Agency-listedBLM · dispersedUnpriced · confirm
Darwin Falls Wilderness
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · CA · 36.32187, -117.56713
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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 Darwin Falls Wilderness
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,280 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Darwin Falls WildernessNIFC · 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 Darwin Falls Wilderness · Bureau of Land Management · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail4 mi
- ShShower6 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- WWater21 mi
- EVEV fast charger24 mi
- AAir-up28 mi
- LLaundry31 mi
- HHardware33 mi
- MMechanic33 mi
- OOutfitter34 mi
- DDump35 mi
- +Urgent care47 mi
- PPropane50 mi
- RxPharmacy50 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 21-mi drive, 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 — Darwin Falls Wilderness
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
4,280 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
36.32187, -117.56713
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Darwin Falls Wilderness · Bureau of Land Management · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureStream · nearby
- Nearest townDarwin · ~3.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~28.4 mi
- Mapping is thin out hereAn empty row means nothing is mapped within that radius — not that nothing exists. Small stores, seasonal resorts and single fuel pumps out here often never make it onto the map. Treat these as unconfirmed and ask locally.
EV charging — from Darwin Falls Wilderness · Bureau of Land Management · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger24.5 mi straight-line W — Olancha, CA (at a public site) · RIVIAN_ADVENTURE · CCS · 3 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 · 14 within 50 · 70 within 100 · 368 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)28.4 mi — Olancha, CA - Tesla Supercharger, Olancha
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO40.4 mi — The Industrial Store, Searles Valley
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)40.1 mi — The Oasis at Death Valley - Tesla Destination · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 10 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 391352 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Darwin Falls Wilderness · Bureau of Land Management · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomFather Crowley Overlook Vault Toilet · ~2.2 mi NE · NPS
- RestroomPanamint Springs Shower House · ~5.6 mi E · NPS
- RestroomFather Crowley Comfort Station · ~15.3 mi SE · NPS
- RestroomHistorical -Kopper King · ~20.4 mi SE · BLM
Open Darwin Falls Wilderness elsewhere
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If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Argus Range Wilderness~12.5 mi
- Coso Range Wilderness~16.2 mi
How we know this — Darwin Falls Wilderness
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
BLM RIDB record, agency-listed. Its fee field is empty -- no fee statement -- so the cost is unpriced (field read 2026-09-19). 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 Darwin Falls Wilderness
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 — Darwin Falls Wilderness
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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