Dark Canyon Campground in CA -- Campground & RV Camping
Dark Canyon Campground in CA
CampgroundUSFS
4.1 mi from Idyllwild-Pine Cove
Maps 5,810 ft
VerizonWEAK
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkGOOD
Road Access
Rough
- Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
- Recorded as maintained for passenger cars, dirt, pitching to 8%, 100% of it on a shelf.
Campground details
4 sites
Setting
Limited privacy
This location operates strictly on a first-come, first-served basis, requiring visitors to arrive in person to claim and pay for an available campsite.
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a 4-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.
- Marion Mountain stands 4,506 ft above the map pin, 2.6 miles east.
- North Fork San Jacinto River runs 0.1 mi off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Climate averages
October normals 48–70°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
NSWE
Starlink Radar
Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy
Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 65 of 100.
Tree cover40%30m sat. est.