Monte Cristo Campground

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Phone: (661) 269-2808

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• alert: Pay with Your Recreation.gov Mobile App: "Scan & Pay" is now available upon arrival as a digital payment option. Review "Fee Site and Info" section below for more information. Monte Cristo Campground: There are now 19 individual camp sites with sites #6 and #7 as double sites. In order to ensure fee compliance site #6 was designated as #6A and #6B; and site #7 was designated as #7A and #7B. This is to inform the public if both A and B sites are occupied at #6 and #7, campers will be required to pay double to occupy the double sites. (Forest Service, May 11, 2026)
• Toilets: Vault toilet(s) (Forest Service, May 11, 2026)
• current conditions: Pay with Your Recreation.gov Mobile App: "Scan & Pay" is now available upon arrival as a digital payment option. Review "Fee Site and Info" section below for more information. Monte Cristo Campground: There are now 19 individual camp sites with sites #6 and #7 as double sites. In order to ensure fee compliance site #6 was designated as #6A and #6B; and site #7 was designated as #7A and #7B. This is to inform the public if both A and B sites are occupied at #6 and #7, campers will be required to pay double to occupy the double sites. (Forest Service, May 11, 2026)
• directions: Location: From Interstate 210 in Pasadena, exit the Angeles Crest Highway (Hwy. 2) and drive north for 9 miles. Turn left onto the Angeles Forest Highway (County Rd. N3) and drive about 9 miles to the campground. May also be reached from the Sunland area by taking Big Tujunga Canyon Rd. and turning left at the Angeles Forest Highway, or taking the Angeles Forest Highway from the Palmdale area. (Forest Service, May 11, 2026)
• Fees: Campsites are first-come-first-served. $20 per site per night. No reserving or holding of campsites allowed. Check-in/Check-out is at 11 a.m. Discounts : 50% discounts given for Senior or Accessible America the Beautiful Pass holders. (Adventure Pass not accepted in-lieu of camping fee.) Ways to Pay Place cash/check/money order in the envelope provided onsite and drop into the fee tube. Make checks and money orders payable to " USDA Fore… (Forest Service, May 11, 2026)
• $20 a night (Forest Service, May 11, 2026)
• Fire rules: For example, Extreme and Critical fire use restrictions mean no campfires and no portable cooking systems/stoves. (Forest Service, May 11, 2026)
• Gate: Check-in 02:00 PM, check-out 11:00 AM (Recreation.gov, Apr 29, 2026)
• Status: Open (Forest Service, May 11, 2026)
• Pass: Adventure Pass required (Forest Service, May 11, 2026)
• Phone: (661) 269-2808 (Forest Service, May 11, 2026)
• Picnic tables: yes (Forest Service, May 11, 2026)
• Booking: First come, first served (Forest Service, May 11, 2026)
• Season: year-round (Recreation.gov, Apr 29, 2026)
• shade: yes (Recreation.gov, Apr 29, 2026)
• 19 sites (Recreation.gov, Apr 29, 2026)
• status banner: Site Open (Forest Service, May 11, 2026)
• Water: Potable water is available at this site. (Forest Service, May 11, 2026)