Agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirm
Dru Barner Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 38.94245, -120.76528
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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 Dru Barner Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,190 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Dru Barner 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 Dru Barner Campground · Eldorado National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- HHardware5 mi
- WWater12 mi
- MMechanic13 mi
- EVEV fast charger14 mi
- RxPharmacy15 mi
- OOutfitter15 mi
- +Urgent care15 mi
- LLaundry16 mi
- AAir-up16 mi
- PPropane17 mi
- DDump23 mi
- ShShower23 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 5 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 — Dru Barner Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,190 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
38.94245, -120.76528
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Dru Barner Campground · Eldorado National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureDark Canyon (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townBalderson Station · ~0.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelGas & Go · ~4.8 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~16.0 mi
- Dump station~22.8 mi
- GroceriesMar-Val · ~5.2 mi
- PharmacyColfax pharmacy · ~14.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicTelecare El Dorado County PHF · ~14.6 mi
- HardwarePlacerville Hardware · ~14.9 mi
EV charging — from Dru Barner Campground · Eldorado National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger14.2 mi straight-line NW — DC CORRIDOR COLFAX D&D DC1 · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach32 within 25 mi · 188 within 50 · 458 within 100 · 1080 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)14.5 mi — ARCO - Tesla Supercharger, Colfax
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)4.6 mi — Georgetown Library (at a library) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-01-13 · 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 176333 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Dru Barner Campground · Eldorado National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletDru Barner Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBalderson Corral Trailhead · ~0.8 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDonaldson Trailhead · ~3.3 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletOxbow Raft Put-In · ~4.5 mi N · USFS
Open Dru Barner Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Dru Barner Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Little Oak Flat~8.1 mi
- Ponderosa Cove Group~9.1 mi
- Stumpy Meadows Cg~9.7 mi · fee
- Black Oak Group~10.0 mi · fee
The unit that manages Dru Barner Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Dru Barner Campground are set by Eldorado National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Dru Barner 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 Dru Barner 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 — Dru Barner Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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