Agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirmRoad season: open (MVUM)
Dogwood Family Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 34.23508, -117.21084
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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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Dogwood Family Campground · San Bernardino National Forest · CA
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 2N98 (Dogwood Campground), 20 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as asphalt surface and maintenance level 5 – high degree of user comfort.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 2N98 (Dogwood Campground), 20 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles year-round.
MVUM record for FR 2N98 (Dogwood Campground): “01/01-12/31” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
What the record says about the site — Dogwood Family Campground · San Bernardino National Forest · CA
- Serviced site (hookups)
- Reservations accepted, walk-ins too
- Tent camping
- Trailers and RVs fit
- Campfire permit needed
- Toilet on site
- Drinking water on site
- Showers
- RV dump station on site
From the OpenStreetMap contributors listing for this site — their words, not our visit. Records go stale; treat it as a starting point and confirm anything your trip depends on.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Dogwood Family Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,759 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Dogwood Family CampgroundNIFC · AirNow
Checking active fires & air quality…
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 Dogwood Family Campground · San Bernardino National Forest · CA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- FFuel1 mi
- RxPharmacy1 mi
- @Mail1 mi
- GGrocery1 mi
- EVEV fast charger1 mi
- MMechanic1 mi
- LLaundry6 mi
- PPropane7 mi
- +Urgent care7 mi
- DDump7 mi
- HHardware7 mi
- WWater8 mi
- ShShower8 mi
- OOutfitter12 mi
- AAir-up12 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 1 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 — Dogwood Family Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,759 ft
Ground slope
16.9% · steep
Nearest rail line
~8.9 mi · other track
Nearest highway
~8.5 mi · Interstate 215
State
CA
Coordinates
34.23508, -117.21084
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Dogwood Family Campground · San Bernardino National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLittle Bear Creek · ~0.4 mi · USGS: intermittent stream
- Also mapped (OSM)Grass Valley Creek (stream) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townMeadowbrook Woods · ~0.5 mi
- Nearest rail line~8.9 mi · other track
- Nearest highway~8.5 mi · Interstate 215
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~6.2 mi
- FuelFive Points General Store Shell · ~0.6 mi
- Propane / LPGMain Street Gas & Mart · ~14.0 mi
- Dump station~7.2 mi
- GroceriesJensen's · ~0.9 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~0.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicMountains Community Hospital · ~3.2 mi
- HardwareHarbor Freight Tools · ~11.1 mi
EV charging — from Dogwood Family Campground · San Bernardino National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger0.9 mi straight-line N — US Bank Blue Jay · EVCS · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach113 within 25 mi · 385 within 50 · 1110 within 100 · 1318 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)1.6 mi — Lake Arrowhead, CA - Tesla Supercharger, Lake Arrowhead
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)2.4 mi — Skypark Santa Village, Skyforest, CA · EVGATEWAY · J1772 · 39 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Lake Arrowhead Resort & Spa - Tesla Destination, Lake Arrowhead, 1.5 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 348774 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Dogwood Family Campground · San Bernardino National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomMorton Peak Lo · ~13.5 mi SE · USFS
- RestroomSummit Ohv Staging Area · ~13.9 mi NW · USFS
- RestroomThurman Flats Picnic Area · ~14.6 mi SE · USFS
- RestroomChaparral Neighborhood Native Plant Garden · ~15.3 mi W · USFS
Coming out here — Dogwood Family Campground · San Bernardino National Forest · CA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Little Bear Creek as an intermittent stream, ~0.4 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as intermittent — expect it dry for part of the year. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 16.9% — steep. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (10 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Rail line mapped ~8.9 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as other track. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Interstate 215 is mapped ~8.5 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Dogwood Family Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Dogwood Family Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- North Shore Cg~3.5 mi · fee
- Bench Camp, Pct Trail Camp~5.3 mi
- Fishermans Group Cg~5.8 mi · fee
- Tent Peg Group Campground~6.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages Dogwood Family Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Dogwood Family Campground are set by San Bernardino National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Dogwood Family 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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
Site details
The OpenStreetMap contributors listing's own fields for this site (site type, whether tents or trailers fit, capacity, toilet, water, campfires, reservations). Printed as the record states them, unchecked by us, and never used to make a cost claim -- the cost verdict above is decided separately and audited before every deploy.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Dogwood Family 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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- Whether the site itself closes on its own schedule — only the road's season is on record
- Whether that tap is running today, and whether any stream or lake here is drinkable — the record covers the supply the site provides, nothing else
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Current fire restrictions
- 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 — Dogwood Family Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Picking a spot →All field notes →