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Jackson Flat Group
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 34.36667, -117.73334
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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 — Jackson Flat Group · Angeles National Forest · CA
No road within 1 mi of the pin in the national MVUM layer — and that layer carries no data at all for this forest (unit 0501), so this is the layer's silence, not the ground's. Access may be a county road or unmapped.
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 Jackson Flat Group
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,090 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Jackson Flat GroupNIFC · 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 Jackson Flat Group · 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
- WWater1 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- FFuel7 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- HHardware17 mi
- MMechanic17 mi
- EVEV fast charger17 mi
- PPropane17 mi
- RxPharmacy17 mi
- LLaundry17 mi
- OOutfitter21 mi
- AAir-up21 mi
- DDump22 mi
- ShShower23 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 6 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 — Jackson Flat Group
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,090 ft
Ground slope
30.6% · steep
Nearest rail line
~9.9 mi · main line
State
CA
Coordinates
34.36667, -117.73334
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Jackson Flat Group · Angeles National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurenone named within 1 mi (USGS NHD)
- Nearest townWrightwood · ~6.2 mi
- Nearest rail line~9.9 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~0.9 mi
- FuelChevron · ~7.2 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~17.3 mi
- Dump station~22.4 mi
- GroceriesJensen's Foods · ~5.8 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~17.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicKalologie | Club Studio | Upland · ~17.1 mi
- HardwareThe Home Depot · ~17.2 mi
EV charging — from Jackson Flat Group · Angeles National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger17.2 mi straight-line S — La Verne, CA - Tesla Supercharger (at a restaurant) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 16 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 reach90 within 25 mi · 756 within 50 · 1086 within 100 · 1323 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS17.9 mi — SCPPA SCPPA CPE200T, Glendora
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO17.9 mi — SCPPA SCPPA CPE200T, Glendora
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)17.5 mi — TRANSP CENTER TRANSP. CENTER, Glendora, 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 — Grand Pine Cabins - Tesla Destination, Wrightwood, 5.6 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 368019 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Jackson Flat Group · Angeles National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomJackson Flat Group · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGrassy Hollow Picnic Area · ~0.9 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletVincent Gap · ~1.1 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletInspiration Point · ~1.4 mi E · USFS
Coming out here — Jackson Flat Group · Angeles National Forest · CA
- No named surface water mapped within 1 mi of the pin in USGS's National Hydrography Dataset (data refreshed October 2022), and none within about a mile and a half in our OpenStreetMap pull — which is not proof there is none, only that neither map has one. Plan to carry washing water as well as drinking water.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 30.6% — 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 ~9.9 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.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in it.
- 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 Jackson Flat Group elsewhere
Other camps near Jackson Flat Group
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Jackson Flat Campground~1.0 mi
- Peavine~1.8 mi · fee
- Apple Tree Campground~1.8 mi · fee
- Lake Campground~1.8 mi · fee
The unit that manages Jackson Flat Group
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Jackson Flat Group are set by Angeles National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Jackson Flat Group
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 2026-08-26: group-only, priced by site -- $230 per night for group sites 1, 2 and 3; $180 per night for sites 4 and 5. No individual site rate is published. recreation.gov listing 233732 (JACKSON FLATS) agrees ($180 and $230 group tent-only, season 13 May - 24 Sep 2026). Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/angeles/recreation/jackson-flat-group-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 Jackson Flat Group
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 — Jackson Flat Group
What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Fire rules & restrictions →Picking a spot →All field notes →