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

Tillie Creek

2Heads up2 fires, nearest 2 mi

Wildfire

Cyrus fire · 2.3 mi away · 543 acres · 95% contained · updated Oct 16, 2026

Wildfire

Carrier fire · 37 mi away · updated Oct 17, 2026

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

Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 16:04 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 16:04 UTC
A night: $36When it reopens, per site
Sites: 137In the agency’s record
Season: Year-roundOpen year-round

Photos · U.S. Forest Service

40 ftLongest rig

2,660 ftElevation

1,663 ftWater · Isabella Lake

In townWofford Heights, CA

0%Tree cover

Open year-roundToday

The place

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

In the agency’s own words

Tillie Creek campground is nestled in oak trees on the shores of Lake Isabella, a popular destination for water activities, especially windsurfing and fishing. The 11,000-acre lake is actually a reservoir, one of California's largest, and it marks the division between the Upper Kern and Lower Kern Rivers. Keep reading

Recreation

Lake activities are the focal point of this campground. Options include swimming, water skiing and windsurfing. The lake is known for trout fishing during the colder months. Lake Isabella offers anglers a variety of species, including black and White crappie, bluegill, catfish and largemouth bass.

Facilities

This campground can accommodate family reunions and other large parties, from 60 up to 150 guests. The campground is located 6 miles from the town of Lake Isabella. One group area is wheelchair accessible. A marina and boat ramps are available just to the south. Other facilities include a fish cleaning station and a playground.

Natural Features

The Sequoia National Forest, located at the southern end of the Sierra Nevada in central California, takes its name from the giant sequoia, the world's largest tree, which grows in more than 30 groves on the Forest's lower slopes. The Forest comprises about 1.1 million acres, and elevations range from about 1,000 to 12,000 feet, creating precipitous canyons and mountain streams with spectacular waterfalls such as Salmon Creek Falls and Grizzly Falls.

Nearby Attractions

The campground provides a good base for day trips to the Sequoia National Park, Trail of a Hundred Giants, and numerous Sequoia groves in the Giant Sequoia National Monument. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (760) 376-1269.

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

What the agency tells you

Rule

This is a Non Site-Specific site You are about to make a reservation for a Non Site-Specific site. Once you book a reservation, a site at this campground will be reserved for you. The specific site may either be assigned upon arrival by staff, or you can choose your own site if one is not assigned to you.

Rule

Temperatures can reach the 100s in the summer

Rule

Overhanging branches might scrape some RVs

Everything else this campground posts · 6

Rule

Off-road vehicles are not permitted in the campground

Rule

Click here for more info about the Sequoia National Forest

Rule

Site length includes tow vehicle

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

RV Dump Station is located at this campground. The use fee is $25.00.

Rule

There is an extra vehicle fee of $8.00/night on the 2nd vehicle in each single campsite and on the 3rd & 4th vehicle in any double campsite, provided these vehicles are not joined to the 1st vehicle by a hitch and towed onto the site. In the case of motorcycles, the 1st and 2nd are considered to be one vehicle and the 3rd and 4th are also considered to be one vehicle. So the fee would be a single $8.00/night of stay for the 3rd/4th motorcycle.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

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

Tents and rigs

Sites: 137 · 4 group
Hookups: None
Longest rig: 40 ft
Paved pads: 8 of 137
Accessible sites: 1
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans

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

Facilities

Boat ramp: Yes
Playground: Yes

Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Waterfall, Reservoir, Lake, River, Creek; Boating
Night sky · 873rd 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 16:04 UTC

recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend

OpenBookedClosed

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record

A night, when it reopens$36plus $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 itRocky Mountain Recreation CompanyA private concessionaire under permit from U.S. Forest Service (parent: ExplorUS)the operator link

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 · 12

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service

A night, when it reopens$36

Standard Nonelectric$36

Group areas, a night$199–$292

Rates for the season the campground is in now, Jan 1, 2026 to Oct 24, 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 this campground addsits own record

Extra vehicle$8

“There is an extra vehicle fee of $8.00/night on the 2nd vehicle in each single campsite and on the 3rd & 4th vehicle in any double campsite, provided these vehicles are not joined to the 1st vehicle by a hitch and tow…” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own agency notice

