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U.S. Forest Service · San Gabriel Mountains National Monument · CA

Table Mountain (Angeles)

5Heads up5 fires, nearest 21 mi

Wildfire

Peak fire · 21 mi away · updated Oct 15, 2026

Wildfire

Lac-374626 fire · 25 mi away · updated Oct 17, 2026

Wildfire

Lac-374825 fire · 25 mi away · updated Oct 17, 2026

Wildfire

Scenic fire · 26 mi away · updated Oct 14, 2026

Wildfire

Lac-373293 fire · 27 mi away · updated Oct 16, 2026

Fires: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 17, 2026

Reservable, and full this SaturdayEvery one of the 84 sites on offer is taken this Saturday, and the record lists no site held back for a walk-up. read 16:22 UTC

We don’t think it should be. Every campground should hold some sites for whoever drives up.Tell your representative →

Watch for a cancellation Book on recreation.gov ↗

Right now: Taking bookingsSites offered on 23 of the next 23 nights; a database flag says not open read 16:22 UTC
A night: $30–$60Across the site types the agency prices
Sites: 176104 on recreation.gov

Photos · Mountain High Resorts

61 ftLongest rig

7,330 ftElevation

1.4 miWater · Pacific Crest Reservoir

2.1 miSW of Piñon Hills, CA

24%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 7 notices

In the agency’s own words

Table Mountain, just a short journey northwest of the Los Angeles metro area, provides a beautiful escape from urban life. Campers will find hiking, mountain biking, birding and countless other recreation opportunities. The surrounding landscape is also ideal for scenic drives. The campground sits in the Angeles National Forest, spanning 694,187 acres over most of the San Gabriel Mountain range. The forest boasts spectacular scenery and 557 miles of hiking and equestrian trails. Keep reading

Recreation

The Table Mountain Nature Trail runs through the campground, and visitors can spot birds, squirrel, deer and the California condor. The Angeles Crest Scenic Byway is a highly recommended drive that extends through oak thickets, chaparral, high desert landscapes and pine tree forests along the highest and most scenic ridges of the San Gabriel mountain range.

Facilities

Campsites range from level meadow locations to shaded, hilly sites. All sites are reasonably close to vault toilets and have paved spurs and fire pits. Water spigots are spaced about every six sites. The amphitheater site is available for day-use only and accommodates up to 150 guests and 30 vehicles. Prices vary based on time of year. To RESERVE THE AMPHITHEATER contact Tyler Shippy at tyler_shippy@mthigh.com or call (888) 754-7878 ext 7834.

Natural Features

Table Mountain is set in a hilly, oak and pine forest with two large meadows and beautiful views. At an elevation of 7,000 feet, summer temperatures average in the low 80s with cool nights. 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. Visit the Mountain High Downhill Bike Park.

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

What the agency tells you

Rule

It is advised that transportation remain on-site with your group in case of emergency evacuations.

Rule

Fire restrictions may be enforced due to dry conditions.

Rule

Bears frequent the area; all food must be kept in approved containers.

Everything else this campground posts · 4

Rule

First-come, first-served sites may be available.

Rule

A fee will be charged for additional vehicles.

Rule

Be aware that some of our campsites don't have the space to back in a Travel Trailer. A trailer is NOT an RV. Check each campsite details before you arrive.

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.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

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

Tents and rigs

Sites: 176 · 1 group
Hookups: None
Longest rig: 61 ft
Paved pads: 111 of 176
Accessible sites: None listed
Pets: Allowed
Shade: Every site

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

Facilities

Toilets: Pit Toilets; ACCESSIBLE PIT TOILETS on 111 of 178 campsite records
Drinking water: Yes; “…and have paved spurs and fire pits. Water spigots are spaced about every six sites. The amphitheater…”
Camp host: On site; recreation.gov lists “Host”

Source: read from the agency description and counted from this campground’s own campsite records, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Meadow; Biking; Hiking; Mountain biking; Scenic drives; Wildlife viewing
Night sky · 1157th darkest of 1,201 in CA: Bortle 5

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

Full this Saturdayread 16:22 UTC

How full the weekend is nationally.

1 campground has sites open within 30 miles, read 16:24 UTC. See them

OpenBooked

Every one of the 84 sites on offer is taken this Saturday. 83 are free on Mon, Oct 19. read 16:22 UTC Why the weekend fills and the week doesn’t

Booking windowThrough October 31Bookable now through October 31, 2026, the end of the reservable season. On November 9, 2026 at 10 AM ET, availability opens through May 9, 2027.recreation.gov Add to calendar (.ics)

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record

A night$30–$60plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$68–$128DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above

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

Watch for a cancellation

Watch this campground

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We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.

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.

Tell me when the season opens

Watch for the season to open

One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.

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.

Where there’s room this weekend Book on recreation.gov ↗

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 14

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service

A night, per site$30–$60

Standard Nonelectric$30

Standard Nonelectric- Double Site$60

Group areas, a night$120–$500

Rates for the season the campground is in now, May 8, 2026 to Oct 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.

What a stay costs

One nightDerived$38–$68

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$68–$128

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $30–$60 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.

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 · 5

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

The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · 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

Open within 30 miles this weekend · 1

Sites the agency is offering this Friday and Saturday that nobody has taken, nearest first. read 16:24 UTC

Lake CampgroundSan Gabriel Mountains National Monument · 2.0 mi · 1 of 12 site-nights open

Open this weekend: recreation.gov availability · derived by CAMPANAC: site-nights the agency offered this weekend that nobody has taken, within the radius, closures removed by the closure rule · Oct 16, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 16:22 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

178 records · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 42 mapped sites

118 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomLoop BROK 25-28 QUAD 428 ftLoop TWIS 018 307 ftLoop TWIS 14-15 DBL 295 ftLoop MOHA 57-58 DBL 194 ftLoop ZUNI 105 183 ft

Least roomLoop MOHA 042 54 ftLoop PIMA 63-64 DBL 54 ftLoop APAC 073 88 ft

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

All 178 records

43 of 178 records located

Standard40Group1Type not stated1Day use1

070 071 072 073 074 075 079 AMPHIT 0142 033 034 036 040 25-28 QUAD 083 084 090 091 87-88 DBL 042 056 059 57-58 DBL 043 048 46-47 DBL 060 061 067 63-64 DBL 007 008 010 018 099 100 103 104 105 112 113 114

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

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

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes aUp to

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 176 of the 178 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.


APAC	070	standard nonelectric	40 ft	166 ft	1.6 mi	$30–$60
APAC	071	standard nonelectric	34 ft	97 ft	1.7 mi	$30–$60
APAC	072	standard nonelectric	45 ft	114 ft	1.7 mi	$30–$60
APAC	073	standard nonelectric	54 ft	88 ft	1.7 mi	$30–$60
APAC	074	standard nonelectric	52 ft	88 ft	1.7 mi	$30–$60
APAC	075	standard nonelectric	60 ft	113 ft	1.7 mi	$30–$60
APAC	076	type not stated				$30
APAC	077	type not stated				$30
APAC	078	type not stated				$30
APAC	079	standard nonelectric	54 ft	164 ft	1.7 mi	$30–$60
APAC	080	standard nonelectric	31 ft			$30–$60
APAC	081	standard nonelectric	43 ft			$30–$60
APAC	082	type not stated	45 ft			$30
APAC	AMPHIT	day use		168 ft	1.7 miJackson Lake
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	001	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	002	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	003	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	004	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	005	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	006	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	009	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	011	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	012	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	013	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	014	type not stated			1.4 mi	$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	016	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	017	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	019	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	020	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	021	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	022	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	023	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	024	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	029	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	030	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	031	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	032	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	035	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	037	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	038	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	039	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	041	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	044	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	045	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	049	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	050	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	051	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	052	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	053	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	054	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	055	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	062	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	065	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	066	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	068	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	069	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	080	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	081	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	082	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	085	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	086	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	089	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	092	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	093	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	094	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	095	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	096	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	097	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	101	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	106	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	107	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	108	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	109	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	110	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	111	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	115	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	116	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	117	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	118	type not stated				$30
AREA TABLE MOUNTAIN	XXX	unnamed record				$30
BROK	020	standard nonelectric	39 ft			$30–$60
BROK	021	standard nonelectric	36 ft			$30–$60
BROK	022	standard nonelectric	35 ft			$30–$60
BROK	023	standard nonelectric	28 ft			$30–$60
BROK	024	standard nonelectric	32 ft			$30–$60
BROK	029	standard nonelectric	31 ft			$30–$60
BROK	030	standard nonelectric	36 ft			$30–$60
BROK	031	standard nonelectric	36 ft			$30–$60
BROK	032	standard nonelectric	42 ft			$30–$60
BROK	033	standard nonelectric	45 ft	118 ft	1.5 mi	$30–$60
BROK	034	standard nonelectric	45 ft	146 ft	1.5 mi	$30–$60
BROK	035	standard nonelectric	37 ft			$30–$60
BROK	036	standard nonelectric	36 ft	118 ft	1.5 mi	$30–$60
BROK	037	standard nonelectric	49 ft			$30–$60
BROK	038	standard nonelectric	49 ft			$30–$60
BROK	039	standard nonelectric	45 ft			$30–$60
BROK	040	standard nonelectric	43 ft	101 ft	1.5 mi	$30–$60
BROK	041	standard nonelectric	43 ft			$30–$60
BROK	25-28 QUAD	group standard nonelectric	24 ft	429 ft	1.6 mi	$120
CHER	083	standard nonelectric	33 ft	117 ft	1.7 mi	$30–$60
CHER	084	standard nonelectric	40 ft	138 ft	1.7 mi	$30–$60
CHER	085	standard nonelectric	41 ft			$30–$60
CHER	086	standard nonelectric	43 ft			$30–$60
CHER	089	standard nonelectric	34 ft			$30–$60
CHER	090	standard nonelectric	40 ft	97 ft	1.7 miJackson Lake	$30–$60
CHER	091	standard nonelectric	43 ft	97 ft	1.7 mi	$30–$60
CHER	092	standard nonelectric	43 ft			$30–$60
CHER	093	standard nonelectric	42 ft			$30–$60
CHER	094	standard nonelectric	47 ft			$30–$60
CHER	095	standard nonelectric	36 ft			$30–$60
CHER	096	standard nonelectric	42 ft			$30–$60
CHER	097	standard nonelectric	53 ft			$30–$60
CHER	87-88 DBL	standard nonelectric	30 ft	142 ft	1.6 miJackson Lake	$30–$60
KNOL	012	standard nonelectric	29 ft			$30–$60
KNOL	013	standard nonelectric	29 ft			$30–$60
KNOL	015	type not stated				$30
MOHA	042	standard nonelectric	35 ft	54 ft	1.5 mi	$30–$60
MOHA	051	standard nonelectric	47 ft			$30–$60
MOHA	052	standard nonelectric	33 ft			$30–$60
MOHA	053	standard nonelectric	31 ft			$30–$60
MOHA	054	standard nonelectric	40 ft			$30–$60
MOHA	055	standard nonelectric	28 ft			$30–$60
MOHA	056	standard nonelectric	33 ft	161 ft	1.6 miJackson Lake	$30–$60
MOHA	059	standard nonelectric	37 ft	155 ft	1.6 mi	$30–$60
MOHA	57-58 DBL	standard nonelectric	30 ft	194 ft	1.6 miJackson Lake	$30–$60
OSAG	043	standard nonelectric	42 ft	114 ft	1.5 mi	$30–$60
OSAG	044	standard nonelectric	36 ft			$30–$60
OSAG	045	standard nonelectric	41 ft			$30–$60
OSAG	048	standard nonelectric	38 ft	148 ft	1.5 mi	$30–$60
OSAG	049	standard nonelectric	37 ft			$30–$60
OSAG	050	standard nonelectric	43 ft			$30–$60
OSAG	46-47 DBL	standard nonelectric	18 ft	114 ft	1.5 mi	$30–$60
PIMA	060	standard nonelectric	41 ft	92 ft	1.5 mi	$30–$60
PIMA	061	standard nonelectric	30 ft	92 ft	1.5 mi	$30–$60
PIMA	062	standard nonelectric	41 ft			$30–$60
PIMA	065	standard nonelectric	54 ft			$30–$60
PIMA	066	standard nonelectric	26 ft			$30–$60
PIMA	067	standard nonelectric	25 ft	155 ft	1.6 mi	$30–$60
PIMA	068	standard nonelectric	33 ft			$30–$60
PIMA	069	standard nonelectric	45 ft			$30–$60
PIMA	63-64 DBL	standard nonelectric	32 ft	54 ft	1.5 mi	$30–$60
TABL	001	type not stated	36 ft			$30
TABL	002	type not stated				$30
TABL	003	type not stated	44 ft			$30
TABL	004	standard nonelectric	61 ft			$30–$60
TABL	005	standard nonelectric	47 ft			$30–$60
TABL	006	standard nonelectric	42 ft			$30–$60
TABL	007	standard nonelectric	44 ft	92 ft	1.4 mi	$30–$60
TABL	008	standard nonelectric	51 ft	92 ft	1.4 mi	$30–$60
TABL	009	standard nonelectric	48 ft			$30–$60
TABL	010	standard nonelectric	49 ft	142 ft	1.4 mi	$30–$60
TWIS	011	standard nonelectric	27 ft			$30–$60
TWIS	016	standard nonelectric	40 ft			$30–$60
TWIS	017	standard nonelectric	51 ft			$30–$60
TWIS	018	standard nonelectric	55 ft	307 ft	1.4 mi	$30–$60
TWIS	019	standard nonelectric	43 ft			$30–$60
TWIS	14-15 DBL	standard nonelectric	36 ft	295 ft	1.4 mi	$30–$60
ZUNI	098	standard nonelectric	36 ft			$30–$60
ZUNI	099	standard nonelectric	31 ft	99 ft	1.7 mi	$30–$60
ZUNI	100	standard nonelectric	49 ft	99 ft	1.7 mi	$30–$60
ZUNI	101	standard nonelectric	33 ft			$30–$60
ZUNI	102	standard nonelectric	29 ft			$30–$60
ZUNI	103	standard nonelectric	39 ft	143 ft	1.7 miJackson Lake	$30–$60
ZUNI	104	standard nonelectric	37 ft	168 ft	1.7 miJackson Lake	$30–$60
ZUNI	105	standard nonelectric	44 ft	183 ft	1.7 miJackson Lake	$30–$60
ZUNI	106	standard nonelectric	51 ft			$30–$60
ZUNI	107	standard nonelectric	45 ft			$30–$60
ZUNI	108	standard nonelectric	41 ft			$30–$60
ZUNI	109	standard nonelectric	43 ft			$30–$60
ZUNI	110	standard nonelectric	51 ft			$30–$60
ZUNI	111	standard nonelectric	46 ft			$30–$60
ZUNI	112	standard nonelectric	48 ft	96 ft	1.6 miJackson Lake	$30–$60
ZUNI	113	standard nonelectric	42 ft	96 ft	1.6 miJackson Lake	$30–$60
ZUNI	114	standard nonelectric	41 ft	127 ft	1.5 miJackson Lake	$30–$60
ZUNI	115	standard nonelectric	43 ft			$30–$60
ZUNI	116	standard nonelectric	37 ft			$30–$60
ZUNI	117	standard nonelectric	42 ft			$30–$60
ZUNI	118	standard nonelectric	35 ft			$30–$60

