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Sycamore Flat
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 34.41346, -117.82501
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Sycamore Flat · Angeles National Forest · CA
No road within 1 mi of the pin in the national MVUM layer — and that layer carries no data at all for this forest (unit 0501), so this is the layer's silence, not the ground's. Access may be a county road or unmapped.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Sycamore Flat
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,253 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Sycamore FlatNIFC · 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 Sycamore Flat · Angeles National Forest · CA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater2 mi
- @Mail3 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery10 mi
- MMechanic11 mi
- +Urgent care12 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- PPropane18 mi
- EVEV fast charger20 mi
- LLaundry21 mi
- OOutfitter22 mi
- AAir-up24 mi
- ShShower25 mi
- DDump28 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Sycamore Flat
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,253 ft
Ground slope
2.9% · flat
Nearest rail line
~7.6 mi · main line
State
CA
Coordinates
34.41346, -117.82501
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Sycamore Flat · Angeles National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBig Rock Creek · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townOld Point Comfort · ~0.5 mi
- Nearest rail line~7.6 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~1.9 mi
- FuelChevron · ~7.6 mi
- Propane / LPGMain Street Gas & Mart · ~29.6 mi
- GroceriesFood Mart · ~10.3 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~15.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicLake Los Angeles Community Clinic · ~14.1 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~14.1 mi
EV charging — from Sycamore Flat · Angeles National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger19.5 mi straight-line NW — Palmdale Water District · EVCS · CHAdeMO, CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach50 within 25 mi · 732 within 50 · 1087 within 100 · 1323 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)19.7 mi — Azusa, CA - Tesla Supercharger, Azusa
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)12.7 mi — AVUHSD LITTLE ROCK HS1, Littlerock, CA · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: Mon: 6:00am-11:00pm; Tue: 6:00am-11:00pm; Wed: 6:00am-11:00pm; Thu: 6:00am-11:00pm; Fri: 6:00am-11:00pm
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Grand Pine Cabins - Tesla Destination, Wrightwood, 11.5 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 371477 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Sycamore Flat · Angeles National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSycamore Flat · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSouth Fork · ~1.4 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBig Rock · ~3.3 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletJarvi Memorial · ~4.4 mi SW · USFS
Coming out here — Sycamore Flat · Angeles National Forest · CA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Big Rock Creek as a perennial stream, ~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 2.9% — 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 ~7.6 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. 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.
- 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 Sycamore Flat elsewhere
Other camps near Sycamore Flat
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- South Fork~1.3 mi · fee
- Little Jimmy Campground~4.6 mi
- Jackson Flat Campground~5.6 mi
- Mt. Oak Campground~5.6 mi · fee
The unit that manages Sycamore Flat
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Sycamore Flat are set by Angeles National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Sycamore Flat
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) | Fee 2026-09-24: $20 per night per vehicle (up to 8 people per site; +$5 per extra vehicle). The fee rose to $20 on May 1, 2025, and Adventure and Interagency passes are not accepted in lieu of it. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/angeles/recreation/sycamore-flat-campground (figure verified on that page); Recreation.gov's current 2026 season prices it the same: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/10399470.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Sycamore Flat
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 — Sycamore Flat
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Picking a spot →All field notes →