Whitewater River, California Wild and Scenic River

2 federal campgrounds, all of them reservable or unlisted.

2Campgrounds

8,520–9,190 ftElevation

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 2 of these 2 campgrounds

Where they are

2 of 2 mapped

Drawing the map

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

The campgrounds · 2

2 campgrounds

Big TreeWhitewater River, California Wild and Scenic River · CA8,520 ft Mineshaft FlatWhitewater River, California Wild and Scenic River · CA9,190 ft

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

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit

developing

Sand to Snow National Monumentdevelopment · 15 mi

Roadless

Raywood Flat A41 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area

Roadless

Raywood Flat B11,373 acres · 5 mi · inventoried roadless area

Roadless

Sugarloaf8,206 acres · 6 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Roadless areas: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026

Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Aug 12, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire

Panarama fire · 15 mi from the nearest campground here · 14 acres

Wildfire

Ortega fire · 49 mi from the nearest campground here · 0 acres

Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 5, 2026

Who answers for this land

Whitewater River, California Wild and Scenic River’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Jay Obernolte (R)CA 23rd · 2 campgrounds · 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

SRC · RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM · unified by CAMPANAC · refreshed nightly