Agency-listedBLMFree
KCL Campground
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · CA · 35.09035, -119.73503
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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 KCL Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,285 ft.
Fire & smoke — around KCL CampgroundNIFC · 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 KCL Campground · Bureau of Land Management · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel10 mi
- GGrocery16 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- @Mail16 mi
- +Urgent care16 mi
- WWater29 mi
- MMechanic29 mi
- EVEV fast charger29 mi
- LLaundry36 mi
- ShShower37 mi
- DDump38 mi
- RxPharmacy38 mi
- PPropane40 mi
- AAir-up45 mi
- OOutfitter47 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 29-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 10 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 — KCL Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management
Elevation
2,285 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
35.09035, -119.73503
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around KCL Campground · Bureau of Land Management · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureStream · nearby
- Nearest townNew Cuyama · ~10.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~10.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesAlbertsons · ~15.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicWest Side Family Health Care · ~16.4 mi
EV charging — from KCL Campground · Bureau of Land Management · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger28.6 mi straight-line NE — Buttonwillow, CA - Tesla Supercharger (at a restaurant) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 10 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 81 within 50 · 307 within 100 · 1038 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS28.6 mi — Buttonwillow, CA, Buttonwillow
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO28.7 mi — DC CORRIDOR BUTTONW DC 1, Buttonwillow
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)10.4 mi — CSB Sta 27 New Cuyama (at a fire station) · POWERFLEX · J1772 · 5 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-11-13 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Cuyama Buckhorn - Tesla Destination, New Cuyama, 10.2 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 102005 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around KCL Campground · Bureau of Land Management · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomCarrizo -K C L Ranch -Toilet · at this camp · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletCarrizo -Selby Cg -Vault Toilet · ~6.5 mi NW · BLM
- RestroomCarrizo -Painted Rock -Toilet 10 · ~8.6 mi NW · BLM
- RestroomCarrizo -Goodwin Ed Center -Visitor Center · ~10.0 mi NW · BLM
Open KCL Campground elsewhere
Other camps near KCL Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Carrizo Plain National Monument~5.4 mi
- Selby Campground~6.6 mi
- Temblor Recreation Area~11.6 mi
- Aliso Park~12.7 mi · fee
How we know this — KCL Campground
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.
Agency page
blm.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
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 KCL Campground
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 — KCL Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →