Tent Peg Group in CA -- Campground & RV Camping
Tent Peg Group in CA
CampgroundUSFS
3.7 mi from Running Springs
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Road Access
- Road difficulty 4 of 5: a difficult drive in.
- Recorded as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt, pitching to 24%, 20% of it on a shelf.
Rig fit
- Maximum published vehicle length: 20 ft.
Campground details
Setting
Tent Peg Group Campground is a semi-primitive mountain site shaded by pine, oak, and cedar trees between Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear Lake. Accessed via a dirt road, the single gravel-surface group site holds up to 40 people and eight vehicles. Amenities include multiple picnic tables, a campfire circle, grills, and vault toilets. There is no drinking water on site. The campground acts as a hub for off-road vehicle routes like Redonda Ridge and Holcomb Valley Road, with Green Valley Lake six miles away.
Getting there: Take Highway 38 through Running Springs and Arrowbear to Green Valley Road. Stay on the road and continue approximately 2 miles, past Crab Flats Campground.
- Well separated here, a single-site campground with the nearest through road 1.6 miles off.
- Inspiration Point stands 1,287 ft above the map pin, 1.7 miles southeast.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
- A group campground, with most of them shaded.
- Dishpan Spring lies 1.0 mi off.
Climate averages
October normals 42–66°F, 1.1″ 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 97 of 100.