Mapped · not agency-listedPublic land · dispersedFree
Palm Beach Dispersed Camp
Drive-up · public land · CA · 33.33209, -115.95066
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Ask about this camp →A mapped lead, not an agency listing. Somebody marked this as a campsite; we could not match it to a land-manager record. Worth checking rather than counting on. 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 Palm Beach Dispersed Camp
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at -221 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Palm Beach Dispersed CampNIFC · 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 Palm Beach Dispersed Camp · public land · CA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- GGrocery4 mi
- MMechanic4 mi
- @Mail4 mi
- FFuel4 mi
- ShShower4 mi
- LLaundry4 mi
- WWater10 mi
- DDump12 mi
- RxPharmacy18 mi
- +Urgent care18 mi
- EVEV fast charger22 mi
- HHardware25 mi
- OOutfitter25 mi
- PPropane45 mi
- AAir-up58 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 4 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 — Palm Beach Dispersed Camp
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
-221 ft
Ground slope
0.4% · flat
Nearest rail line
~9.4 mi · main line
State
CA
Coordinates
33.33209, -115.95066
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Palm Beach Dispersed Camp · public land · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSalton Sea · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Also mapped (OSM)Verde Wash (stream) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townSalton City · ~2.3 mi
- Nearest rail line~9.4 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~9.8 mi
- FuelChevron · ~3.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~29.5 mi
- GroceriesAlamo · ~12.3 mi
- PharmacyMecca Community Pharmacy · ~17.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicMecca Medical Clinic · ~17.8 mi
EV charging — from Palm Beach Dispersed Camp · public land · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger22.0 mi straight-line NW — TOWER MARKET NOT PUBLIC, Thermal, CA · 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 reach2 within 25 mi · 52 within 50 · 432 within 100 · 1107 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)31.1 mi — La Quinta, CA - Tesla Supercharger, La Quinta
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)22.1 mi — SONNY BONO STATION 1, Calipatria, CA · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: Mon: 6:00am-6:00pm; Tue: 6:00am-6:00pm; Wed: 6:00am-6:00pm; Thu: 6:00am-6:00pm; Fri: 6:00am-6:00pm; Sat: 6:00am-6:00pm; Sun: 6:00am-6:00pm
- 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 177878 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Palm Beach Dispersed Camp · public land · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomDos Palmas -San Andreas Toilet · ~13.0 mi NE · BLM
- RestroomDos Palmas -Pond Toilet · ~13.5 mi NE · BLM
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~22.1 mi SE · FWS
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~22.2 mi SE · FWS
Coming out here — Palm Beach Dispersed Camp · public land · CA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Salton Sea as a perennial lake or pond, ~0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 0.4% — flat. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Rail line mapped ~9.4 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. The atlas also records Amtrak service on it. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in it.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Palm Beach Dispersed Camp elsewhere
Other camps near Palm Beach Dispersed Camp
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Orocopia Mountains Wilderness~18.8 mi
- Mecca Hills Wilderness~19.7 mi
- Peg leg legal RV boondocks side~20.2 mi
- Santa Rosa Wilderness~21.6 mi
Who holds the land at Palm Beach Dispersed Camp
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as Salton Sea - Irrigation District, manager on record: Imperial Irrigation District (district). That names who holds the land — it is not a statement that camping is permitted here.
How we know this — Palm Beach Dispersed Camp
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.
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
Contributed, not agency-listed. A mapper marked this as a campsite. We have not matched it to a land-manager record, so it stays at Likely.
What we don’t know about Palm Beach Dispersed Camp
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