The agency files 2 more records here that aren’t sites for the night: 1 it files as day use and 1 it types MANAGEMENT rather than a campsite. They’re in the table above, marked for what they are, and none of them is counted as a site.

The records with no site name: Derived by CAMPANAC from the agency’s own campsite records: recreation.gov files some overnight records with no site name, only a row of X characters. A block is read as the campground’s own sites, filed without names, only where the agency types those records as campsites rather than MANAGEMENT, gives each one a coordinate, and their numbering continues the campground’s own numbered sites with no gap. Everything else is left uncounted, and where the evidence doesn’t decide the record is counted as no kind of site rather than guessed at · Sep 12, 2026

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 178 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

Coordinate34.38639, -117.68944

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone760-249-3526

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

Appletree CampgroundSan Gabriel Mountains National Monument · 1.4 mi

Peavine CampgroundSan Gabriel Mountains National Monument · 1.7 mi Blue Ridge CampgroundSan Gabriel Mountains National Monument · 1.8 mi

Lake CampgroundSan Gabriel Mountains National Monument · 2.0 mi

Mountain OakSan Gabriel Mountains National Monument · 2.4 mi Jackson Flat Group CampgroundSan Gabriel Mountains National Monument · 2.8 mi

Getting there

From Wrightwood, California, take State Route 2 west for 2.4 miles to the Table Mountain Campground sign and continue to follow signs into the campground.