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

What this campground adds: The U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record and notices for this campground, quoted verbatim. An extra-vehicle charge is set locally and appears on no national schedule, so it’s never assumed. · 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 Tillie Creek 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 17, 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 · 4

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

Camp 9 Recreation Area CampgroundSequoia National Forest · 2.1 mi
Camp 9 Lakeside Group CampgroundsSequoia National Forest · 2.1 mi
South Fork Rec CampgroundSequoia National Forest · 3.2 mi · walk-up
French GulchSequoia National Forest · 3.2 mi · 1 site

Open near here: Agency-published status, in the CAMPANAC campground index · Oct 17, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 16:04 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

137 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 4 mapped sites

116 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most room003 129 ft004 129 ft001 102 ft002 102 ft

Least room001 102 ft002 102 ft003 129 ft

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

All 137 sites

4 of 137 sites located

Group4

001 002 003 004

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. 137 of the 137 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.


AREA TILLIE CREEK	001	group standard nonelectric	30 ft		102 ft	1,447 ft	$199–$292
AREA TILLIE CREEK	002	group standard nonelectric	30 ft		102 ft	1,345 ft	$199–$292
AREA TILLIE CREEK	003	group standard nonelectric	30 ft		129 ft	1,231 ft	$199–$292
AREA TILLIE CREEK	004	group standard nonelectric	15 ft		129 ft	1,112 ft	$199–$292
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-20	standard nonelectric	20 ft				$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-201	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-2010	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-2018	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-2019	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-202	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-2020	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-2021	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-203	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-204	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-205	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-206	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-207	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-208	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-209	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-30	standard nonelectric	30 ft				$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-301	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3010	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3011	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3012	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3013	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3014	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3015	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3016	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3017	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3018	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3019	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-302	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3020	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3021	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3022	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3023	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3024	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3025	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3026	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3027	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3028	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3029	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-303	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3030	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3031	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3032	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3033	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3034	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3035	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3036	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3037	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3038	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3039	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-304	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3040	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3041	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3042	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3043	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3044	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3045	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3046	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3047	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3048	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3049	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-305	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3050	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3051	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3052	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3053	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3054	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3055	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3056	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3057	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3058	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3059	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-306	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3060	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3061	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3062	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3063	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3064	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3065	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3066	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3067	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3068	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3069	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-307	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3070	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3071	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3072	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3073	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3074	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3075	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-3076	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-308	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-309	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-40	standard nonelectric	40 ft				$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4016	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4017	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4018	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4019	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4020	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4021	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4022	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4023	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4024	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4025	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4026	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4027	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4028	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4029	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4030	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4031	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4032	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4033	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4034	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4035	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4036	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4037	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4038	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4039	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4040	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4041	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4042	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-4043	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-451	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-452	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-453	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-454	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-455	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-456	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1-457	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1ADA	standard nonelectric	30 ft	yes			$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1ADA1	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1ADA2	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1ADA3	standard nonelectric					$36
AREA TILLIE CREEK	FS1ADA4	standard nonelectric					$36

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 137 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

Coordinate35.70145, -118.45938

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone760-376-1815

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

Live OakSequoia National Forest · 0.1 mi

Live Oak SouthSequoia National Forest · 0.1 mi Live Oak North CampgroundSequoia National Forest · 0.1 mi

Camp 91.7 mi Camp 9 Lakeside Group Campgrounds2.1 mi Camp 9 Recreation Area Campground2.1 mi

Getting there

From Bakersfield, California, take Highway 178 east to the town of Lake Isabella. From Lake Isabella take Highway 155 north, traveling 6 miles to the entry station of Tillie Creek 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

Tonight56°Clear

Saturday83°Sunny

Saturday Night54°Clear

Sunday82°Sunny

NWS forecast for Wofford Heights, CA

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

Typical weather

Typical October night 46°F, day 81°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical December night 31°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

110°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 Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: KERN RIVER PH 3, CA (USC00044523), 6 miles away and 43 ft higher

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

What threatens this place

Watch

Giant Sequoia National Monumentclimate, logging · 25 mi

Roadless

Channell45,429 acres · 9 mi · inventoried roadless area

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

Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Oct 9, 2026

Who answers for this land

Tillie Creek is in California’s 20th congressional district. Its representative, Vince Fong (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 16:04 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.

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 16, 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 8 of the 137 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

Season: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 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 4 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: 0.32 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