Mapped · not agency-listedPublic land · dispersedFree
Elliot Mine Area Dispersed Camping
OHV / 4×4 · public land · CA · 32.62579, -116.09635
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Ask about this camp →A mapped lead, not an agency listing. Somebody marked this as a campsite; we could not match it to a land-manager record. Worth checking rather than counting on. 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 Elliot Mine Area Dispersed Camping
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,177 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Elliot Mine Area Dispersed CampingNIFC · 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 Elliot Mine Area Dispersed Camping · public land · CA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- FFuel4 mi
- EVEV fast charger4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- @Mail10 mi
- WWater17 mi
- +Urgent care22 mi
- ShShower25 mi
- DDump25 mi
- RxPharmacy32 mi
- MMechanic33 mi
- HHardware33 mi
- LLaundry33 mi
- PPropane33 mi
- OOutfitter34 mi
- AAir-up54 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 4 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 — Elliot Mine Area Dispersed Camping
Access
OHV / 4×4
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
4,177 ft
Ground slope
28.8% · steep
Nearest rail line
~4.9 mi · main line
Nearest highway
~1.2 mi · Interstate 8
State
CA
Coordinates
32.62579, -116.09635
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Elliot Mine Area Dispersed Camping · public land · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBoulder Creek · ~0.3 mi · USGS: intermittent stream
- Nearest townBoulder Park · ~2.3 mi
- Nearest rail line~4.9 mi · main line
- Nearest highway~1.2 mi · Interstate 8
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelOcotillo Chevron Desert Fuel Stop · ~9.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~25.4 mi
- GroceriesOxxo · ~6.2 mi
- PharmacyJNL · ~29.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicCentro de Salud Progreso · ~30.0 mi
- HardwareMateriales Moisés · ~6.1 mi
EV charging — from Elliot Mine Area Dispersed Camping · public land · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger4.1 mi straight-line W — Jacumba, CA, Jacumba Hot Springs, CA (at a public site) · RIVIAN_ADVENTURE · NACS (Tesla) · 12 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 · 28 within 50 · 306 within 100 · 839 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS32.8 mi — BOA El Centro CA0-119 (El Centro, CA), El Centro
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO32.8 mi — BOA El Centro CA0-119 (El Centro, CA), El Centro
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)21.9 mi — San Ysidro Health Center, Campo, CA (at a hospital) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-07-15 · 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 462434 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Elliot Mine Area Dispersed Camping · public land · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletMccain Lark Cg -Day Use Vault Toilet · ~12.0 mi NW · BLM
- RestroomMccain Lark Canyon Cg -Toilet 10 · ~12.4 mi NW · BLM
- RestroomMccain Lark Canyon Cg -Toilet 20 · ~12.5 mi NW · BLM
- RestroomMccain Lark Canyon Cg -Toilet 30 · ~12.6 mi NW · BLM
Coming out here — Elliot Mine Area Dispersed Camping · public land · CA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Boulder Creek as an intermittent stream, ~0.3 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 28.8% — steep. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 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 ~4.9 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. 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 8 is mapped ~1.2 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.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- 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 Elliot Mine Area Dispersed Camping elsewhere
Other camps near Elliot Mine Area Dispersed Camping
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Jacumba Wilderness~6.1 mi
- San Diego County~7.0 mi
- Lark Canyon Campground~12.5 mi
- Lark Canyon Campground~12.7 mi
How we know this — Elliot Mine Area Dispersed Camping
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
likely OHV (only a rough 4wd track in) — confirm
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
Contributed, not agency-listed. A mapper marked this as a campsite. We have not matched it to a land-manager record, so it stays at Likely.
What we don’t know about Elliot Mine Area Dispersed Camping
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 — Elliot Mine Area Dispersed Camping
Water on public land →Getting unstuck →Hot-weather camping →How to read this page →All field notes →