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U.S. Forest Service · Cleveland National Forest · CA

Laguna

4Heads up4 fires, nearest 12 mi

Wildfire

Lost fire · 12 mi away · 0 acres · updated Oct 14, 2026

Wildfire

Mtz/Sdu/Border 9 fire · 26 mi away · 0 acres · updated Oct 14, 2026

Wildfire

Main fire · 43 mi away · 0 acres · updated Oct 16, 2026

Wildfire

Highway 2 fire · 50 mi away · 0 acres · updated Oct 14, 2026

Fires: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 16, 2026

Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 15:52 UTC

Why it’s closed, and what’s open near here Tell me when it comes back

Right now: Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 15:52 UTC
A night: $35When it reopens, per site
Sites: 97In the agency’s record

Photos · RRM-CLM

50 ftLongest rig

5,610 ftElevation

1,764 ftWater · Little Laguna Lake

2.6 miNE of Pine Valley, CA

19%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 9 notices

In the agency’s own words

Laguna Campground is a great mountain getaway just one hour east of San Diego, California in the Laguna Mountain Recreation Area. Campers can enjoy cooler temperatures, unique natural areas and an extensive trail system at this mountain facility from summer through early fall. Keep reading

Recreation

The Laguna Mountain Recreation Area is known for great horseback riding, mountain biking and hiking trails. Visitors can get their boots dusty on the Laguna Meadow Trail system or access a segment of the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail, which runs from California to the State of Washington. Wildflowers are usually abundant in April and May on the Big Laguna Trail, which takes visitors past Big Laguna Lake. In wet years there is water in Big Laguna Lake by December or January and ducks and other birds can be found. The trail presents a number of options to the user. A return to the trailhead parking can be made by cutting through the Laguna Campground or by taking the Pacific Crest Trail north. Families can learn about the area's flora and fauna by attending educational programs at the facility's amphitheater. Or for history buffs, the El Prado Cabin located at nearby El Prado Campground, is the first ranger cabin built in the Cleveland National Forest in 1911. The San Diego State University Observatory also sponsors "Star Parties" for campers most Saturday evenings during the summer (schedule can be obtained at the nearby visitor center or by calling 619-473-8547).

Facilities

This large facility has five loops of campsites, with sites fairly close to one another. One campsite meets accessibility standards. The facility is equipped with campfire rings, flush toilet restrooms and coin-operated showers. Part of the campground is fenced off to protect the habitat of the endangered Laguna Skipper butterfly. Visitors are asked to respect the fence boundary and comply with the maximum site occupancy.

Natural Features

The campground sits at an elevation of 6,000 ft. in the Laguna Mountains. It is forested with pines and oaks that provide plenty of shade, in addition to a meadow. The area is home to many species of birds, as well as the endangered Laguna Skipper butterfly. Little Laguna lake is located just a short distance from the campground and is an excellent hiking destination for photographers and visitors looking to explore the area. Contact Info This location is staffed. Please call (619) 354-8776 to speak with local staff.

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

Please Note: The ROADSIDE LOOP is only for large rigs. RV'S MUST be 30 feet or LARGER. No vans. No tent camping. No overhead campers.

Rule

Please Note: One RV with tow vehicle per single site or one vehicle per tent site. Most sites can accommodate 1 extra vehicle that is not included with the reservation fee. Extra vehicle will be charged a per night fee and collected at the campground.

Rule

Fire Restrictions: Fire restrictions may be imposed at any time due to hot, dry weather conditions, at which time campfires and charcoal fires may not be allowed.

Everything else this campground posts · 6

Rule

Reserved Sites will be held until check out time (NOON) the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of that following day to hold a reservation or the site will be forfeited and released to other guests. Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.

Rule

Two Pets are allowed

Rule

Due to local temperatures, showers are open from mid-May through early October

Rule

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.

