Jackson Flats in CA -- Campground & RV Camping

Jackson Flats is a group tent-camping facility located at 7,500 feet elevation in the Angeles National Forest, set among pine and fir trees near the Grassy Hollow Visitor Center. Sites sit 600 feet from the main parking area and include large picnic tables, campfire circles, grills, bear-proof food storage lockers, and potable water. Walkers can access short loop trails on site or take a connector trail to the Pacific Crest Trail. The nearby town of Wrightwood offers dining and a disc golf course.

Getting there: From Wrightwood, turn left onto CA-2 W/Angeles Crest Highway and go 6.1 miles. Look for signs and turn right. Drive 1.2 miles past Grassy Hollow Visitor Center and into the campground.

• Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a 5-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
• Flat ground is scarce: under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
• Throop Peak stands 1,386 ft above the map pin, 0.7 miles south.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
• A group campground, with 5 hike-in sites.
• Lily Spring lies 1.2 mi off.

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