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Smarts Ranch OHV Road 3N03
3 mi north of Big Bear City, CA · Verizon 5G · AT&T 4G · T-Mobile 5G
About Smarts Ranch OHV Road 3N03
This road travels 7.4 miles from State Highway 18 in Cactus Flats into Lone Valley ending at the junction with Arrastre Creek Road 2N02. Important Note: 3N03 from State Highway 38 to the entrance to Cactus Flats OHV Staging Area is street legal vehicles only. Non-street legal vehicles must transported by haul vehicles to the Pinnacles OHV Staging Area. Forest 2N02 is street legal only from the junction of 2N02 of 3N03 west back towards Baldwin Lake.
- Managed by: USFS - San Bernardino National Forest
- Where: 3 mi north of Big Bear City, CA · 34.30102, -116.79431
Things to do:
Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: May–Oct (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Dec–Mar.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smarts Ranch (OHV) | ATV road | at camp | 6.0 mi |
| Smarts Cutoff | ATV road | at camp | 0.1 mi |
| Cactus Flat Boundary | ATV / OHV | 0.1 mi | 0.6 mi |
| Warmup Loop | ATV / OHV | 0.2 mi | 0.2 mi |
| Joshua Loop | ATV / OHV, Dirt bike | 0.2 mi | 0.8 mi |
| Pinyon | ATV / OHV, Dirt bike | 0.4 mi | 2.2 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
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From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way is clear overhead but fades toward town glow.
Class 4 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Stargazing nearby: Joshua Tree Night Sky Festival (Astronomy festival), 43 mi.
Dump station: 7.2 mi
Water fill-up: 6.7 mi