Lobo Group in CA -- Campground & RV Camping
Lobo Group in CA
CampgroundUSFS
5.0 mi from Big Bear Lake
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Road Access
- Road difficulty 1 of 5: an easy drive in.
- Recorded as maintained for passenger cars, paved, pitching to 10%.
Rig fit
- Maximum published vehicle length: 40 ft.
- Longest published RV site: 40 ft.
- Longest published trailer site: 40 ft.
- 1 pull-through sites.
Campground details
Setting
Lobo Group Campground sits in a pine forest at 6,400 feet elevation within the Barton Flats area of the San Bernardino Mountains. Designed for single-group stays, the facility accommodates up to 75 people and 15 vehicles for tent or RV camping, though it offers no utility hookups. On-site amenities include dirt roads, flush toilets, drinking water, multiple picnic tables, grills, and a campfire circle with benches. Visitors have direct access to the Santa Ana River Trail and Rio Monte Trail, with non-motorized boating and trout fishing nearby at Jenks Lake and the Santa Ana River.
Getting there: Take I-10 East to Redlands. Take the University Street exit, EXIT 80. Turn left (northbound) on University Street. Turn right onto E. Lugonia Avenue/SR-38. Continue on State Highway 38 for approximately 22 miles to the campground entrance.
- Moderately separated here.
- Shields Peak stands 4,108 ft above the map pin, 3.6 miles south.
- A group campground, with most of them shaded.
- Rattlesnake Creek runs 0.4 mi off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Climate averages
October normals 35–67°F, 0.9″ 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 88 of 100.