Heart Bar Campground in CA -- Campground & RV Camping
Heart Bar Campground in CA
CampgroundUSFS
6.5 mi from Big Bear City
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Road Access
- Road difficulty 1 of 5: an easy drive in.
- Recorded as fully maintained, paved, pitching to 8%.
Rig fit
- Maximum published vehicle length: 45 ft.
- Longest published RV site: 45 ft.
- Longest published trailer site: 45 ft.
- Longest published fifth-wheel site: 45 ft.
- 1 pull-through sites.
Campground details
Setting
Heart Bar Campground sits at 6,880 feet in a pine forest within the San Bernardino Mountains, roughly 20 miles from Big Bear Lake. The campground offers single, double, and accessible campsites suitable for tents and RVs, each equipped with picnic tables and campfire rings with grills. Accessible vault toilets and drinking water are available on site, and a dump station is nearby. The facility serves as a base for exploring backcountry routes, including the Santa Ana River Trail and Wildhorse Creek Trail, which offer miles of hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding.
Getting there: From I-10 in San Bernardino, take the Alabama exit in the city of Redlands to Lugonia Avenue (State Highway 38). Travel northeast on Highway 38 for approximately 30 mile,s to Forest Route IN02. Continue less than a mile to the campground.
- Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 66-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
- Grinnell Mountain stands 3,405 ft above the map pin, 2.7 miles southwest.
- Most of them shaded.
- Coon Creek runs 1.1 mi off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Climate averages
October normals 37–65°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
Starlink Radar
Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy
Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 89 of 100.