U.S. Forest Service · San Bernardino National Forest · California

South Fork Family Campground

This family campground is located at 6,400' in elevation in a pine/fir forest near the Santa Ana River along Hwy 38 between Angelus Oaks and Big Bear Lake. There are 28 sites. Each site accommodates a maximum of 8 persons. First come/first serve; no reservations accepted. Open during the summer and fall months only.

Closed for the season First-come, first-served 28 sites From $29 per nightTents only

More like this: first-come in California · tent only in California

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1fire
active

North Arrowhead Pile Plan Rx (prescribed burn) · 21 mi away

Interagency incident data as of 2026-10-26

Incident details ↓

Amenities & rules

Equipment	Tents
Fees	Single Site $29 - Holiday $31 - 8 person maximum. Camping fee includes entry for 1 vehicle. Extra vehicle fee $8 per night. Checks under $50 not accepted.

Individual sites vary. Confirm on Recreation.gov or with the managing office.

Season & status

Status	Closed for the season. Forest Service sites close for the season; check the official page for the reopening date.
Forest	San Bernardino National Forest
Fees	Single Site $29 - Holiday $31 - 8 person maximum. Camping fee includes entry for 1 vehicle. Extra vehicle fee $8 per night. Checks under $50 not accepted.

San Bernardino National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →

The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Big Bear Lake, 7 miles from the campground at 6,753 feet, station USC00040741 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 20 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 59 inches a year on the same inches scale.

Getting there

Coordinates

34.1696° N, 116.8274° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

Prescribed
North Arrowhead Pile Plan Rx
21 mi from the campground

Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.

Supplies & services

Dump station	Dump station ↗	2.7 mi
RV sales & service	Mountain Air Mobile Home Sales ↗	17.6 mi
Outdoor gear	Soboba Flight Park ↗	25.4 mi

Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. Call ahead; hours change seasonally.

Explore

Worth a stop

3.1 mi
Jenks Lake Day Use Area ↗Day use
7.3 mi
Aspen Glen Picnic Area Day Use ↗Day use
7.5 mi
Big Bear Valley Sportsman's Club - Shooting Range ↗OHV / range
8.6 mi
Ohv Road 2N61Y ↗OHV / range
9.4 mi
Grays Peak Trailhead Day Use ↗Trailhead

Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →

0.2 mi
Lost Creek ↗
4.7 mi trail
0.6 mi
Santa Ana River Trail a Spur ↗
0.9 mi trail
1.6 mi
Rio Monte ↗
2.3 mi trail
1.9 mi
Santa Ana River Trail B Spur ↗
1.1 mi trail
2 mi
Poopout Hill ↗
0.3 mi trail
2.2 mi
Sugarloaf National Rec Trail ↗
4.7 mi trail · national_recreation_or_other

Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.

Public land it sits in

On Wilderness Atlas →

This campground sits inside San Bernardino National Forest.

in
San Bernardino National Forest ↗
National Forest · Forest Service · 805,483 acres
0.8 mi
San Gorgonio Wilderness ↗
Wilderness · BLM/FS · 101,574 acres
1 mi
Sand to Snow National Monument ↗
National Monument · Bureau of Land Management · 174,844 acres

Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.