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Baldy Mesa (Trestles) OHV Staging Area

in San Bernardino National Forest

Reported open. Checked 2026-08-05.

The numbers that decide it

Recreation.gov publishes no site-level detail for this campground, so we cannot say what length of rig it takes. Call the managing office before committing to it in a large vehicle.

Site-level RV detail confirmed against Recreation.gov. Where a field says "not published," the agency has not published it — it does not mean zero.

Recreation.gov

Checked 2026-08-05

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Official Forest Service page

Baldy Mesa (Trestles) OHV Staging Area

This staging area has ample parking, vault toilets, trash cans, and a few unshaded picnic tables. Forest Road 3N21 north of the staging area is for Red/Green sticker OHV `s and High-clearance 4WD vehicles with license plates. 3N21 connects to the Baldy Mesa Road 3N24. OHV maps available at Lytle Creek Ranger Station

Before you go

Season

Year round

Fees

A Recreation Pass is required, passed honored are the local Adventure Passes (Daily or Annual) and the America the Beautiful Interagency Passes. For more information, please visit our recreation pass page .

Restrictions

MUST have current registration avaliable while riding OHV vehicles. You are required by the California Vehicle Code to have a spark arrester, maintained and in effective working order, whenever you are operating your OHV on any forest-covered land, brush-covered land, or grass-covered land. • Vehicles on the OHV routes require either a license plate, red, or green sticker. Information for red and green sticker regulations and licensing requirements can be found at www.ohv.parks.ca.gov • No Red Sticker vehicles - May 1 through September 30

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