Agency-listedBLM · dispersedUnpriced · confirm
Tunnison Mountain
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · CA · 40.53818, -120.51096
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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 Tunnison Mountain
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,635 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Tunnison MountainNIFC · 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 Tunnison Mountain · Bureau of Land Management · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- +Urgent care9 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- GGrocery11 mi
- EVEV fast charger11 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- MMechanic11 mi
- RxPharmacy11 mi
- @Mail11 mi
- LLaundry11 mi
- WWater11 mi
- DDump16 mi
- ShShower43 mi
- OOutfitter47 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 11 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
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 — Tunnison Mountain
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
5,635 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
40.53818, -120.51096
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Tunnison Mountain · Bureau of Land Management · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureStream · nearby
- Nearest townThe Crossing · ~4.1 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelDiamond Mountain · ~10.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~15.8 mi
- GroceriesDiamond Mountain Mini Mart · ~10.7 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~11.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicBanner Lassen Medical Center · ~9.3 mi
- HardwareDiamond Saw Shop · ~11.0 mi
EV charging — from Tunnison Mountain · Bureau of Land Management · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger10.7 mi straight-line SW — Susanville, CA - 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. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 2 within 50 · 88 within 100 · 316 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS50.6 mi — Caboose Park - Portola, Portola
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO80.0 mi — Town of Paradise - 230 Pearson, Paradise
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)10.7 mi — DMND MTN CSO DIAMOND MT1, Susanville, CA · ChargePoint 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 196523 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Tunnison Mountain · Bureau of Land Management · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletEagle Lake Rocky Point East- Vault Toilet · ~10.0 mi S · BLM
- RestroomBjt -Hobo Camp -Remote Toilet · ~11.9 mi SW · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletBjt - Hobo Camp - Vault Toilet · ~12.0 mi SW · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletGallatin Beach · ~13.7 mi W · USFS
Open Tunnison Mountain elsewhere
Other camps near Tunnison Mountain
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail~11.9 mi
- Aspen Grove~13.9 mi · fee
- Eagle~14.3 mi · fee
- California National Historic Trail - Nobles Emigrant Segment~14.5 mi
How we know this — Tunnison Mountain
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).
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 Tunnison Mountain
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 — Tunnison Mountain
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Stay limits →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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