Agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirm
Lower Peppermint Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 36.06646, -118.49065
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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 Peppermint Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,253 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Lower Peppermint 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 Lower Peppermint Campground · Sequoia National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail3 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- FFuel19 mi
- EVEV fast charger22 mi
- OOutfitter22 mi
- DDump29 mi
- MMechanic29 mi
- LLaundry30 mi
- HHardware30 mi
- RxPharmacy30 mi
- WWater30 mi
- AAir-up30 mi
- ShShower40 mi
- PPropane49 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 30-mi drive, 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 Peppermint Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,253 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
36.06646, -118.49065
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Lower Peppermint Campground · Sequoia National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurePeppermint Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townPonderosa · ~3.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFastrip · ~21.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~28.8 mi
- GroceriesGeneral Store · ~8.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicPorterville Developmental Center · ~27.6 mi
EV charging — from Lower Peppermint Campground · Sequoia National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger21.9 mi straight-line W — EFTP#1, Porterville, CA (at a public site) · CHAEVI · J1772, CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 6 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 36 within 50 · 190 within 100 · 802 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO29.4 mi — City of Porterville, Porterville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)21.9 mi — EFTP#1, Porterville, CA (at a public site) · CHAEVI · J1772, CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- 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 395255 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Lower Peppermint Campground · Sequoia National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLower Peppermint · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMagician (Needles) · ~3.0 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletQuaking Aspen · ~4.8 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletQuaking Aspen · ~4.9 mi NW · USFS
Open Lower Peppermint Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Lower Peppermint Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Dispersed camping area 5~0.3 mi
- Upper Peppermint Dispersed Area~2.2 mi
- Quaking Aspen~4.8 mi · fee
- Quaking Aspen~4.9 mi · fee
The unit that manages Lower Peppermint Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Lower Peppermint Campground are set by Sequoia National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Lower Peppermint 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
fs.usda.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 Lower Peppermint 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 — Lower Peppermint Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Picking a spot →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 →