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Upper Reyes Creek Campground
Hike-in · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 34.65636, -119.28832
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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 Upper Reyes Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,678 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Upper Reyes 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 Upper Reyes Creek Campground · Los Padres National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- MMechanic14 mi
- FFuel14 mi
- GGrocery14 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- @Mail15 mi
- WWater15 mi
- LLaundry15 mi
- OOutfitter15 mi
- EVEV fast charger15 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- DDump17 mi
- ShShower22 mi
- PPropane23 mi
- +Urgent care24 mi
- AAir-up29 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 14 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 — Upper Reyes Creek Campground
Access
Hike-in
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,678 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
34.65636, -119.28832
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Getting in
Park at Reyes Peak Trailhead · ~1.51 mi in a straight line (trail will be longer)
Nearby & resupply — around Upper Reyes Creek Campground · Los Padres National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureReyes Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townWheeler Springs · ~10.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelCircle K · ~16.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationLake Casitas Recreation Area · ~16.8 mi
- GroceriesWestridge Market IGA · ~14.6 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~16.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicOjai Valley Community Hospital · ~14.8 mi
- HardwareOjai True Value Hardware · ~15.0 mi
EV charging — from Upper Reyes Creek Campground · Los Padres National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger14.9 mi straight-line S — Boku Superfoods Cafe (Ojai, CA) · Electrify America · CHAdeMO, CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach6 within 25 mi · 99 within 50 · 717 within 100 · 1169 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)14.9 mi — Ojai, CA - W Ojai Ave - Tesla Supercharger, Ojai
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)14.0 mi — Topa Topa Elementary School, Ojai, CA · Blink Network · J1772 · 4 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 187034 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Upper Reyes Creek Campground · Los Padres National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletReyes Peak Trailhead · ~1.5 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletReyes Creek Trailhead · ~1.9 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletReyes Peak · ~2.0 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletReyes Creek · ~2.1 mi NW · USFS
Open Upper Reyes Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Upper Reyes Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Beartrap Campsite~1.2 mi
- Reyes Peak~2.0 mi · fee
- Reyes Creek~2.1 mi · fee
- Pine Mountain~2.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages Upper Reyes Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Upper Reyes Creek Campground are set by Los Padres National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Upper Reyes 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.
Listed website
hikelospadres.com — the page the mapper cited for this site. Not a land manager; read it as one more opinion.
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 Upper Reyes 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 — Upper Reyes Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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