Agency-listedBLM · dispersedFree
Five Springs
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · CA · 40.57855, -120.08856
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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 Five Springs
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,350 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Five SpringsNIFC · 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 Five Springs · Bureau of Land Management · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail18 mi
- FFuel23 mi
- GGrocery23 mi
- MMechanic30 mi
- WWater30 mi
- +Urgent care30 mi
- LLaundry30 mi
- HHardware30 mi
- RxPharmacy31 mi
- EVEV fast charger32 mi
- DDump38 mi
- PPropane48 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 30-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 23 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 32-mi run (and back).
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 — Five Springs
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
5,350 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
40.57855, -120.08856
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Five Springs · Bureau of Land Management · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureRush Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townKarlo · ~12.1 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelJohnstonville Market · ~29.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesJohnstonville Market · ~29.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicBanner Lassen Medical Center · ~30.0 mi
EV charging — from Five Springs · Bureau of Land Management · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger31.6 mi straight-line W — Susanville, CA - Tesla Supercharger (at a hotel) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 1 within 50 · 41 within 100 · 231 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS57.0 mi — Caboose Park - Portola, Portola
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO81.3 mi — Walmart 4370 (Fernley, NV), Fernley
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)31.6 mi — DMND MTN CSO DIAMOND MT1, Susanville, CA · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 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 — Red Lion Inn & Suites Susanville - Tesla Destination, Susanville, 30.9 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
Level 2, restricted access — Susanville Ford, Susanville, 29.8 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily · 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 196523 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Five Springs · Bureau of Land Management · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletRamhorn Spring Cg - Vault Toilet · ~12.4 mi NW · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletEagle Lake Rocky Point East- Vault Toilet · ~22.3 mi SW · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletRice Canyon Ohv Recsite- Vault Toilet · ~25.5 mi SW · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletDry Valley Ohv Site -Double Vault Toilet · ~26.5 mi SE · BLM
Open Five Springs elsewhere
Other camps near Five Springs
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Dry Valley Rim~12.2 mi
- California National Historic Trail - Nobles Emigrant Segment~14.1 mi
- Buffalo Hills~19.2 mi
- Tunnison Mountain~22.3 mi
How we know this — Five Springs
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 Five Springs
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 — Five Springs
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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