Dispersed Camping

Angeles Crest Overlook to LA

6 Reviews

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Angeles Crest Overlook to LA is located in California

Coordinates

34.23036611 N
118.1812733 W

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Access

Drive-In
Park next to your site

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WiFi
Unknown
Verizon
Available
AT&T
Good
T-Mobile
Unknown

Site Types

Dispersed

Features

For Campers

Phone Service
Alcohol
Pets

Enjoy dispersed camping on government land and leave no trace. Pack in and pack out. No (or limited) services at this camping area. Permit may be required.

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Andrew S.

Traveler

Reviewed May. 30, 2024

Not a campsite

This is literally just a roadside pull-off. Only really useful in a pinch. No space for a tent. Sleep in your vehicle.

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Month of VisitJune

Joseph R.

Scout

Reviewed Mar. 26, 2024

It’s basically car camping along the Angeles Crest highway, there’s small pull out spots and, some spots overlooking the forest but kids do tend to party up here and, drive about 100 miles a hour up and, down the road all hours of the night. It can get a bit scary, if you’re alone. Oh cell service non-existent unless you’re closer to the bottom but even then it’s spotty. It’s not a typical campground but it does do the job for a couple days. You will see cars vans along the pull outs coming up but I believe you can car camp on the overlook I have not as I’m more a quiet type person. Be careful though there’s a white van that teams up with a black truck they tried to break in my car while I was sleeping. It is very dangerous and luckily I carry at all times and have cameras.

Sitepull out off road spot Along Angeles crest highway

Month of VisitApril

Nicole D.

Scout

Reviewed Feb. 26, 2024

Great view

Great view but on the weekend we had multiple cars doing donuts really close to our van. I felt uncomfortable with that. Next night we moved to the other look out and someone still did donuts behind us- it’s a smaller lookout. Loud music and people talking next to us until about 1 am there is a pull off before this that was very quiet near a trail and nobody bothered us. During the week it’s more quiet. Close to town so that is a plus. Would recommend to smaller vans or car sleepers. I did not feel unsafe except for the donuts that happened near us. If you have dogs I would recommend the trail pull off my dogs really enjoyed the hike

Month of VisitMarch

Jaydon C.

Scout

Reviewed Jan. 22, 2024

Dark, fairly quiet, good view!

I loved car camping here! When I stayed, there were no other people who stayed the night, but quite a few people came throughout the night just for 20 minutes at a time or so. Wasn’t too noisy at all. Unfortunately I didn’t have any service (Visible/Verizon), so that was a little scary. Other than that, no complaints at all!

Month of VisitFebruary

Valerie

Scout

Reviewed Dec. 31, 2023

Parking Lot w/ Incredible View

This is just a few parking lots that overlook the valley and gives a view of the city skyline in the distance. Several others were also sleeping in their vehicles along the road and in the parking lots, so you won’t be alone. There were two others in our lot that stayed the night too. The view is gorgeous in the morning sunrise!

That being said, it did seem like maybe a teen hangout or something - cars did flow in and out occasionally through the night until around midnight, so that wasn’t great but not awful either. I’d use it again if I needed it as it’s hard to find free places to sleep with a great view like that when traveling through cities.

Month of VisitJanuary

Iris A.

Guide

Reviewed Aug. 30, 2023

dispersed camping next to the road

It is not a real campground, just a the parking area of a view point. So the view was great. I parked at one end of the area but in the evening lots of couples and teenagers came and the parking area was well used. Some people stood silently admiring the view, while others played loud music. There were also tire tracks on the ground that suggested to me, some young people come here to test their driving skills. I spent the night and no-one took really notice of me.

There are no toilets, campfire sites or shade but good cell service.

Month of VisitSeptember