Santa Margarita Lake Recreation Area
US Army Corps of Engineers · California
Santa Margarita Lake Recreation Area in California. Ringed marker is this site;
the other dots are the 1330 public campsites we
map in California.
What we know about it
- Managed by
- US Army Corps of Engineers
- Fee
- Not published (the agency does not list one)
- Booking
- first-come, first-served
- Dogs
- Allowed on a leash (USACE policy)
- Coordinates
- 35.32836, -120.49089
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Source: Recreation.gov, dated 2026-02-25,
fetched 2026-09-07. Official listing.
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