Corral Canyon Campground
5Heads up5 fires, nearest 29 mi
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 15:40 UTC
- A night
- $15–$30Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 19All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
Corral Canyon Campground is located within the Corral Canyon OHV Area and provides a secluded camping opportunity for those using the surrounding trails. Campsites are nestled amongst an oak grove with views of chaparral and desert for miles. Trails can be accessed from just outside of the campground, linking many to the greater OHV Area for more options. 19 sites are available. Please note that there is no potable water in the campground or within the local Corral Canyon and Bear Valley area. Keep reading
Recreation
Off Highway Vehicles, Camping, Picnicking, Hiking, Hunting, Bird Watching, Mountain Biking.
Facilities
Picnic tables and fire rings at each campsite Vault toilets Trash cans Natural Features The campground sits at an elevation of 3,400 ft. with oak and manzanita trees providing shade. The surrounding mountains are dotted with sagebrush, and wildflowers add color to the landscape in spring and early summer. The area is home to many species of local and migratory birds, deer, mountain lions, bobcats and coyotes.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 19
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…tables and fire rings at each campsite Vault toilets Trash cans Natural Features The campground sits at…”
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…19 sites are available. Please note that there is no potable water in the campground or within the local Corral Canyon…”
Around the campground
- Backpacking
- Biking
- Birding
- Climbing
- Hiking
- Hunting
- Mountain biking
- Off Highway Vehicle Trails
- Stargazing
36 of 38 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 15:40 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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Every line of the receipt · 13
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $15–$30 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 5
recreation.gov availability, read 15:40 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
19 sites
All 19 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 19 of the 19 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| A | 1 | standard nonelectric | $15–$30 |
| A | 10 | standard nonelectric | $15–$30 |
| A | 11 | standard nonelectric | $15–$30 |
| A | 12 | standard nonelectric | $15–$30 |
| A | 13 | standard nonelectric | $15–$30 |
| A | 14 | standard nonelectric | $15–$30 |
| A | 15 | standard nonelectric | $15–$30 |
| A | 16 | standard nonelectric | $15–$30 |
| A | 17 | standard nonelectric | $15–$30 |
| A | 18 | standard nonelectric | $15–$30 |
| A | 19 | standard nonelectric | $15–$30 |
| A | 2 | standard nonelectric | $15–$30 |
| A | 3 | standard nonelectric | $15–$30 |
| A | 4 | standard nonelectric | $15–$30 |
| A | 5 | standard nonelectric | $15–$30 |
| A | 6 | standard nonelectric | $15–$30 |
| A | 7 | standard nonelectric | $15–$30 |
| A | 8 | standard nonelectric | $15–$30 |
| A | 9 | standard nonelectric | $15–$30 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Bobcat Meadow Campground0.0 mi
Crestline Group CampgroundCleveland National Forest · 8.4 mi
Observatory CampgroundCleveland National Forest · 9.9 mi
Fry Creek CampgroundCleveland National Forest · 10 mi
Oak Grove CampgroundCleveland National Forest · 15 mi
Dripping Springs Campground (CA)Cleveland National Forest · 18 miFrom I-8, take exit 51, Buckman Springs Rd and head southwest, then turn right onto Morena Stokes Valley Road and drive 5.8 miles to Four Corners Staging Area. Continue straight on Morena Stokes Valley Road for another 1.4 miles to access Corral Canyon Campground on the left.
The agency publishes this point for 2 campgrounds; it’s likely a district office, not the campground. Use the agency’s own page for directions.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Valley Center, CA
Typical weather
Typical October night 40°F, day 79°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 30°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 Augusts are colder than the August line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Corral Canyon Campground is in California’s 48th congressional district. Its representative, Darrell Issa (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →