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

Holcomb Valley Campground

This family campground has 19 single-family campsites. All sites are first-come-first-serve basis (no reservations). Holcomb Valley campground is located approximately 5 miles north of Big Bear Lake off Forest Service Road 3N16. Although this campground is open year round, vehicle access will be based on road conditions. Please contact the Big Bear Discovery Center for current road conditions. Each family campsite accommodates a maximum of 8 people. Amenities include a picnic table, 1 fire ring, bear boxes and vault toilets. There is no water available. A campground host is on site during mid May through October.

Open now First-come, first-served 19 sites

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Photo from the area. Telecineguy (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons

Season & status

Status	Open
Forest	San Bernardino National Forest
Booking	No Reservations
Fees	Single Site $27 - Holiday $28 - 8 person maximum. Camping fee includes entry for 1 vehicle. Extra vehicle fee $8 per night. Checks under $50 not accepted.
Rules	Avoid parking on grasses and vegetation at all times. Pack out what you pack in and Leave No Trace!

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, 4 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

Directions from Redlands. Take I-10 East to Redlands. Take the University Street exit, EXIT 80. Turn left (northbound) on University Street. Turn right onto E. Lugonia Avenue/SR-38. Continue on State Highway 38 into Big Bear City, to E. Big Bear Blvd. Turn left onto E. Big Bear Blvd./SR-38. Turn right onto Greenway Drive/CA-18/SR-38.

Coordinates

34.3026° N, 116.8959° W · Directions ↗

Supplies & services

Dump station	Dump station ↗	3 mi
RV sales & service	Mountain Air Mobile Home Sales ↗	26 mi
Outdoor gear	Outdoor gear ↗	27.5 mi

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

Explore

Worth a stop

2.6 mi
Big Bear Valley Sportsman's Club - Shooting Range ↗OHV / range
3 mi
Meadows Edge Picnic Area Day Use ↗Day use
4 mi
Grout Bay Picnic Area Day Use ↗Day use
4.1 mi
Grays Peak Trailhead Day Use ↗Trailhead
5 mi
White Mountain Connector Ohv Road 3N56 ↗OHV / range

Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →

1.2 mi
PCT Section 17 ↗
3.4 mi trail · national_scenic_or_historic
1.2 mi
PCT Section 18 ↗
4.1 mi trail · national_scenic_or_historic
1.8 mi
PCT Section 16 ↗
2.5 mi trail · national_scenic_or_historic
1.8 mi
Cougar Crest ↗
2.4 mi trail
2.7 mi
Discovery Possibilities ↗
0.4 mi trail
2.7 mi
Alpine Pedal Path Spur ↗
0.7 mi trail

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
9.8 mi
Bighorn Mountain Wilderness ↗
Wilderness · BLM/FS · 38,599 acres
10.4 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.