Grassy Hollow
5Heads up5 fires, nearest 6 mi
- Right now
- Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 15:40 UTC
- A night
- $20–$40When it reopens, per site
- Sites
- 10In the agency’s record
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
Located on the Angeles Crest Scenic Byway at 7300’, Grassy Hollow offers a scenic and relaxing destination for camping, hiking, picnicking and wildlife viewing. Campers will find hiking, mountain biking, birding and countless other recreation opportunities. The surrounding landscape is also ideal for scenic drives. Visit the onsite visitor center for camping supplies and local history. Just northwest of the Los Angeles metro area. Keep reading
Recreation
Wildlife viewing is a popular activity, as visitors may see bobcats, mountain lions, bears and Nelson bighorn sheep.
Facilities
Tent campsites can accommodate eight campers. Parking for one vehicle is provided at each site. No motorhomes or trailers. Onsite parking for additional vehicles can be purchased. Campsites range from level meadow locations to shaded, hilly sites. Fire rings, picnic tables, pit toilets, and water are available. Firewood and other camping supplies can be purchased at the onsite visitor center.
Natural Features
Grassy Hollow is set in a meadow located in a hilly, oak and pine forest with beautiful views. At an elevation of 7,300 feet, summer temperatures average in the high 70s with cool nights. The Angeles National Forest spans nearly 695,000 acres over most of the San Gabriel Mountain Range in southern California. Vegetation ranges from chaparral and oak at lower elevations to pine forests at higher altitudes. Elevations range from 1,200 to 10,000 feet. The endangered California condor inhabits the forest. The Least Bells vireo and the Southwestern Willow flycatcher are two migratory birds that visitors enjoy spotting in the area. Other local inhabitants include the Arroyo toad, mountain yellow-legged frog, the mountain lion and the two-striped garter snake.
Nearby Attractions
The Angeles Crest Highway, part of California State Route 2, is a scenic byway that meanders through oak thickets, chaparral, high desert landscapes and pine tree forests. The ski resort town of Wrightwood is very close by. Restaurants and a disc golf course can be found at the North Resort. Take a hike on the Blue Ridge Trail or the Pacific Crest Trail. The Pacific Crest Trail is an impressive path that starts in Mexico and zigzags its way through Angeles and continues north across California, Oregon and Washington. Historic Grassy Hollow Visitor Center is located onsite.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 10 · 10 tent-only
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 20 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets · Vault Toilets
- FLUSH TOILETS on 10 of 10 campsite records / VAULT TOILETS on 10 of 10 campsite records
- Drinking water
- Yes
- DRINKING WATER on 10 of 10 campsite records
- Firewood
- Sold here
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Meadow
- Biking
- Hiking
- Scenic drives
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 1183rd darkest of 1,201 in CA
- Bortle 5
Nothing to book until it reopensread 15:40 UTC
recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend
Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.
Tell me when it reopens
Watch for it to come back
One email when the agency reopens it, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check the agency’s own record once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time it stops saying closed.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
Every line of the receipt · 11
What you actually pay
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 · 4
Why this page can’t say why
recreation.gov lists every site at Grassy Hollow closed this Friday and Saturday night. The U.S. Forest Service has published no closure notice we hold, so this page can’t say why, and it won’t fill the gap with a guess. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one: the reservations its record still carries were taken before the sites were closed.
There’s no notice to quote and no reason to argue with, so this page offers you the watch and the list below, and no letter.
Open within 60 miles · 4
The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.
- Oak Flat CampgroundAngeles National Forest · 17 mi · walk-up
- Bear CampgroundAngeles National Forest · 19 mi · walk-up
- Monte Cristo CampgroundSan Gabriel Mountains National Monument · 22 mi
- Los Alamos CampgroundLos Padres National Forest · 25 mi
recreation.gov availability, read 15:40 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
10 sites
All 10 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. 10 of the 10 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Grassy Hollow | 1 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | $20–$40 |
| Grassy Hollow | 10 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | $20–$40 |
| Grassy Hollow | 2 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | $20–$40 |
| Grassy Hollow | 3 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | $20–$40 |
| Grassy Hollow | 4 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | $20–$40 |
| Grassy Hollow | 5 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | $20–$40 |
| Grassy Hollow | 6 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | $20–$40 |
| Grassy Hollow | 7 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | $20–$40 |
| Grassy Hollow | 8 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | $20–$40 |
| Grassy Hollow | 9 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | $20–$40 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the phone number
Where it is
Chilao Campground - Manzanita Loop0.0 mi
Horse Flats Campground0.0 mi
Monte Cristo Campground0.0 miZuni CampgroundAngeles National Forest · 1.8 miStreamside CampgroundAngeles National Forest · 4.8 miUpper Shake CampgroundAngeles National Forest · 15 miThe agency publishes this point for 4 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 Santa Clarita, CA
Typical weather
Typical October night 56°F, day 81°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 44°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
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
what threatens it · who answers for it
Roadless country, and what’s coming for it
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Grassy Hollow is in California’s 27th congressional district. Its representative, George Whitesides (D), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: A+. See every public-lands vote →