Jackson Flats
5Heads up5 fires, nearest 15 mi
- Right now
- Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 16:34 UTC
- Sites
- 5In the agency’s record
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 11 notices
In the agency’s own words
Jackson Flats is a group camping facility located next to beautiful Grassy Hollow Visitor Center, which holds numerous nature programs, hikes and activities on Saturdays during the summer. The peaceful setting, in the Angeles National Forest, is a short drive northeast of the bustling Los Angeles metropolitan area. Keep reading
Recreation
Campers can enjoy hiking, biking and relaxing in the shade. A few short trails loop around the campground and a connector trail leads to the Pacific Crest Trail. The trail stretches from Mexico through California, Oregon and Washington. Additionally, the Angeles National Forest boasts 557 miles of hiking and equestrian trails. All trails, excluding the Pacific Crest Trail, allow mountain biking as well.
Facilities
Each tent-only site is located about 600 feet from the centrally-located parking area near the campground entrance. Campers may drive into the campsites only to unload/load their gear to their site. Vehicles may not park in campsites. Each site is equipped with large picnic tables, a campfire circle, grills and bear-proof food storage lockers. Potable water is available at all campsites.
Natural Features
At an elevation 7,500 feet, Jackson Flats sits in grassy spaces among groves of pine and fir trees, with average summer daytime temperatures in the low 80s. Nights are cool. In Angeles National Forest, 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. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (760) 316-7828.
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.
What the agency tells you
It is advised that transportation remain on-site with your group in case of emergency evacuations.
Fire restrictions may be enforced due to dry conditions.
Bears frequent the area; all food must be kept in approved containers
Everything else this campground posts · 8
Gate must be locked after entrances and exits.
Due to parking constraints, no additional vehicles are allowed.
Parking space is very limited
If you will be arriving more than more than 24 hours after the start of your reservation, you must contact the campground at (760)316-7828 or your reservation will be cancelled
Click here to learn more about the Angeles National Forest
Don't Move Firewood: Protect California's forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. For more information visit firewood.ca.gov.
Check-in Time:02:00 PM; Check-out Time:11:00 AM
Potable Water is now available on site!
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 5 · 5 tent-only, 5 group
- Hookups
- None
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
Facilities
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…and bear-proof food storage lockers. Potable water is available at all campsites. Natural Features At…”
- Bear boxes
- Yes
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
Nothing to book until it reopensread 16:34 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 Jackson Flats 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.
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- Glenn Camp Campground (Hike or bike in 7 miles)San Gabriel Mountains National Monument · 12 mi
- Spring Camp CampgroundSan Gabriel Mountains National Monument · 14 mi · walk-up
- Monte Cristo CampgroundSan Gabriel Mountains National Monument · 18 mi
recreation.gov availability, read 16:34 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
5 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 5 mapped sitesAll 5 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. 5 of the 5 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.
| AREA JACKSON FLAT | 001 | group tent only area nonelectric | 484 ft | 4,479 ftJackson Lake | $180–$230 |
| AREA JACKSON FLAT | 002 | group tent only area nonelectric | 402 ft | 4,346 ftJackson Lake | $180–$230 |
| AREA JACKSON FLAT | 003 | group tent only area nonelectric | 184 ft | 4,072 ftJackson Lake | $180–$230 |
| AREA JACKSON FLAT | 004 | group tent only area nonelectric | 100 ft | 4,143 ftJackson Lake | $180–$230 |
| AREA JACKSON FLAT | 005 | group tent only area nonelectric | 100 ft | 4,241 ftJackson Lake | $180–$230 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Deer Group CampSan Gabriel Mountains National Monument · 3.0 mi
Crystal LakeSan Gabriel Mountains National Monument · 3.3 miJackson Flat Group CampgroundSan Gabriel Mountains National Monument · 3.8 miSycamore Flat CampgroundSan Gabriel Mountains National Monument · 3.9 miFrom Wrightwood, turn left onto CA-2 W/Angeles Crest Highway and go 6.1 miles. Look for signs and turn right. Drive 1.2 miles past Grassy Hollow Visitor Center and into the campground.
The weather
the next four days
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Wrightwood, CA
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
Jackson Flats 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 →