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Gold Hill Camping Area
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 34.70599, -118.93952
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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 Gold Hill Camping Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,923 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Gold Hill Camping AreaNIFC · 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 Gold Hill Camping Area · Los Padres National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- MMechanic8 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- PPropane8 mi
- RxPharmacy8 mi
- HHardware8 mi
- LLaundry8 mi
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- +Urgent care8 mi
- WWater9 mi
- DDump9 mi
- ShShower24 mi
- OOutfitter24 mi
- AAir-up31 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Gold Hill Camping Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,923 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
34.70599, -118.93952
Cost
Fee · Forest Service inventory: fee charged
Nearby & resupply — around Gold Hill Camping Area · Los Padres National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Drinking waterWater · ~9.2 mi
- FuelShell · ~7.9 mi
- Propane / LPGDon's Gas / Market · ~8.0 mi
- Dump station~9.2 mi
- GroceriesFood Mart · ~7.9 mi
- PharmacyEl Tejon Pharmacy · ~8.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicFrazier Mountain Community Health Center · ~8.5 mi
- HardwareFrazier Park Lumber and Hardware · ~8.0 mi
EV charging — from Gold Hill Camping Area · Los Padres National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger8.3 mi straight-line N — Lebec, CA - Tesla Supercharger · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 38 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 reach7 within 25 mi · 178 within 50 · 882 within 100 · 1217 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS8.4 mi — DC CORRIDOR FRAZIERPARK DC1, Lebec
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO8.4 mi — DC CORRIDOR FRAZIERPARK DC1, Lebec
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)8.4 mi — DC CORRIDOR FRAZIERPARK L2, Lebec, CA · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · 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 372599 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Gold Hill Camping Area · Los Padres National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Portable toiletGoldhill Camping Area · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletKings · ~0.9 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDutchman · ~3.0 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLittle Mutau Trailhead · ~3.9 mi S · USFS
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Other camps near Gold Hill Camping Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Kings~0.9 mi · fee
- Dutchman~3.0 mi · fee
- Hardluck~5.4 mi
- Chuchupate~6.6 mi · fee
The unit that manages Gold Hill Camping Area
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Gold Hill Camping Area are set by Los Padres National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Gold Hill Camping Area
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 Gold Hill Camping Area
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 — Gold Hill Camping Area
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