Oso Group in CA -- Campground & RV Camping
Oso Group in CA
CampgroundUSFS
5.0 mi from Big Bear Lake
Official campground & reservations ↗
Road Access
- Road difficulty 1 of 5: an easy drive in.
- Recorded as maintained for passenger cars, paved, pitching to 6%, 20% of it on a shelf.
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
Oso Group Campground sits at an elevation of 6,400 feet in the pine forests of the San Bernardino Mountains' Barton Flats region. The facility consists of a single dirt-and-gravel group area that accommodates up to 100 people and 20 vehicles, equipped with multiple picnic tables, a campfire circle, grills, flush toilets, and drinking water, but no utility hookups. The property connects directly to the Santa Ana River Trail and the Rio Monte Trail overlooking the river gorge. Non-motorized boating and trout fishing are available nearby at Jenks Lake and along 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 4,120 ft above the map pin, 3.5 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 87 of 100.