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Lower Nye Campgrounds
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 39.44311, -122.82493
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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.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Lower Nye Campgrounds
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,289 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Lower Nye CampgroundsNIFC · 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 Lower Nye Campgrounds · Mendocino National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- WWater11 mi
- @Mail16 mi
- MMechanic17 mi
- EVEV fast charger20 mi
- ShShower24 mi
- RxPharmacy28 mi
- HHardware28 mi
- LLaundry28 mi
- +Urgent care28 mi
- AAir-up29 mi
- OOutfitter29 mi
- DDump29 mi
- PPropane55 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Lower Nye Campgrounds
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,289 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
39.44311, -122.82493
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Lower Nye Campgrounds · Mendocino National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSkeleton Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townRice Fork Summer Homes · ~7.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSoda Creek · ~8.3 mi
- Propane / LPGAmeriGas Propane · ~30.0 mi
- Dump station~29.3 mi
- GroceriesSoda Creek General Store · ~8.3 mi
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~27.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicSutter Lakeside Hospital · ~23.8 mi
- HardwareMendo Mill · ~27.8 mi
EV charging — from Lower Nye Campgrounds · Mendocino National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger20.0 mi straight-line S — Upper Lake, CA - Tesla Supercharger (at a rest stop) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 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 reach1 within 25 mi · 22 within 50 · 312 within 100 · 886 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS27.0 mi — Thurston Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, Ukiah
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO28.2 mi — Willits, Willits
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)19.7 mi — Tallman Hotel and Blue Wing Restaurant - Tesla Destination, Upper Lake, CA (at a hotel) · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- 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 368021 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Lower Nye Campgrounds · Mendocino National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletWest Crockett · ~2.4 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPine Point (Day Use) · ~6.1 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSunset · ~6.2 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletOak Flat · ~6.9 mi W · USFS
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Other camps near Lower Nye Campgrounds
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Thistle Glade~4.2 mi
- Sunset~6.2 mi · fee
- Oak Flat~6.9 mi · fee
- Navy Camp~7.1 mi · fee
The unit that manages Lower Nye Campgrounds
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Lower Nye Campgrounds are set by Mendocino National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Lower Nye Campgrounds
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.
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 Lower Nye Campgrounds
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 — Lower Nye Campgrounds
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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