Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFreeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Keller Peak Yellow Post Sites Along 1N96
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 34.20654, -117.04371
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service 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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Keller Peak Yellow Post Sites Along 1N96 · San Bernardino National Forest · CA
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 1N96Y (Shady Cove), 10 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as asphalt surface and maintenance level 4 – moderate degree of user comfort.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 1N96Y (Shady Cove), 10 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles year-round.
MVUM record for FR 1N96Y (Shady Cove): “01/01-12/31” 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 Keller Peak Yellow Post Sites Along 1N96
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,294 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Keller Peak Yellow Post Sites Along 1N96NIFC · 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 Keller Peak Yellow Post Sites Along 1N96 · San Bernardino National Forest · CA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater2 mi
- FFuel2 mi
- @Mail3 mi
- MMechanic3 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- LLaundry4 mi
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- ShShower8 mi
- DDump8 mi
- PPropane9 mi
- RxPharmacy9 mi
- +Urgent care10 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- AAir-up13 mi
- OOutfitter17 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 — Keller Peak Yellow Post Sites Along 1N96
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
7,294 ft
Ground slope
5.5% · gentle
State
CA
Coordinates
34.20654, -117.04371
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Keller Peak Yellow Post Sites Along 1N96 · San Bernardino National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSouth Fork Deep Creek · ~0.2 mi · USGS: intermittent stream
- Nearest townRunning Springs · ~3.5 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~2.0 mi
- FuelValero · ~2.5 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~8.7 mi
- Dump station~8.4 mi
- GroceriesJensen's · ~3.5 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy of the Woods · ~8.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicHospital · ~9.5 mi
- HardwareDIY Home Center · ~9.6 mi
EV charging — from Keller Peak Yellow Post Sites Along 1N96 · San Bernardino National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger7.6 mi straight-line E — Big Bear Lake, CA - Tesla Supercharger (at a shopping center) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 6 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 reach88 within 25 mi · 292 within 50 · 1111 within 100 · 1305 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS8.9 mi — Phillips 76 Lake Arrowhead, Lake Arrowhead
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO9.6 mi — Homestreet Bank Big Bear, Big Bear Lake
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.4 mi — Skypark Santa Village, Skyforest, CA · EVGATEWAY · J1772 · 39 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 316899 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Keller Peak Yellow Post Sites Along 1N96 · San Bernardino National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomMorton Peak Lo · ~7.3 mi S · USFS
- RestroomThurman Flats Picnic Area · ~7.3 mi S · USFS
- Flush restroomSerrano Cg · ~8.3 mi NE · USFS
- RestroomMomyer Trailhead · ~11.1 mi SE · USFS
Coming out here — Keller Peak Yellow Post Sites Along 1N96 · San Bernardino National Forest · CA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps South Fork Deep Creek as an intermittent stream, ~0.2 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 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 Keller Peak Yellow Post Sites Along 1N96 elsewhere
Other camps near Keller Peak Yellow Post Sites Along 1N96
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Green Valley Campground~2.9 mi · fee
- San Bernardino National Forest~4.0 mi
- Bluff Mesa Group Campground~4.0 mi
- Bench Camp, Pct Trail Camp~4.6 mi
The unit that manages Keller Peak Yellow Post Sites Along 1N96
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Keller Peak Yellow Post Sites Along 1N96 are set by San Bernardino National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Keller Peak Yellow Post Sites Along 1N96
Stay limit
14 nights (14-day limit)
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: FREE -- fee flag corrected to 0. The forest's own page for these sites states, in the structured fee block, 'No fees are associated with this site.' No dollar figure appears anywhere on the page and no Adventure Pass or day-use pass is required. Nine individual yellow-post sites, first-come first-served only, 8 people and 2 vehicles maximum per site, one table and one fire ring each, NO restrooms and NO drinking water, 14-day limit; pack it in, pack it out. The access road is closed and the sites are hike-in only until 1 May 2026, and no campfires are permitted until the fire rings are re-installed. NOTE THE DISAGREEMENT: the Forest Service recreation-sites record, re-read live today, still flags fee_charged=Y with no amount; the forest's own page is the more specific source and it is the one a visitor would be held to. Sources: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/sanbernardino/recreation/keller-peak-yellow-post-sites and https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0/query?where=site_name='KELLER PEAK YELLOW POST SITES ALONG 1N96' AND region='05'.
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 Keller Peak Yellow Post Sites Along 1N96
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 — Keller Peak Yellow Post Sites Along 1N96
What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading the aerial →All field notes →