Mapped · not agency-listedPublic land · dispersedFree
Free Camping. Sunset-Sunrise
Drive-up · public land · CA · 35.67408, -120.34708
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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 Free Camping. Sunset-Sunrise
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,094 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Free Camping. Sunset-SunriseNIFC · 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 Free Camping. Sunset-Sunrise · public land · CA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- @Mail2 mi
- GGrocery15 mi
- MMechanic17 mi
- FFuel17 mi
- EVEV fast charger17 mi
- HHardware18 mi
- RxPharmacy19 mi
- +Urgent care20 mi
- OOutfitter20 mi
- WWater20 mi
- LLaundry20 mi
- AAir-up20 mi
- ShShower21 mi
- PPropane32 mi
- DDump35 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 15 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 — Free Camping. Sunset-Sunrise
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
1,094 ft
Ground slope
5.5% · gentle
State
CA
Coordinates
35.67408, -120.34708
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Free Camping. Sunset-Sunrise · public land · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCholame Creek · ~0.2 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townShandon · ~2.1 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~17.3 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~22.2 mi
- GroceriesSmart & Final Extra! · ~17.9 mi
- PharmacySavon · ~19.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicPaso Robles Podiatry Center · ~19.5 mi
- HardwareWestern Janitor Supply Inc · ~19.5 mi
EV charging — from Free Camping. Sunset-Sunrise · public land · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger17.4 mi straight-line W — Daniels Wood Land Inc, Paso Robles, CA · EV Connect · CHAdeMO, CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach13 within 25 mi · 57 within 50 · 256 within 100 · 628 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)17.7 mi — Paso Robles, CA - Golden Hill Road - Tesla Supercharger, Paso Robles
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)18.2 mi — Cuesta Community College Lot 11, Paso Robles, CA · Blink Network · J1772 · 16 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 — Glunz Family Winery & Cellars - Tesla Destination, Paso Robles, 11.2 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 230935 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Free Camping. Sunset-Sunrise · public land · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Highway rest areaShandon · at this camp
- Vault / pit toiletFriis · ~20.2 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletNavajo Flat/Ohv Staging Area · ~20.6 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTurkey Flat Ohv Staging Area · ~22.5 mi S · USFS
Coming out here — Free Camping. Sunset-Sunrise · public land · CA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Cholame Creek as a perennial stream, ~0.2 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 5.5% — gentle. 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.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on it.
- 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 Free Camping. Sunset-Sunrise elsewhere
Other camps near Free Camping. Sunset-Sunrise
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Friis~20.2 mi
- Navajo Flat/Ohv Staging Area~20.6 mi · fee
- Turkey Flat Ohv Staging Area~22.5 mi · fee
- La Panza~22.7 mi · fee
How we know this — Free Camping. Sunset-Sunrise
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
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 Free Camping. Sunset-Sunrise
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 — Free Camping. Sunset-Sunrise
Finding water out here →Dumping grey & black →Hot-weather camping →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →