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Meadow View (Family Cg.)
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 40.03511, -120.21261
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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 Meadow View (Family Cg.)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,065 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Meadow View (Family Cg.)NIFC · AirNow
Checking active fires & air quality…
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 Meadow View (Family Cg.) · Plumas National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- LLaundry8 mi
- WWater20 mi
- HHardware21 mi
- @Mail21 mi
- EVEV fast charger21 mi
- RxPharmacy25 mi
- MMechanic28 mi
- +Urgent care33 mi
- OOutfitter38 mi
- PPropane38 mi
- DDump38 mi
- AAir-up38 mi
- ShShower39 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 20-mi drive, 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 — Meadow View (Family Cg.)
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,065 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
40.03511, -120.21261
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Meadow View (Family Cg.) · Plumas National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townDoyle · ~5.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~4.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~6.8 mi
- PharmacyLoyalton Pharmacy, Barber, Haire Faire · ~24.9 mi
- HardwareHardware · ~20.7 mi
EV charging — from Meadow View (Family Cg.) · Plumas National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger20.8 mi straight-line SW — Caboose Park - Portola (at a public site) · EVRANGE · CCS · 8 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 · 23 within 50 · 104 within 100 · 365 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)36.1 mi — Susanville, CA - Tesla Supercharger, Susanville
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO48.8 mi — DC CORRIDOR TRUCKEE DC1, Truckee
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)32.8 mi — Silver Lake Apartments, Reno, NV · OpConnect · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Chalet View Lodge - Tesla Destination, Graeagle, 23.8 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 357432 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Meadow View (Family Cg.) · Plumas National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletMeadow View (Family Cg.) · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSalmon Egg Shoal Fishing Site · ~6.6 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletNightcrawler Bay Fishing Site · ~6.9 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSnallygaster Point Fishing Site · ~7.4 mi S · USFS
Open Meadow View (Family Cg.) elsewhere
Other camps near Meadow View (Family Cg.)
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Gold Lake Campground~8.0 mi
- Conklin Park Family Cg.~8.3 mi · fee
- Frenchman Family Cg.~9.2 mi · fee
- Ross Camp~9.5 mi
The unit that manages Meadow View (Family Cg.)
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Meadow View (Family Cg.) are set by Plumas National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Meadow View (Family Cg.)
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 2026-08-20: NO FEE -- Plumas states in the fee block of its own page for this campground that 'Fees are not collected at this time.' The Forest Service recreation-sites dataset still carries a $10 single-site fee, but the live forest page supersedes it, so this record's fee flag has been cleared. Note the wording: 'at this time' means the forest can start collecting again without notice. The forest publishes this site as Meadow View Equestrian Campground at exactly our coordinates; our record carries the dataset's 'Meadow View (Family Cg.)' name. Senior and Access passes are honored for single campsites. Beckwourth Ranger District, 530-836-2575. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/plumas/recreation/meadow-view-equestrian-campground.
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 Meadow View (Family Cg.)
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 — Meadow View (Family Cg.)
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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