Cabin Flat Campground (Hike-in Campground)
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The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
General Camping Info : Find helpful guidance and tips for an enjoyable trip to the forest! No maintenance of facilities until the road reopens. Know Fire & Other Restrictions Before You Go! : These conditions can affect your entire trip. For example, Extreme and Critical fire use restrictions mean no campfires and no portable cooking systems/stoves. Bring cold food and no S'mores. Be Bear Aware! : Bear safety is critical, for the safety of your group and/or you, as well as our bears. Help keep bears wild by following these tips. Overview of Site: Cabin Flat Campground is open year-round. Keep reading
However, it is hike-in only from early-November to late-April through June due to seasonal closures of Blue Ridge Road (Forest Service Road 3N06). However, the road between Lupine and Cabin Flat is severely overgrown and very hard to follow to get to this campground. No maintenance of facilities will happen until the road reopens. Cabin Flat Campground is located 12 miles from Inspiration Point. 5,300-feet in elevation Hike-in from Lupine Campground -3 miles; 12 miles from gate, can also mountain-bike or horseback-ride in, as well Trail camp not maintained No water available, treat water from stream before using, if available. Vault toilet Campsites are first-come-first-served. Adventure Pass required for vehicles parked along the road. Groceries and services available in the community of Wrightwood (approximately 9.5 miles away)
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…from stream before using, if available. Vault toilet Campsites are first-come-first-served. Adventure…”
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “No water available, treat water from stream before using, if available.”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Creek
Phone before you drive
recreation.gov publishes no availability for a campground you can’t reserve, so there’s no thirty-night reading to draw here. The season bar above is what the agency does publish.
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Getting there
the map and the coordinate
Where it is
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Peavine CampgroundSan Gabriel Mountains National Monument · 3.3 miThe weather
the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Typical weather
Typical October night 37°F, day 64°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 25°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Cabin Flat Campground (Hike-in Campground) is in California’s 28th congressional district. Its representative, Judy Chu (D), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: A. See every public-lands vote →