Dove Springs OHV Area

Have stayed here many times. Off road enthusiasts are the main people that camp here. Camping is dispersed with a few areas to get out of the wind, and yes it does get windy. Miles of trails and roads for riding. The Pacific Crest Trail runs through the area for hiking. The camping area is also just down the road from Red Rock Canyon State Park which offers hiking and fabulous formations to photograph.
As an off roader we never get bored here and are always finding new trails and places to ride. We always find a secluded place to camp and rarely need four wheel drive to get to our spot. Have seen small RV's all the way up to big diesel pushers camped here. Scout out the roads before traveling as during winter sometimes they can be muddy and you may get stuck. Lots of areas with fire rings but bring your own wood. Very few vault toilets and sometimes water is available at the state park.

This area is very windy at times. Lots of riders and other side by side buggys. It is very undeveloped and sites are randomly scattered throughout the area. Aqueduct and powerlines cross the area. Some campers are unruly and loud. Nighttime riders can be loud. If you go in this area you have to expect the noise of off-road vehicles at all hours. The road is rough but 5ers can make it. Also frequently folks will shoot guns and fireworks so if your dog isn’t comfortable with that leave the dog home. But for free the area is great.

We had a great view in all directions from our site on a knoll. And I agree what others said other than I heard no firearms at all and no OHV after dark. I did have morons who thought it was OK to just ride through my campsite though. BUT compared to a campground with other campers just feet away, this was great. We were here over Christmas and it was pretty busy

We took the entrance for Dove Springs OHV area off the highway on a road called SC103. The road is wide and in good shape. We continued until we came to a road called LA2 (Google calls it New Aqueduct Rd) and turned right. This road is also in pretty good shape and will take you out of Dove Springs and into Jawbone. All along this road you will find lots of places (at least 20 spots) to camp on both side of the road. These are big wide open areas, you can see them on the satellite view of the area. Usually on the weekends large groups of RV’s will camp together at these spots, they are that big.

If you continue on SC103 as the coordinates Campedium gives, there are some places to camp, but they are often taken, especially on a weekend. The road will get sandy. There are some pit toilets out this road, but again it gets sandy. We did see plenty of rigs down there while we were out for a ride, but we’d be nervous about it in a big rig, and we are quite adventuresome!

We were here on a weekend and I was surprised at how uncrazy it was and I had expected more trash. We really enjoyed it and it was fun coming back out here after not being here for years. It can be windy.

I’d recommend downloading the Avenza Maps app and downloading the free map called FOJ Jawbone OHV Map if you are there to ride. This will work with your phone’s GPS and give you your location with or without cell service. All the main roads and trails are on this map including the entire area on both sides of the the highway.