Time to Go Camping!
Long days, fine weather, and that restlessness you feel when you haven’t slept out under the stars for a while. Yes, it’s camping season, and we’ve got three great national forest campgrounds in mind, each within a couple of hours of DTLA. Bonus: They’re all first-come, first-served—just arrive early if you’re weekending.
Pretty View Campground
Chula Vista Campground in Los Padres National Forest
Situated at 8,300 feet near the summit of Mount Pinos, Chula Vista is the best stargazing spot within two hours of the bright Los Angeles lights.
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Nevada National and State Parks
Ready to go big this summer? We’re talking road-tripping the most mountainous region in the Lower 48: Nevada! This place is made for adventurers who prefer their pit stops to be national and state parks. Nevada is a wide-open land with a gem of a park—mountainous Great Basin Nati
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Buckhorn Campground in the Angeles National Forest
Yes, Angeleno—you can camp in beauty and solitude without having to leave LA County! Buckhorn Campground, high in the Angeles National Forest just 36 miles up the Angeles Crest Highway, is just over an hour’s drive from downtown LA. But what a different world. Buckhorn is perched
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Holcomb Valley Campground Near Big Bear Lake
Holcomb Valley Campground in the San Bernardino National Forest has 19 pine-shaded sites, all of them first-come, first-served.
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