Rule

Click here to learn more about Cleveland National Forest

Rule

Camping or otherwise occupying a single location (including leaving camping equipment and/or related supplies) for a period longer than 14 consecutive calendar days is prohibited. ‘Location’ means the occupied area, the occupied campsite, and the National Forest System lands in the immediate vicinity thereof. Camping or occupying any location on all National Forest lands for more than 28 calendar days total during a calendar year is prohibited.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 97 · 10 tent-only
Hookups: None
Longest rig: 50 ft
Paved pads: All
Accessible sites: 3
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: 51 of 56 sites

Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets: Flush Toilets; “…is equipped with campfire rings, flush toilet restrooms and coin-operated showers. Part of the…”
Showers: Coin Showers; “The facility is equipped with campfire rings, flush toilet restrooms and coin-operated showers.”
Stay limit: 14 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

Source: read from the agency description, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Lake, Meadow; Biking; Hiking
Night sky · 987th darkest of 1,201 in CA: Bortle 4

Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Nothing to book until it reopensread 15:52 UTC

recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend

OpenBookedClosed

Max stay14 nights2-night minimum on weekendsthe facility record

A night, when it reopens$35plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule

Runs itU.S. Forest ServiceBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record

What’s open near here

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.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Every line of the receipt · 13

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service

A night, when it reopens$35

RV Nonelectric$35

Standard Nonelectric$35

Tent Only Nonelectric$35

Rates for the season the campground is in now, Jan 1, 2026 to Dec 31, 2026.

The booking feerecreation.gov

Reservation fee, booked online$8

One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.

Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.

If your plans changerecreation.gov

Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10

Cancellation fee$10

Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night

No-show$20 + your first night

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

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Sep 10, 2026

Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026

Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026

The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Why this page can’t say why

recreation.gov lists every site at Laguna 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.

Closure: U.S. Forest Service status record · Oct 16, 2026

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 · 1

The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.

Crestline Group CampgroundCleveland National Forest · 38 mi · 1 site

Open near here: Agency-published status, in the CAMPANAC campground index · Oct 16, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 15:52 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

97 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 72 mapped sites

68 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomLoop SHADY 036 168 ftLoop SUNNY 076 143 ftLoop SUNNY 075 121 ftWALK-IN 088 111 ftLoop SUNNY 065 110 ft

Least roomLoop SUNNY 072 21 ftLoop SUNNY 073 21 ftLoop SUNNY 068 22 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 97 sites

97 of 97 sites located

Standard53Tent only10RV / electric9Type not stated25

045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes aUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 97 of the 97 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 97 of the 97 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.


