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Mill Flat Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 36.85670, -119.09543
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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 Mill Flat Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,078 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Mill Flat 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 Mill Flat Campground · Sierra National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- WWater10 mi
- @Mail11 mi
- ShShower11 mi
- MMechanic11 mi
- +Urgent care12 mi
- HHardware12 mi
- OOutfitter21 mi
- DDump22 mi
- LLaundry26 mi
- RxPharmacy26 mi
- EVEV fast charger33 mi
- PPropane34 mi
- AAir-up60 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 8 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 33-mi run (and back).
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 — Mill Flat Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,078 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
36.85670, -119.09543
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Mill Flat Campground · Sierra National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureMill Flat Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townCrabtree · ~1.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelHume Lake Gas Station · ~11.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~21.9 mi
- GroceriesGrant Grove Market · ~10.8 mi
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~26.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicFamily Healthcare Network · ~11.5 mi
- HardwareKiper & Kiper Hardware · ~11.6 mi
EV charging — from Mill Flat Campground · Sierra National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger33.4 mi straight-line W — Clovis, CA - Tesla Supercharger · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 12 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 reachnone within 25 mi · 80 within 50 · 170 within 100 · 419 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS33.5 mi — Public Parking, Clovis
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO33.5 mi — Public Parking, Clovis
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)20.1 mi — City of Orange Cove - City Hall (at a municipal building) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-08-15 · hours: 8am-5pm daily; maximum session time of 3 hours
- 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 187165 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Mill Flat Campground · Sierra National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletMill Flat Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBear Wallow · ~0.3 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGreen Cabin Flat · ~0.4 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCamp 4 · ~0.6 mi W · USFS
Open Mill Flat Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Mill Flat Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Bear Wallow~0.3 mi
- Green Cabin Flat~0.4 mi
- Camp 4~0.6 mi
- Gravel Flat~1.1 mi
The unit that manages Mill Flat Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Mill Flat Campground are set by Sierra National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Mill Flat Campground
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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
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 Mill Flat 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 — Mill Flat Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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