788
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Cibbets Flat Campground · Cleveland National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureFred Canyon (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townBoulder Oaks · ~3.9 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~0.0 mi
- FuelPine Valley Store · ~5.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~11.7 mi
- GroceriesMountain Market · ~5.6 mi
- PharmacyFarmacias Roma · ~16.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicHospital · ~17.3 mi
- HardwareHardware · ~17.7 mi
EV charging — from Cibbets Flat Campground · Cleveland National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger17.9 mi straight-line W — 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 reach8 within 25 mi · 175 within 50 · 429 within 100 · 1119 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS18.2 mi — Alpine Village Square, Alpine
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO22.4 mi — CSG EV JULIAN LIB #1, Julian
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)4.0 mi — MTN EMPIRE HS A08, Campo, CA · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port 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, 15.8 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 Cibbets Flat Campground · Cleveland National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCibbets Flat Campground · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomBuckman Springs Information Site · ~2.4 mi SW · USFS
- Highway rest areaBuckman Springs · ~2.5 mi SW
- Vault / pit toiletBoulder Oaks Campground · ~3.9 mi SW · USFS
Open Cibbets Flat Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Cibbets Flat Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Boulder Oaks Campground~3.9 mi · fee
- Wooded Hill Group Camp~5.3 mi · fee
- Burnt Rancheria Campground~6.0 mi · fee
- Burnt Rancheria Campground~6.0 mi · fee
The unit that manages Cibbets Flat Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Cibbets Flat Campground are set by Cleveland National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Cibbets Flat 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)
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 Cibbets Flat 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.
- 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 — Cibbets Flat Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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