Manker Flat Campground
5Heads up5 fires, nearest 18 mi
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $14From, per site
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! 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. Keep reading
Overview of Site Elevation: 6,000-feet in elevation Amenities: 21 campsites First-come-first-served Water available for use at outdoor faucet/pipe, but turned off for the season due to the potential for freezing temperatures Vault toilets RV's to 16'- No hook-ups Treat stream water before using, if available Fees: Camping - $12 per night per site, $5 for extra vehicle. Day-use - $5 per vehicle. Adventure Pass will be honored for day-use. Adventure Pass or America the Beautiful Pass required for vehicles parked outside the campground. Individuals who are camping, but parked outside of the campground due to the gate being closed- Display your camping pay stub on your dashboard in lieu of the Adventure or America the Beautiful Pass. What to Expect Camp high in the clouds at Manker Flat Campground. This campground sits at 6,000-feet and offers 21 campsites open year-round. However, piped-water is turned off for the season with freezing temperatures. Each site comes with a spacious spot for all your family camping needs and includes a picnic table, fire ring, and vault toilets. It's located within a short drive to historic Mt. Baldy Schoolhouse and Visitor Center where visitors can discover the land's Native American roots. Close by, hikers have several options to begin their day's adventure including, Mt. Baldy Bowl trailhead. This trailhead can be combined with another major route, Devil's Backbone, to reach the summit (10,069') to form an impressive 11.3-mile loop hike. For the more casual hiker, a 1.4 mile round trip to the 75-foot San Antonio Falls is available. Bears are very active in this area, so it is recommended that all campers use provided bear boxes, personal bear canisters, or seal all food as to eliminate scent.
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…the potential for freezing temperatures Vault toilets RV's to 16'- No hook-ups Treat stream water before…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…21 campsites First-come-first-served Water available for use at outdoor faucet/pipe, but turned off for…”
- Bear boxes
- Yes
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.
Every line of the receipt · 5
What you actually pay
“$14/Night for single unit, $5/Night for extra vehicle, $5/vehicle/day” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
Derived by CAMPANAC: the lowest per-night amount the agency’s fee record states ($14), and no booking fee, because this campground takes no reservations. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
How we know this receipt · 6
record Aug 24, 2026 · How we know all this
Getting there
the map and the coordinate
Where it is
Applewhite Campground (CA)San Bernardino National Forest · 7.9 miApplewhite CampgroundSan Bernardino National Forest · 7.9 miThe weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Wrightwood, CA
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
Manker Flat 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 →