Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Guffy
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 34.34167, -117.65446
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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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Guffy · Angeles National Forest · CA
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 3N06.3 (E. Blue Ridge/Wright Mt), 0.1 mi from the pin. The MVUM lists it as native material surface and maintenance level 2 – high-clearance vehicles.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 3N06.3 (E. Blue Ridge/Wright Mt), 0.1 mi from the pin, open to passenger vehicles May 1 – Nov 1. That season ends after Nov 1.
MVUM record for FR 3N06.3 (E. Blue Ridge/Wright Mt): “05/01-11/01” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Guffy
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,225 ft.
Fire & smoke — around GuffyNIFC · 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 Guffy · Angeles National Forest · CA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- GGrocery2 mi
- @Mail2 mi
- WWater4 mi
- FFuel7 mi
- LLaundry14 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- +Urgent care14 mi
- MMechanic14 mi
- RxPharmacy15 mi
- EVEV fast charger16 mi
- PPropane16 mi
- OOutfitter17 mi
- AAir-up18 mi
- DDump18 mi
- ShShower18 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 2 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 — Guffy
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,225 ft
Ground slope
31.2% · steep
Nearest rail line
~9.1 mi · main line
Nearest highway
~9.8 mi · Interstate 15
State
CA
Coordinates
34.34167, -117.65446
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Guffy · Angeles National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurePrairie Fork · ~0.7 mi · USGS: intermittent stream
- Nearest townWrightwood · ~1.6 mi
- Nearest rail line~9.1 mi · main line
- Nearest highway~9.8 mi · Interstate 15
- Drinking waterWater · ~4.5 mi
- FuelChevron · ~7.0 mi
- Propane / LPGBlue Rhino · ~16.2 mi
- Dump station~17.7 mi
- GroceriesJensen's Foods · ~1.9 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~14.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicKalologie | Club Studio | Upland · ~14.4 mi
- HardwareThe Home Depot · ~14.4 mi
EV charging — from Guffy · Angeles National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger16.1 mi straight-line S — Upland Town Center (Upland, CA) · Electrify America · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach99 within 25 mi · 727 within 50 · 1087 within 100 · 1322 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)16.4 mi — Hesperia, CA - Tesla Supercharger, Hesperia
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO16.6 mi — Claremont Star, Claremont
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)14.6 mi — Merill Gardens at Rancho Cucamonga · Blink Network · J1772 · 4 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 — Grand Pine Cabins - Tesla Destination, Wrightwood, 1.7 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 183748 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Guffy · Angeles National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletGuffy · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLupine · ~1.1 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBlue Ridge · ~2.3 mi NW · USFS
- RestroomBig Pines Visitor Center Site · ~3.3 mi NW · USFS
Coming out here — Guffy · Angeles National Forest · CA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Prairie Fork as an intermittent stream, ~0.7 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 31.2% — 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 ~9.1 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 15 is mapped ~9.8 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.
- 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 Guffy elsewhere
Other camps near Guffy
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Lupine Campground~1.2 mi
- Blue Ridge~2.3 mi · fee
- Paiute Canyon Yellow Post Sites~3.3 mi
- Table Mountain Campground~4.0 mi · fee
The unit that manages Guffy
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Guffy are set by Angeles National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Guffy
Source
U.S. Forest Service 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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-22: the forest contradicts itself on this page. Its structured fee field says "Single Site: $5 per night"; the prose immediately below says "No camping fee but an Adventure Pass or America the Beautiful Pass is required for each vehicle" at $5 per day or $30 per year. Either way you pay about $5 per vehicle per day, but if you already hold an Interagency pass you may owe nothing. Confirm with the district before you go. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/angeles/recreation/guffy-campground.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Guffy
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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- Whether the site itself closes on its own schedule — only the road's season is on record
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- 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 — Guffy
When the high country opens →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →