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Peg leg legal RV boondocks side
Drive-up · public land · CA · 33.29543, -116.29806
We haven't personally camped here. Everything below is pulled from public land data, USGS maps and OpenStreetMap — a real place on public land, but not field-checked by us. Confirm road conditions, current access, stay limits and fire restrictions before you go.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 615 ft.
Fire & smokeNIFC · 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 camp
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- ShShower4 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- MMechanic5 mi
- HHardware5 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- WWater5 mi
- RxPharmacy5 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- OOutfitter6 mi
- +Urgent care7 mi
- LLaundry17 mi
- DDump24 mi
- AAir-up38 mi
- PPropane41 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, 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). Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
615 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
33.29543, -116.29806
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureStream · nearby
- Nearest townBorrego Springs · ~5.4 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~5.2 mi
- FuelMirage Gas Company · ~5.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationDump station · ~23.8 mi
- GroceriesDollar General Market · ~4.8 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~5.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicBorrego Medical Clinic · ~7.2 mi
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletAtaxam Ma'Mta'Ash Campground · ~21.2 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletInaja Memorial Picnic Area · ~25.2 mi SW · USFS
- RestroomSanta Rosa Vc · ~26.7 mi N · BLM
- RestroomHenshaw Scenic Vista · ~26.8 mi W · USFS
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Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Santa Rosa Wilderness~18.2 mi
- Santa Rosa Yellow Post 16~18.7 mi
- Santa Rosa Yellow Post 11~19.0 mi
- Santa Rosa Yellow Post 5~19.1 mi
How we know this
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)
Field check
Not verified on the ground. Nobody from here has camped it. It stays at Likely until someone does.
What we don’t know
A land record can put you within a few metres 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
Before you go
Your first dispersed night →Fire rules & restrictions →Getting unstuck →Power off-grid →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →