Pinnacles OHV Staging Area
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 detail from Recreation.gov, checked 2026-08-05. Where a field says “not published”, the agency has not published it — it does not mean zero.
Pinnacles OHV Staging Area
OHV Staging area on SR 173 north of Lake Arrowhead. There is a vault toilet and a picnic tables at the staging area along with ample parking and informational signs.
Before you go
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 .
Hours
Sunrise to Sunset
Restrictions
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 Must have current registration and operating spark arrestor. 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.
Make it a night on a better road
Byway plans the drive in — real stops, real weather, nothing invented.