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Lily Meadows Camp
Hike-in · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 34.77941, -119.16860
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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.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Lily Meadows Camp
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,624 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Lily Meadows CampNIFC · 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 Lily Meadows Camp · Los Padres National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail5 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- MMechanic5 mi
- LLaundry5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- PPropane13 mi
- RxPharmacy13 mi
- HHardware13 mi
- EVEV fast charger16 mi
- +Urgent care16 mi
- DDump17 mi
- WWater17 mi
- OOutfitter23 mi
- ShShower33 mi
- AAir-up37 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 5 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 — Lily Meadows Camp
Access
Hike-in
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,624 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
34.77941, -119.16860
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Getting in
Park at nearest parking · ~2.53 mi in a straight line (trail will be longer)
Nearby & resupply — around Lily Meadows Camp · Los Padres National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureNorth Fork Lockwood Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townStauffer · ~6.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelDon's Gas / Market · ~13.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~17.1 mi
- GroceriesMountain View Mini Mart · ~9.8 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~25.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicOjai Valley Community Hospital · ~23.9 mi
- HardwareOjai True Value Hardware · ~24.0 mi
EV charging — from Lily Meadows Camp · Los Padres National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger16.3 mi straight-line E — 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 reach8 within 25 mi · 126 within 50 · 729 within 100 · 1200 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS16.4 mi — DC CORRIDOR FRAZIERPARK DC1, Lebec
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO16.4 mi — DC CORRIDOR FRAZIERPARK DC1, Lebec
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)16.4 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 Lily Meadows Camp · Los Padres National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletChula Vista Trailhead · ~3.3 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletChula Vista · ~3.4 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMt Pinos · ~3.9 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCampo Alto · ~4.2 mi NW · USFS
Open Lily Meadows Camp elsewhere
Other camps near Lily Meadows Camp
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Sheep Camp~2.1 mi
- Chula Vista Campground~3.5 mi · fee
- Dome Springs~3.8 mi
- Mt Pinos~3.9 mi · fee
The unit that manages Lily Meadows Camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Lily Meadows Camp are set by Los Padres National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Lily Meadows Camp
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.
Listed website
hikelospadres.com — the page the mapper cited for this site. Not a land manager; read it as one more opinion.
How it was placed
auto: hike (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 Lily Meadows Camp
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 — Lily Meadows Camp
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Off-grid communication →All field notes →
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