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Bureau of Land Management · Public Domain · California

El Centro Field Office

15 federal campgrounds, 5 of them with first-come, first-served sites.

15Campgrounds
5With first-come sites
150–4,310 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 15 of these 15 campgrounds

Where they are

15 of 15 mapped
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Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 15

15 campgrounds
Buttercup CampgroundEl Centro Field Office · CA170 ftCement FlatsEl Centro Field Office · CA150 ftCottonwood CampgroundEl Centro Field Office · CA4,310 ftFirst-comeDune Buggy Contact StatioEl Centro Field Office · CA160 ftDune Buggy FlatsEl Centro Field Office · CA160 ftGarbage FlatsEl Centro Field Office · CA300 ftGecko CampgroundEl Centro Field Office · CA250 ftFirst-comeGlamis FlatsEl Centro Field Office · CA320 ftGrays Well CampingEl Centro Field Office · CA160 ftKeyhole CampgroundEl Centro Field Office · CA260 ftFirst-comeMammoth WashEl Centro Field Office · CA160 ftMidway CampgroundEl Centro Field Office · CA190 ftFirst-comeOgilbly Camp AreaEl Centro Field Office · CA270 ftRoadrunner CampgroundEl Centro Field Office · CA270 ftFirst-comeThe WashesEl Centro Field Office · CA340 ft
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Sdu/Banner 2 fire · 25 mi from the nearest campground here · 0 acres
Wildfire
Frycreek fire · 49 mi from the nearest campground here · 0 acres
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 8, 2026

Who answers for this land

El Centro Field Office’s campgrounds sit in 2 congressional districts. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Raul Ruiz (D)CA 25th · 14 campgrounds · grade A+
Darrell Issa (R)CA 48th · 1 campground · grade F
Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score
Unit: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) land units
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