Agency-listedBLM · dispersedFree
Cupcake Mountain Hiking Trail
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · CA · 34.37065, -114.31210
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management 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 Cupcake Mountain Hiking Trail
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,162 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Cupcake Mountain Hiking TrailNIFC · 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 Cupcake Mountain Hiking Trail · Bureau of Land Management · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- MMechanic6 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- WWater7 mi
- RxPharmacy7 mi
- @Mail7 mi
- HHardware8 mi
- DDump8 mi
- EVEV fast charger9 mi
- +Urgent care36 mi
- AAir-up46 mi
- LLaundry49 mi
- ShShower55 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 6 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
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 — Cupcake Mountain Hiking Trail
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
1,162 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
34.37065, -114.31210
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Cupcake Mountain Hiking Trail · Bureau of Land Management · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townHavasu Palms · ~2.7 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~6.7 mi
- FuelShell · ~5.9 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~12.3 mi
- Dump station~8.3 mi
- GroceriesShort Stop Mini Mart · ~6.3 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~7.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicHavasu Regional Medical Center · ~7.7 mi
- HardwareHarbor Freight Tools · ~7.5 mi
EV charging — from Cupcake Mountain Hiking Trail · Bureau of Land Management · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger8.8 mi straight-line N — Bradley Ford, Lake Havasu City, AZ (at a public site) · FORD_CHARGE · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 11 within 50 · 30 within 100 · 256 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)35.3 mi — Needles, CA - E Broadway St - Tesla Supercharger, Needles
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO49.4 mi — Love's Travel #286 (Quartzsite, AZ), Quartzsite
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.2 mi — The Heat Hotel - Tesla Destination, Lake Havasu City, AZ (at a hotel) · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 6 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- 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 416808 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Cupcake Mountain Hiking Trail · Bureau of Land Management · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPilot Rock 2 · ~3.1 mi NE · BLM
- Portable toilet- Porta Jon - Goose Bay 1 · ~3.6 mi N · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletFriendly Isle 4 Recreation · ~3.7 mi N · BLM
- Vault / pit toilet- Vault Toilet - Friendly Isle 1 Recreation · ~3.7 mi N · BLM
Open Cupcake Mountain Hiking Trail elsewhere
Other camps near Cupcake Mountain Hiking Trail
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Whipple Mountains Wilderness~6.9 mi
- Standard Wash Area, BLM Campground~7.3 mi
- West Well~10.7 mi
- Lake Havasu~11.1 mi
How we know this — Cupcake Mountain Hiking Trail
Source
Bureau of Land Management 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 Cupcake Mountain Hiking Trail
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 — Cupcake Mountain Hiking Trail
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