HILLSIDE	045	type not stated	25 ft			1,006 ft	275 ft	$35
HILLSIDE	046	type not stated	20 ft			1,122 ft	163 ft	$35
HILLSIDE	047	type not stated	35 ft			1,158 ft	121 ft	$35
HILLSIDE	048	type not stated	25 ft			1,225 ft	79 ft	$35
HILLSIDE	049	type not stated	20 ft			1,263 ft	18 ft	$35
HILLSIDE	050	type not stated	20 ft			1,354 ft	102 ft	$35
HILLSIDE	051	type not stated	30 ft			1,610 ft	372 ft	$35
HILLSIDE	052	type not stated	20 ft			1,591 ft	389 ft	$35
HILLSIDE	053	type not stated	20 ft			1,620 ft	353 ft	$35
HILLSIDE	054	type not stated	20 ft			1,547 ft	298 ft	$35
HILLSIDE	055	type not stated	25 ft			1,579 ft	279 ft	$35
HILLSIDE	056	type not stated	20 ft			1,505 ft	216 ft	$35
HILLSIDE	057	type not stated	25 ft			1,519 ft	185 ft	$35
HILLSIDE	058	type not stated				1,376 ft	42 ft	$35
HILLSIDE	059	type not stated		yes		1,362 ft	20 ft	$35
HILLSIDE	060	type not stated				1,338 ft	112 ft	$35
MEADOW	001	standard nonelectric	40 ft		56 ft	1,065 ft	351 ft	$35
MEADOW	002	standard nonelectric	35 ft		45 ft	1,113 ft	403 ft	$35
MEADOW	003	standard nonelectric	25 ft		45 ft	1,076 ft	374 ft	$35
MEADOW	004	standard nonelectric	30 ft		74 ft	975 ft	274 ft	$35
MEADOW	005	standard nonelectric	27 ft		74 ft	945 ft	276 ft	$35
MEADOW	006	standard nonelectric	30 ft		62 ft	835 ft	148 ft	$35
MEADOW	007	standard nonelectric	30 ft		62 ft	823 ft	182 ft	$35
MEADOW	008	standard nonelectric	40 ft		75 ft	707 ft	82 ft	$35
MEADOW	009	standard nonelectric	35 ft		75 ft	711 ft	156 ft	$35
MEADOW	010	standard nonelectric	25 ft		67 ft	621 ft	124 ft	$35
MEADOW	011	standard nonelectric	40 ft		67 ft	585 ft	189 ft	$35
MEADOW	012	standard nonelectric	40 ft		83 ft	524 ft	209 ft	$35
MEADOW	013	tent only nonelectric	40 ft		67 ft	582 ft	147 ft	$35
MEADOW	014	standard nonelectric	40 ft		67 ft	647 ft	95 ft	$35
MEADOW	015	standard nonelectric	38 ft		74 ft	721 ft	57 ft	$35
MEADOW	016	standard nonelectric	45 ft		73 ft	816 ft	98 ft	$35
MEADOW	017	standard nonelectric	40 ft		73 ft	816 ft	136 ft	$35
MEADOW	018	standard nonelectric	38 ft		78 ft	884 ft	175 ft	$35
MEADOW	019	standard nonelectric	45 ft		78 ft	959 ft	252 ft	$35
ROADSIDE	078	rv nonelectric	50 ft		100 ft	1,220 ft	404 ft	$35
ROADSIDE	079	rv nonelectric	50 ft		97 ft	1,193 ft	503 ft	$35
ROADSIDE	080	rv nonelectric	50 ft		44 ft	1,200 ft	598 ft	$35
ROADSIDE	081	rv nonelectric	45 ft		44 ft	1,243 ft	570 ft	$35
ROADSIDE	082	rv nonelectric	45 ft		61 ft	1,306 ft	425 ft	$35
ROADSIDE	083	rv nonelectric	40 ft		61 ft	1,264 ft	435 ft	$35
ROADSIDE	084	rv nonelectric	40 ft		74 ft	1,340 ft	357 ft	$35
ROADSIDE	085	rv nonelectric	40 ft		74 ft	1,313 ft	357 ft	$35
ROADSIDE	086	rv nonelectric	35 ft		108 ft	1,265 ft	301 ft	$35
SHADY	020	standard nonelectric	25 ft		62 ft	1,244 ft	325 ft	$35
SHADY	021	standard nonelectric	30 ft		62 ft	1,224 ft	384 ft	$35
SHADY	022	standard nonelectric	25 ft		73 ft	1,282 ft	394 ft	$35
SHADY	023	standard nonelectric	29 ft		76 ft	1,213 ft	477 ft	$35
SHADY	024	standard nonelectric	25 ft		69 ft	1,188 ft	469 ft	$35
SHADY	025	standard nonelectric	30 ft		69 ft	1,120 ft	446 ft	$35
SHADY	026	standard nonelectric	30 ft		58 ft	1,064 ft	424 ft	$35
SHADY	027	standard nonelectric	34 ft		58 ft	1,111 ft	481 ft	$35
SHADY	028	standard nonelectric	25 ft		67 ft	1,023 ft	423 ft	$35
SHADY	029	standard nonelectric	33 ft		62 ft	1,085 ft	488 ft	$35
SHADY	030	standard nonelectric	35 ft		68 ft	987 ft	434 ft	$35
SHADY	031	standard nonelectric	40 ft		68 ft	1,036 ft	502 ft	$35
SHADY	032	standard nonelectric	35 ft		61 ft	911 ft	420 ft	$35
SHADY	033	standard nonelectric	35 ft		61 ft	884 ft	447 ft	$35
SHADY	034	standard nonelectric	35 ft		67 ft	958 ft	479 ft	$35
SHADY	035	standard nonelectric	30 ft		67 ft	906 ft	494 ft	$35
SHADY	036	tent only nonelectric	25 ft		168 ft	1,128 ft	282 ft	$35
SHADY	037	tent only nonelectric	20 ft		91 ft	1,296 ft	188 ft	$35
SHADY	038	tent only nonelectric	20 ft		91 ft	1,283 ft	279 ft	$35
SHADY	039	standard nonelectric	20 ft		85 ft	1,257 ft	379 ft	$35
SHADY	040	standard nonelectric	35 ft		85 ft	1,236 ft	451 ft	$35
SHADY	041	standard nonelectric	27 ft		86 ft	1,309 ft	363 ft	$35
SHADY	042	tent only nonelectric	40 ft	yes	86 ft	1,280 ft	365 ft	$35
SHADY	043	standard nonelectric	25 ft		69 ft	1,366 ft	274 ft	$35
SHADY	044	standard nonelectric	23 ft		69 ft	1,333 ft	307 ft	$35
SUNNY	061	tent only nonelectric	25 ft		86 ft	1,495 ft	153 ft	$35
SUNNY	062	standard nonelectric	25 ft		86 ft	1,463 ft	147 ft	$35
SUNNY	063	standard nonelectric	15 ft		54 ft	1,649 ft	439 ft	$35
SUNNY	064	standard nonelectric	20 ft		54 ft	1,597 ft	392 ft	$35
SUNNY	065	standard nonelectric	23 ft		110 ft	1,614 ft	500 ft	$35
SUNNY	066	standard nonelectric	25 ft		51 ft	1,613 ft	595 ft	$35
SUNNY	067	standard nonelectric	23 ft		51 ft	1,658 ft	605 ft	$35
SUNNY	068	standard nonelectric	20 ft		22 ft	1,690 ft	511 ft	$35
SUNNY	069	standard nonelectric	20 ft	yes	22 ft	1,702 ft	495 ft	$35
SUNNY	070	standard nonelectric	20 ft		60 ft	1,634 ft	395 ft	$35
SUNNY	071	tent only nonelectric	25 ft		60 ft	1,692 ft	386 ft	$35
SUNNY	072	standard nonelectric	25 ft		21 ft	1,644 ft	289 ft	$35
SUNNY	073	standard nonelectric	30 ft		21 ft	1,630 ft	273 ft	$35
SUNNY	074	standard nonelectric	20 ft		48 ft	1,592 ft	305 ft	$35
SUNNY	075	standard nonelectric	22 ft		121 ft	1,514 ft	246 ft	$35
SUNNY	076	standard nonelectric	20 ft		143 ft	1,359 ft	445 ft	$35
SUNNY	077	type not stated	28 ft			1,351 ft	411 ft	$35
WALK-IN	087	type not stated				1,779 ft	130 ft	$35
WALK-IN	088	tent only nonelectric	35 ft		111 ft	1,749 ft	90 ft	$35
WALK-IN	089	type not stated	35 ft			1,758 ft	120 ft	$35
WALK-IN	090	tent only nonelectric	35 ft		47 ft	1,783 ft	170 ft	$35
WALK-IN	091	tent only nonelectric	35 ft		47 ft	1,763 ft	188 ft	$35
WALK-IN	092	type not stated	35 ft			1,806 ft	258 ft	$35
WALK-IN	093	type not stated	15 ft			1,810 ft	298 ft	$35
WALK-IN	094	type not stated	15 ft			1,871 ft	339 ft	$35
WALK-IN	095	type not stated	15 ft			1,875 ft	387 ft	$35
WALK-IN	096	type not stated	35 ft			1,931 ft	420 ft	$35
WALK-IN	097	type not stated	35 ft			1,930 ft	459 ft	$35

