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Reviewed May. 14, 2025

Windy good time

Great spot but very windy.

35.31333° N, 118.02982° W

the sunrise was beautiful!

Site35.31333° N, 118.02982° W
Month of VisitMay
Reviewed May. 4, 2025

Windy

Plenty of spots right off the road. I drove in after dark and needed a place to sleep before I hit Death Valley. The wind was absolutely howling, but not too bad.

Month of VisitMay
Reviewed Apr. 28, 2025

Jawbone Canyon OHV

This is BLM land camping in an OHV area that we used for an overnight. For this purpose it was great. A paved road leads to endless dispersed camping options in a beautifully rugged canyon. There were a few OHVs but we arrived late on a weekday and OHV traffic stopped altogether in the evening. Wind was a problem and made sleeping hard. We camped in a 24’ travel trailer with a high clearance truck. While not necessary, the larger truck was nice to have on the dirt portions. There are sites that would be accessible by car as well just be more discerning. Verizon was at 1 bar the whole time.

Month of VisitApril
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2025

Good for Off Roading but filthy

Been here several times to boondock with our SxS. It's good off summer due to heat, plenty places to camp, but absolutely filthy because no one in SoCal knows how to clean up after them selves. Trash, ammo, and broken glass absolutely everywhere.

Month of VisitFebruary
  • Review photo of Jawbone Canyon OHV Area — Eastern Kern County Onyx Ranch State Vehicular Recreation Area by Christopher J., February 27, 2025
  • Review photo of Jawbone Canyon OHV Area — Eastern Kern County Onyx Ranch State Vehicular Recreation Area by Christopher J., February 27, 2025
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2023

beautiful big place

I really liked it! The place looks beautiful, especially with sunset and sunrise and there is a lot of space. Just the toilet was hard to find. You just have to drive 2 min more on the road. It doesn‘t have water, showers or trash dispencers.

Month of VisitOctober
  • Review photo of Jawbone Canyon OHV Area — Eastern Kern County Onyx Ranch State Vehicular Recreation Area by Sina V., October 20, 2023
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2022

The price is right.

Hey, it's free. Weekends are busy but weekdays are exceptionally peaceful. Be advised the Jawbone canyon store charges RV's $40.00 for potable water. Fill up before you come out here.

Month of VisitJanuary
Reviewed Jul. 11, 2021

Lots of space to spread out!

Came here with friends to ride and we had a great time. We showed up on a Friday with plenty of sites still available. Everything is so spread out that we had a lot of privacy to ourselves.

It can get really warm so we set up under a shaded tree which helped a lot. We had a fire pit for the evenings too, so that was nice.

Lots of trails to ride - for beginners to advanced. We zipped around in a side by side and everyone was responsible and nice.

I'd definitely recommend this spot of you are looking for a quiet place to camp with privacy and ample space.

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Month of VisitMarch
  • Review photo of Jawbone Canyon OHV Area — Eastern Kern County Onyx Ranch State Vehicular Recreation Area by Natalie T., July 11, 2021
  • Review photo of Jawbone Canyon OHV Area — Eastern Kern County Onyx Ranch State Vehicular Recreation Area by Natalie T., July 11, 2021
  • Beautiful hyperlapse of the sunset!
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