Angeles National Forest to Alabama Hills 2/18/17

[Livingthebuslife]

We are trying to plan an impromptu trip down to southern California and I am in need of some advice on some good places to camp.
We are heading down to Agoura Hills, CA on 2/17/17 to have the folks at Front Runner Outfitters repair a leak with our roof rack. We are trying to find a good spot to camp for Saturday night in that area. From there, we would like to head to the Alabama hills area to stay Sunday night. From there we will head home on Monday.

So, I am currently looking for some good overlanding in the following areas:
Saturday - Angeles National Forest
Sunday - Alabama Hills
We would prefer to overland vs car camp in these areas. If anyone has some suggestions on some good spots (possibly with some gps coordinates) to stay and explore, that would be amazing! Any OB members in the area are more than welcome (and encouraged) to join us for the trip or any part of it.

We are still relatively new to overlanding but, we have had our rig set up for a while and have been out in it numerous times. Up until this point, we have only stayed at "established" (payed) campsites. We recently moved to Northern California (Eureka) from Central Florida and we are still learning the rules for backcountry camping. There wasn't very much, if any, back country camping in Florida. We are now looking to up our game and move into the overlanding side of things.

Thank you in advance for any help or advice anyone is willing to offer!

 

[bacon_taste]

I know Michael did a couple videos on YouTube of his trip to alabama hills. A quick Google makes it seem like dispersed camping is allowed in the alabama hills recreation area for free, and there's a few campgrounds with varying nightly fees.

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[VCeXpedition]

Welcome to the wild west! Alabama hills is gonna blow your mind! Dispersed camping in an awesome place, great views of the eastern Sierras, good stuff. If it's not too far out of your way, look up hungry valley ohv area, not a great overlanding spot but on a Saturday night you'll be able to find a place to camp in the upper campgrounds. About an hours drive north of agoura hills. You will have to put up with motorized recreation. There's also camping on the beach over the hill from agoura but you've probably had your fill of that.
Sorry I'm not too familiar with the area in the Angeles crest although I know there is some there.

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[Livingthebuslife]

Thank you @bacon_taste and @fj80toyman for the info! Loving the outdoor activities offered here out west. We were outdoorsy back home in Florida as well but, the sheer size and number of places to go is far greater here.

I'm seeing that dispersed camping is available both places we are wanting to explore, so that is awesome. Looks like there is no shortage of amazing places to see in Alabama Hills. I guess I just need to get over my OCD of having every little detail planned ahead of time and just see where the roads lead us. Looks like we will have to just get there and see what we find!

Hopefully we will run into some fellow OB members while we are out as there is no shortage of members down that way.

 

[bacon_taste]

I'm planning sonora this weekend, but alabama hills is really really tempting with the 3 day weekend.

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