U.S. Forest Service · Angeles National Forest · California

Upper Shake Campground

Closed Campground.

Temporarily closedFirst-come, first-served

More like this: first-come in California

1fire
active
Bryson · 45 mi away · 200 acres
Interagency incident data as of 2026-10-16
Incident details ↓

Season & status

StatusTemporarily closed
ForestAngeles National Forest
RulesSee current fire restrictions.

Angeles National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Upper Shake Campground40°50°60°70°80°90°January: 3.67 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowFebruary: 4.43 inches of precipitation, 0.7 inches of snowMarch: 2.46 inches of precipitation, 0.2 inches of snowApril: 0.95 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowMay: 0.37 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJune: 0.08 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJuly: 0.10 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowAugust: 0.04 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowSeptember: 0.15 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowOctober: 0.72 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowNovember: 0.66 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowDecember: 2.21 inches of precipitation, 0.4 inches of snowJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 46.9°F averageFebruary: 48.6°F averageMarch: 52.9°F averageApril: 57.2°F averageMay: 64.5°F averageJune: 73.7°F averageJuly: 79.9°F averageAugust: 80.5°F averageSeptember: 75.0°F averageOctober: 64.8°F averageNovember: 54.1°F averageDecember: 46.0°F average0 in1 in2 in3 in4 in5 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Fairmont, 6 miles from the campground at 3,060 feet, station USC00042941 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 16 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 1 inch a year on the same inches scale.

Getting there

Coordinates34.6906° N, 118.5296° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Wildfire
    Bryson

    45 mi from the campground · 200 acres · 0% contained

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

Supplies & services

Outdoor gearCamping World of Valencia ↗21.5 mi
Dump stationDump station ↗21.5 mi
RV sales & serviceEl Monte RV ↗35.1 mi

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Limited data for this unit

No site-by-site records, no amenities, no fee schedule, no directions or photos in the Recreation.gov record. What is here comes from the agency's own listing. The rest lives there.

Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the record fills in.

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Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →

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 →

Angeles National Forest begins about 9.7 miles away, and it is the closest of these.

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.

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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Upper Shake Campground?

No. Upper Shake Campground is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.

Source: Forest Service

Is Upper Shake Campground open right now?

Temporarily closed as of Oct 16, 2026.

Source: Forest Service status

Is there cell service at Upper Shake Campground?

FCC coverage maps show AT&T 4G LTE and T-Mobile 4G LTE at the campground point. Terrain changes that from one site to the next.

Source: FCC Broadband Map

What if Upper Shake Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Sawmill Campground (2.5 mi, first-come), Bear Campground (6 mi, first-come), and Streamside Campground (11.2 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby