Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFreeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Thomas Hunting Grounds Yellow Post Sites
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 34.13056, -117.01103
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service 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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Thomas Hunting Grounds Yellow Post Sites · San Bernardino National Forest · CA
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 1N12 (Thomas Hunting Grounds), 70 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as native material surface and maintenance level 2 – high-clearance vehicles.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 1N12 (Thomas Hunting Grounds), 70 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles year-round.
MVUM record for FR 1N12 (Thomas Hunting Grounds): “01/01-12/31” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
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 Thomas Hunting Grounds Yellow Post Sites
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,604 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Thomas Hunting Grounds Yellow Post SitesNIFC · 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 Thomas Hunting Grounds Yellow Post Sites · San Bernardino National Forest · CA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- @Mail2 mi
- WWater4 mi
- LLaundry5 mi
- DDump6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- RxPharmacy6 mi
- FFuel7 mi
- +Urgent care7 mi
- MMechanic7 mi
- PPropane8 mi
- ShShower9 mi
- EVEV fast charger9 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- AAir-up11 mi
- OOutfitter16 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 — Thomas Hunting Grounds Yellow Post Sites
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
5,604 ft
Ground slope
3.6% · gentle
Nearest highway
~8.9 mi · Interstate 10
State
CA
Coordinates
34.13056, -117.01103
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Thomas Hunting Grounds Yellow Post Sites · San Bernardino National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCrystal Creek · ~0.4 mi · USGS: intermittent stream
- Nearest townOak Glen · ~6.8 mi
- Nearest rail linenone mapped within 10 mi
- Nearest highway~8.9 mi · Interstate 10
- Drinking waterWater · ~4.1 mi
- FuelValero · ~6.8 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~7.6 mi
- Dump station~5.8 mi
- GroceriesStater Bros. · ~5.9 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~5.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicYucaipa Family Clinic of Redlands Community Hospital · ~7.1 mi
- HardwareLowe's · ~10.8 mi
EV charging — from Thomas Hunting Grounds Yellow Post Sites · San Bernardino National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.4 mi straight-line NE — Big Bear Lake, CA - Tesla Supercharger (at a shopping center) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 6 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 reach81 within 25 mi · 287 within 50 · 1144 within 100 · 1305 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS10.6 mi — Costco Highland (Highland, CA), Highland
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO11.0 mi — Homestreet Bank Big Bear, Big Bear Lake
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.4 mi — Oak Glen Preserve (at a park) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-06-06 · hours: 8am-4:30pm daily; maximum stay of 2 hours
- 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 316899 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Thomas Hunting Grounds Yellow Post Sites · San Bernardino National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomThurman Flats Picnic Area · ~1.8 mi S · USFS
- RestroomMorton Peak Lo · ~2.6 mi SW · USFS
- RestroomMomyer Trailhead · ~6.3 mi SE · USFS
- RestroomBig Falls Trailhead · ~7.5 mi SE · USFS
Coming out here — Thomas Hunting Grounds Yellow Post Sites · San Bernardino National Forest · CA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Crystal Creek as an intermittent stream, ~0.4 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as intermittent — expect it dry for part of the year. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 3.6% — gentle. 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.
- No rail line is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) — abandoned, lifted and out-of-service track excluded, so a rail-trail does not count as one.
- Interstate 10 is mapped ~8.9 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- 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.
Open Thomas Hunting Grounds Yellow Post Sites elsewhere
Other camps near Thomas Hunting Grounds Yellow Post Sites
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Thomas Mtn Yp Sites Along 6S13~0.4 mi · fee
- Keller Peak Yellow Post Sites Along 1N96~5.6 mi
- Bluff Mesa Group Campground~6.7 mi
- San Bernardino National Forest~7.2 mi
The unit that manages Thomas Hunting Grounds Yellow Post Sites
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Thomas Hunting Grounds Yellow Post Sites are set by San Bernardino National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Thomas Hunting Grounds Yellow Post Sites
Source
U.S. Forest Service 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).
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 Thomas Hunting Grounds Yellow Post Sites
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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- Whether the site itself closes on its own schedule — only the road's season is on record
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- 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