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Sep 11, 2026

25 of 97 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number

Coordinate32.88722, -116.44639

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone619-473-2082

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

Horse Heaven GroupCleveland National Forest · 0.3 mi

El Prado GroupCleveland National Forest · 0.5 mi

Burnt RancheriaCleveland National Forest · 2.5 mi

Wooded Hill GroupCleveland National Forest · 2.6 mi Cibbets Flat CampgroundCleveland National Forest · 7.6 mi Cottonwood CampgroundEl Centro Field Office · 8.7 mi

Getting there

Located 50 miles east of San Diego, California. Take I-8 to Sunrise Highway exit. Go approximately 15 miles to Laguna/El Prado Campground, just beyond the 26 mile marker. Stop at the entrance station for campground information and site location.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

This Afternoon62°Sunny2% rain

Tonight50°Partly Cloudy8% rain

Saturday57°Mostly Cloudy8% rain

Saturday Night46°Partly Cloudy8% rain

NWS forecast for Mount Laguna, CA

Source: National Weather Service, SGX forecast office · Oct 16, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 42°F, day 69°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical December night 32°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

90°32°20°

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.

Measured at: CUYAMACA, CA (USC00042239), 11 miles away and 970 ft lower

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Laguna 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 →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from

Right now: recreation.gov lists every site here closed on Friday and Saturday night (read 15:52 UTC). U.S. Forest Service has published no closure notice we hold, so the reason isn’t on this page. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one, and the reservations the record still carries predate the closure. That reading is ours, off the agency’s own booking record.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026, November 2026 and July 2027. It names 72 of the 97 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 11, 2026

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 97 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.56 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 1,201 rated federal campgrounds in California · Sep 8, 2026

Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model

Cell signal: the Forest Service’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.

Nearest place of any size: Mount Laguna, CA, 1 mi NW (a census designated place). Straight line.

Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026