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Wagon Wheel Off Highway Vehicle Staging Area
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · CA · 35.57094, -117.54812
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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 Wagon Wheel Off Highway Vehicle Staging Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,248 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Wagon Wheel Off Highway Vehicle Staging 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 Wagon Wheel Off Highway Vehicle Staging Area · Bureau of Land Management · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel7 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- MMechanic7 mi
- LLaundry7 mi
- PPropane8 mi
- RxPharmacy8 mi
- AAir-up8 mi
- WWater8 mi
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- HHardware8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- +Urgent care8 mi
- DDump28 mi
- OOutfitter42 mi
- ShShower53 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 7 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 — Wagon Wheel Off Highway Vehicle Staging Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management
Elevation
3,248 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
35.57094, -117.54812
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around Wagon Wheel Off Highway Vehicle Staging Area · Bureau of Land Management · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureStream · nearby
- Nearest townSpangler · ~5.6 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~7.7 mi
- FuelFastrip · ~6.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~28.4 mi
- GroceriesMinit Shop · ~6.9 mi
- PharmacyAlbertsons Pharmacy · ~7.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicSouthern Sierra Medical Clinic · ~8.3 mi
- HardwareHarbor Freight Tools · ~7.8 mi
EV charging — from Wagon Wheel Off Highway Vehicle Staging Area · Bureau of Land Management · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger7.7 mi straight-line NW — US Bank Ridgecrest · EVCS · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach10 within 25 mi · 20 within 50 · 168 within 100 · 1230 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)15.7 mi — Inyokern, CA - Tesla Supercharger, Inyokern
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.3 mi — SWTCH Energy, Ridgecrest, CA (at a retail) · SWTCH · J1772 · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-07-15 · 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 324025 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Wagon Wheel Off Highway Vehicle Staging Area · Bureau of Land Management · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletTrona Pinnacles Rec Site -Vault Toilet · ~10.4 mi E · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletHistorical -Edith E Camp -Vault Toilet · ~14.6 mi SW · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletHistorical -Bickel Camp -Vault Toilet · ~21.2 mi SW · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletHistorical -Bickel Camp -Vault Toilet · ~21.2 mi SW · BLM
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If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Teagle Wash OHV Staging Area~3.6 mi
- Golden Valley Wilderness~11.5 mi
- Grass Valley Wilderness~23.5 mi
How we know this — Wagon Wheel Off Highway Vehicle Staging Area
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: drive (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 Wagon Wheel Off Highway Vehicle Staging 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 — Wagon Wheel Off Highway Vehicle Staging Area
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Hot-weather camping →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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