Agency-listedBLM · dispersedFree
Pacific Crest- Owens Peak Segment
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · CA · 35.67826, -118.00948
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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 Pacific Crest- Owens Peak Segment
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,250 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Pacific Crest- Owens Peak SegmentNIFC · 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 Pacific Crest- Owens Peak Segment · Bureau of Land Management · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- GGrocery11 mi
- @Mail11 mi
- MMechanic18 mi
- HHardware18 mi
- PPropane19 mi
- +Urgent care19 mi
- RxPharmacy19 mi
- AAir-up19 mi
- WWater20 mi
- LLaundry20 mi
- DDump21 mi
- OOutfitter22 mi
- ShShower44 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 11 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 — Pacific Crest- Owens Peak Segment
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
6,250 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
35.67826, -118.00948
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Pacific Crest- Owens Peak Segment · Bureau of Land Management · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureThree Pines Canyon (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townCanebrake · ~8.0 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~5.3 mi
- FuelInyokern Station · ~11.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~21.1 mi
- GroceriesInyokern Market · ~11.3 mi
- PharmacyAlbertsons Pharmacy · ~19.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicHeatherstone Medical Clinic · ~19.0 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~18.5 mi
EV charging — from Pacific Crest- Owens Peak Segment · Bureau of Land Management · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger8.1 mi straight-line E — DC CORRIDOR INYOKERN DC2 · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach9 within 25 mi · 29 within 50 · 185 within 100 · 1159 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)11.2 mi — Inyokern, CA, Inyokern
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)8.1 mi — DC CORRIDOR INYOKERN L2 · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- 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 202864 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Pacific Crest- Owens Peak Segment · Bureau of Land Management · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletWalker Pass Vault Toilet · ~1.8 mi SW · BLM
- RestroomChimney Creek Cg -Toilet 40 First North Past Cg · ~11.1 mi N · BLM
- RestroomChimney Creek Cg -Toilet 50 First South Past Cg · ~11.2 mi N · BLM
- RestroomChimney Creek Cg -Toilet 60 Second North Past Cg · ~11.2 mi N · BLM
Open Pacific Crest- Owens Peak Segment elsewhere
Other camps near Pacific Crest- Owens Peak Segment
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Kiavah Wilderness~6.3 mi
- Domeland Wilderness~10.9 mi
- Chimney Peak Recreation Area~11.3 mi
- Chimney Peak Wilderness~12.2 mi
How we know this — Pacific Crest- Owens Peak Segment
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 Pacific Crest- Owens Peak Segment
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 — Pacific Crest- Owens Peak Segment
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Stay limits →Off-grid communication →All field notes →
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