El Cariso Campground in CA -- Campground & RV Camping
El Cariso Campground in CA
$15 per nightOpen year-round
VerizonWEAK
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkEXCELLENT
Road Access
Moderate
- Road difficulty 2 of 5: a moderate drive in.
- Recorded as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, paved, pitching to 10%, 90% of it on a shelf.
Setting
Little privacy
24-site campground on Ortega Highway in Cleveland National Forest, 5 miles west of Lake Elsinore. Vault toilets only; no water. Vehicles up to 22 feet. Year-round, $15/night. Reservations via Recreation.gov.
- Little separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 5, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
- Los Pinos Peak stands 1,933 ft above the map pin, 3.5 miles west.
Climate averages
October normals 57–81°F, 0.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
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Starlink Radar
Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy
Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 93 of 100.
Tree cover20%30m sat. est.