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Tassajara Creek Campground
Hike-in · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 36.21497, -121.52895
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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.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Tassajara Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,128 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Tassajara Creek CampgroundNIFC · 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 Tassajara Creek Campground · Los Padres National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater1 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- EVEV fast charger13 mi
- ShShower13 mi
- FFuel14 mi
- @Mail14 mi
- LLaundry14 mi
- DDump16 mi
- MMechanic18 mi
- RxPharmacy18 mi
- HHardware18 mi
- +Urgent care21 mi
- AAir-up22 mi
- OOutfitter28 mi
- PPropane32 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 6 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 — Tassajara Creek Campground
Access
Hike-in
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,128 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
36.21497, -121.52895
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Getting in
Park at Marble Peak Trailhead · ~1.63 mi in a straight line (trail will be longer)
Nearby & resupply — around Tassajara Creek Campground · Los Padres National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureTassajara Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townTassajara Hot Springs · ~1.7 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~0.9 mi
- FuelShell · ~13.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~15.8 mi
- GroceriesNoggles Place · ~5.9 mi
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~18.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicAgile Occupational Medicine · ~21.8 mi
- HardwareSoledad Hardware & Lbr Inc · ~18.4 mi
EV charging — from Tassajara Creek Campground · Los Padres National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger13.0 mi straight-line W — Big Sur, CA - Ventana - 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 reach12 within 25 mi · 61 within 50 · 403 within 100 · 939 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS18.1 mi — Kroger – Foods Co 387 (Soledad, CA), Soledad
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO18.1 mi — Soledad Mission Shopping Center, Soledad
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)18.1 mi — Tractor Supply Store - Front Entrance, Soledad, CA · Blink Network · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 6 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Esalen Institute - Tesla Destination, Big Sur, 8.7 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 149296 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Tassajara Creek Campground · Los Padres National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomNorth Chalone Peak Vault Toilet #403 · ~24.6 mi NE · NPS
- RestroomWest Pinnacles Visitor Contact Station · ~24.8 mi NE · NPS
- RestroomScout Peak Vault Toilet #400 · ~26.0 mi NE · NPS
- RestroomChaparral Comfort Station #518 · ~26.1 mi NE · NPS
Open Tassajara Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Tassajara Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Arroyo Seco Group~2.7 mi · fee
- Arroyo Seco~3.0 mi · fee
- Wildcat Campground~3.1 mi
- Hanging Valley Campground~3.7 mi
The unit that manages Tassajara Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Tassajara Creek Campground are set by Los Padres National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Tassajara Creek Campground
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: hike (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
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 Tassajara Creek Campground
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 — Tassajara Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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