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Cienaga
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 34.61945, -118.63612
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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 Cienaga
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,031 ft.
Fire & smoke — around CienagaNIFC · 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 Cienaga · Angeles National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- ShShower8 mi
- RxPharmacy8 mi
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- LLaundry9 mi
- PPropane9 mi
- @Mail9 mi
- +Urgent care12 mi
- HHardware13 mi
- WWater14 mi
- MMechanic15 mi
- OOutfitter17 mi
- DDump20 mi
- AAir-up23 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Cienaga
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,031 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
34.61945, -118.63612
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Cienaga · Angeles National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureFish Canyon (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townNaylor Place · ~2.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelShell · ~8.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~19.6 mi
- GroceriesCoffee Stop · ~8.6 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~8.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicFirst Aid · ~13.5 mi
- HardwareHarbor Freight Tools · ~14.6 mi
EV charging — from Cienaga · Angeles National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger8.4 mi straight-line S — Castaic Village Shopping Center - Tesla Supercharger (at a shopping center) · Tesla · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 32 fast ports listed · listed open, no confirmation date on the record · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach25 within 25 mi · 336 within 50 · 990 within 100 · 1283 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO13.8 mi — GF4EVA HILTON DC, Valencia
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)12.4 mi — VALENCIA ATRIUM VAL ATRIUM, Santa Clarita, CA · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast charger$0.66 per kWh (as listed by AFDC)
- 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 468055 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Cienaga · Angeles National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletOak Flat · ~5.1 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSawmill · ~6.7 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSerrano · ~7.4 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSpanish Point · ~7.5 mi W · USFS
Open Cienaga elsewhere
Other camps near Cienaga
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
The unit that manages Cienaga
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Cienaga are set by Angeles National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Cienaga
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 Cienaga
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 — Cienaga
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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