Agency-listedBLM · dispersedUnpriced · confirm
Tamarisk Long Term Visitor Area
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · CA · 32.70812, -115.12710
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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 Tamarisk Long Term Visitor Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 119 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Tamarisk 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 Tamarisk Long Term Visitor Area · Bureau of Land Management · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel15 mi
- GGrocery15 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- @Mail16 mi
- +Urgent care21 mi
- EVEV fast charger21 mi
- PPropane22 mi
- MMechanic22 mi
- OOutfitter22 mi
- RxPharmacy24 mi
- LLaundry25 mi
- WWater25 mi
- ShShower30 mi
- DDump37 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 25-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 15 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 — Tamarisk Long Term Visitor Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
119 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
32.70812, -115.12710
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Tamarisk Long Term Visitor Area · Bureau of Land Management · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWater · nearby
- Nearest townEjido Netzahualcóyotl · ~6.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelDagal, S.A. de C.V. · ~11.2 mi
- Propane / LPGBaja Gas & Oil · ~23.1 mi
- GroceriesOxxo · ~11.3 mi
- PharmacyNERO BOTICAS · ~11.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicAsilo Ejido Queretaro · ~11.4 mi
- HardwareFerretería Bataquez · ~11.6 mi
EV charging — from Tamarisk Long Term Visitor Area · Bureau of Land Management · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger21.4 mi straight-line W — City of Calexico (at a public site) · EVRANGE · CCS · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach5 within 25 mi · 19 within 50 · 54 within 100 · 361 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)21.5 mi — El Paseo Power Center - Tesla Supercharger, Calexico
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO26.3 mi — BOA El Centro CA0-119 (El Centro, CA), El Centro
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)20.2 mi — CUSDK12 CUSD #2 CC25, Calexico, CA · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: Mon: 11:45pm-11:59pm; Tue: 11:45pm-11:59pm; Wed: 11:45pm-11:59pm; Thu: 11:45pm-11:59pm; Fri: 11:45pm-11:59pm; Sat: 11:45pm-11:59pm; Sun: 11:45pm-11:59pm
- 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 310673 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Tamarisk Long Term Visitor Area · Bureau of Land Management · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletHot Spring - Vault Toilet · ~9.2 mi NW · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletDune Buggy Flats -Vault Toilet 10 · ~10.7 mi E · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletDune Buggy Flats -Vault Toilet 20 · ~10.7 mi E · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletDune Buggy Flats - Vault Toilet 30 · ~10.8 mi E · BLM
Coming out here — Tamarisk Long Term Visitor Area · Bureau of Land Management · CA
- Surface water mapped nearby: Water. That is wash water at best, and nobody has checked it for you — a creek can be dry and a tank can be mud. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- 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.
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Other camps near Tamarisk Long Term Visitor Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Hot Springs Long Term Visitor Area~9.3 mi
- Roadrunner Campground~14.0 mi
- Pilot Knob Long Term Visitor Area~21.7 mi
How we know this — Tamarisk Long Term Visitor Area
Fee note
The BLM page names both free use and fee camping, read 19 Sep 2026: "Fee season September 15-April 15 $180, $80 4-week stay, $40 2-week stay; 14 day camping free April 16-September 14" https://www.blm.gov/visit/tamarisk-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
BLM RIDB record, agency-listed. Its fee field is empty -- no fee statement -- so the cost is unpriced (field read 2026-09-19). Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up). | Mixed 2026-09-19: "Fee season September 15-April 15 $180, $80 4-week stay, $40 2-week stay; 14 day camping free April 16-September 14" Source: https://www.blm.gov/visit/tamarisk-long-term-visitor-area (worker_W, statement verified on that page).
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 Tamarisk 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 — Tamarisk Long Term Visitor Area
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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