Agency-listedBLM · dispersedFree
Pilot Knob Long Term Visitor Area
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · CA · 32.74274, -114.75548
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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 Pilot Knob Long Term Visitor Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 291 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Pilot Knob Long Term Visitor AreaNIFC · 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 Pilot Knob Long Term Visitor Area · Bureau of Land Management · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel0 mi
- GGrocery0 mi
- @Mail1 mi
- LLaundry6 mi
- MMechanic7 mi
- RxPharmacy7 mi
- +Urgent care8 mi
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- ShShower8 mi
- HHardware8 mi
- OOutfitter9 mi
- WWater12 mi
- DDump19 mi
- PPropane21 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 0 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 — Pilot Knob Long Term Visitor Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
291 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
32.74274, -114.75548
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Pilot Knob Long Term Visitor Area · Bureau of Land Management · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townFelicity · ~0.7 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~7.2 mi
- FuelPemex · ~2.3 mi
- Propane / LPGYuma Oil · ~21.3 mi
- Dump station~18.7 mi
- GroceriesTortillería y abarrotes Victoria · ~2.4 mi
- PharmacyLiquis I · ~2.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicBaja Clinical Lab · ~2.5 mi
- HardwareHarbor Freight Tools · ~8.3 mi
EV charging — from Pilot Knob Long Term Visitor Area · Bureau of Land Management · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger8.0 mi straight-line E — Yuma, AZ - Tesla Supercharger (at a hotel) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 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 reach5 within 25 mi · 20 within 50 · 35 within 100 · 311 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS9.0 mi — Target T2083 (Yuma, AZ), Yuma
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO47.3 mi — BOA El Centro CA0-119 (El Centro, CA), El Centro
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)8.7 mi — Budgetel Inn & Suites Yuma · Blink 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 101997 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Pilot Knob Long Term Visitor Area · Bureau of Land Management · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletImperial Buttercup Cg - Vault Toilet 80 · ~7.2 mi W · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletImperial Buttercup Cg - Vault Toilet 70 · ~7.2 mi W · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletImperial Buttercup Cg - Vault Toilet 60 · ~7.3 mi W · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletImperial Buttercup Cg - Vault Toilet 50 · ~7.3 mi W · BLM
Open Pilot Knob Long Term Visitor Area elsewhere
Other camps near Pilot Knob Long Term Visitor Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- BLM public land~11.9 mi
- Little Picacho Wilderness~17.2 mi
- Mittry Lake Wildlife Area~17.4 mi
- Imperial Dam Long Term Visitor Area~18.7 mi
How we know this — Pilot Knob Long Term Visitor Area
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 Pilot Knob Long Term Visitor Area
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 — Pilot Knob Long Term Visitor Area
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