Agency-listedBLM · dispersedFree
Movie Road
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · CA · 36.59554, -118.10875
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management 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 Movie Road
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,468 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Movie RoadNIFC · 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 Movie Road · Bureau of Land Management · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- DDump2 mi
- WWater2 mi
- FFuel3 mi
- GGrocery3 mi
- HHardware3 mi
- LLaundry3 mi
- AAir-up3 mi
- OOutfitter3 mi
- @Mail3 mi
- EVEV fast charger3 mi
- MMechanic3 mi
- ShShower15 mi
- +Urgent care46 mi
- RxPharmacy46 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 3 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
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 — Movie Road
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
4,468 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
36.59554, -118.10875
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Movie Road · Bureau of Land Management · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLone Pine Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townAlabama Hills · ~2.2 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~2.1 mi
- FuelChevron · ~2.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~2.1 mi
- GroceriesLee's Frontier General Store · ~2.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicSouthern Inyo Hospital · ~3.0 mi
EV charging — from Movie Road · Bureau of Land Management · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger2.6 mi straight-line E — Lone Pine, CA - Tesla Supercharger (at an other entertainment) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 16 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 reach2 within 25 mi · 5 within 50 · 129 within 100 · 276 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS23.0 mi — Olancha, CA, Olancha
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO25.3 mi — CalTrans - Division Creek Safety Roadside Rest Area, Independence
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)41.3 mi — Gateway Restaurant and Lodge - Tesla Destination, Three Rivers, CA · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 4 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 102038 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Movie Road · Bureau of Land Management · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletTuttle Creek Cg -Vault Toilet #4 · ~2.1 mi S · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletTuttle Creek Cg -Vault Toilet #5 · ~2.1 mi S · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletTuttle Creek Cg -Vault Toilet #1 · ~2.3 mi SW · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletTuttle Creek Cg -Vault Toilet #2 · ~2.3 mi SW · BLM
Open Movie Road elsewhere
Other camps near Movie Road
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- BLM dispersed camp — CA~0.3 mi
- BLM dispersed camp — CA #8~0.4 mi
- BLM dispersed camp — CA #13~0.4 mi
- BLM dispersed camp — CA #11~0.4 mi
How we know this — Movie Road
Source
Bureau of Land Management 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
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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 Movie Road
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 — Movie Road
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Hot-weather camping →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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