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

Today60°Mostly Sunny

Tonight43°Partly Cloudy

Sunday61°Sunny

Sunday Night44°Clear

NWS forecast for Piñon Hills, CA

Source: National Weather Service, LOX forecast office · Oct 17, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 35°F, day 63°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical December night 24°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

90°32°10°

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.

Measured at: BIG BEAR LAKE, CA (USC00040741), 45 miles away and 577 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

what threatens it · who answers for it · a letter you can send

What threatens this place

Watch

San Gabriel Mountains National Monumentrollback

Roadless

Sheep Mountain21,098 acres · 5 mi · inventoried roadless area

Roadless

Circle Mountain6,375 acres · 8 mi · inventoried roadless area

You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.

Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Sep 30, 2026

Who answers for this land

Table Mountain (Angeles) 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 →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

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

Who can change it · 3

Write to somebody who can change it

Two offices, two different asks. The draft to the agency asks it to set aside a published share of the sites here for whoever drives up. The draft to Congress asks why that share is zero and presses for a published minimum at the campgrounds it funds.

The member who votes the moneyJudy ChuU.S. Representative · California’s 28th district
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Your senator, on the same appropriationAdam B. SchiffU.S. Senator · California
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Your senator, on the same appropriationAlex PadillaU.S. Senator · California
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Read the draft, or change the wording

For the camper who turned up, or tried to book, and couldn’t get in. Every draft is written from this campground’s own record (its agency, its unit, its site count and its own weekend) and the buttons above copy whichever wording is selected here.

To Judy Chu

Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.

Subject Walk-up camping at Table Mountain (Angeles), San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, California

Dear Judy Chu,

I’m a constituent in California’s 28th district. I tried to camp at Table Mountain (Angeles), San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, California, and couldn’t.

recreation.gov lists 104 of the 176 campsites the agency files at Table Mountain (Angeles), and every one of them is booked ahead, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 84 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked.

1,623 of the 7,647 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Table Mountain (Angeles) keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule.

I’m not asking you to run Table Mountain (Angeles). I’m asking you to put it to the U.S. Forest Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund.

The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them.

Sent about Table Mountain (Angeles) (San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, California) via campanac.com

To Adam B. Schiff

Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.

Subject Walk-up camping at Table Mountain (Angeles), San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, California

Dear Adam B. Schiff,

I’m a constituent in California. I tried to camp at Table Mountain (Angeles), San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, California, and couldn’t.

Sent about Table Mountain (Angeles) (San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, California) via campanac.com

To Alex Padilla

Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.

Subject Walk-up camping at Table Mountain (Angeles), San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, California

Dear Alex Padilla,

I’m a constituent in California. I tried to camp at Table Mountain (Angeles), San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, California, and couldn’t.

Sent about Table Mountain (Angeles) (San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, California) via campanac.com

How we know this · 4

Contacts: Contact forms from @unitedstates/congress-legislators · Sep 9, 2026

The figures in these drafts: Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress (CRS Report RS20643) · Updated December 4, 2025 · “The ship’s final procurement cost was $13,316.5 million (i.e., about $13.3 billion) in then-year dollars.”

The figures in these drafts: Salary Table 2026-GS, Incorporating the 1% General Schedule Increase, Effective January 2026 (U.S. Office of Personnel Management) · Effective January 2026 · “Grade 5, Step 1: $34,799 (annual rate, before locality pay).”

The figures in these drafts: Update to Civilian Position Full Fringe Benefit Cost Factor, Federal Pay Raise Assumptions, and Inflation Factors used in OMB Circular No. A-76 (OMB Memorandum M-08-13) · March 11, 2008 · “the civilian position full fringe benefit cost factor needs to be adjusted downward, from 36.45 percent to 36.25 percent”

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from

Right now: recreation.gov is offering sites on 23 of the next 23 nights, which isn’t something a closed campground does. The U.S. Forest Service’s own database, though, flags it not open with no reason or date; the flag is named under How we know all this.

Listed not open: USFS EDW Recreation Opportunities, openstatus field: a not-open flag in a database, with no reason and no date published; read there since Sep 9, 2026. A flag, not a notice, so this page doesn’t call it a closure. · Oct 17, 2026

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 104 of the 176 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 43 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: 3 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 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