Sawmill
- Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov
- best months
Caution at last check
Agency alerts are in effect for this area; weather is good · USFS, OpenWeather · checked 15 h ago
Is Sawmill open right now?
Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists 7 alerts for Angeles National Forest.
Rincon-Redbox Road (2N24) Closure
Agency alert covering Angeles National Forest · Order 05-01-26-13 · USFS · Angeles National Forest
Fire Danger Level Elevated to "Very High"
Agency alert covering Angeles National Forest · USFS · Angeles National Forest
San Gabriel Canyon OHV Area Prohibitions
Agency alert covering Angeles National Forest · Order 05-01-26-09 · USFS · Angeles National Forest
San Dimas Experimental Forest Closure
Agency alert covering Angeles National Forest · USFS · Angeles National Forest
Eaton Fire Area Closure
Agency alert covering Angeles National Forest · Order 05-01-26-04 · USFS · Angeles National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · Angeles National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
- At 5,200 ft
- Los Angeles Gateway Ranger DistrictAngeles National Forest
Sawmill is a Forest Service campground in the Los Angeles Gateway Ranger District of Angeles National Forest in California, sitting at about 5,200 feet. It offers eight campsites with picnic tables and campfire rings, vault toilets and trash receptacles. There is no water on site, so visitors must bring enough for cooking, cleaning, drinking and putting out campfires. The campground is accessible only from Pine Canyon Road because of a washout on 7N23, and the Old Ridge Route is not a route to it. RVs are limited to 16 feet and have no hookups. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Sandberg, which sits roughly 700 feet lower, show May highs around 70°F and October highs near 71°F, with lows in the low to mid 50s. Summer highs typically reach the upper 80s. The closest trails are Prayer Mountain Trail, about a mile away, and Burnt Peak Trail, about 1.2 miles away. Gillette Mine is about 2.1 miles off, and the Bear campground is about 3.5 miles away.
- Prayer Mountain TrailHiking1 mi
- Burnt Peak TrailHiking1.2 mi
- Gillette MineHiking2.1 mi
- Fish Canyon TrailHiking2.5 mi
- Upper Shake TrailHiking2.6 mi
- Lower Shake TrailHiking2.7 mi
- BearCamping3.5 mi
Castaic CreekCanoeingPhoto: Albaum at English Wikipedia, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)7.4 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Pyramid Lake - Los Alamos CampgroundCamping · ~20 min drive
- Canyon Creek Summer Camp at The Oaks RanchCamping · ~3 min drive
- Upper Shake CampgroundCamping · ~4 min drive
- BearCamping · ~6 min drive
- Boy Scout Trail CampCamping · ~8 min drive
- ProspectCamping · ~9 min drive
- CS 0508, Horse CampingCamping · ~9 min drive
- CottonwoodCamping · ~10 min drive
- CienagaCamping · ~12 min drive
- Oak FlatCamping · ~19 min drive
Also worth it near here
Burnt PeakSummit · ~2 min drivePhoto: Chevy111, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Warm Springs TrailHiking · ~12 min drivePhoto: tkksummers, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)- Castaic CreekCanoeing · ~13 min drivePhoto: Albaum at English Wikipedia, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Munz LakesLake fishing · ~14 min drive
Best time to visit Sawmill
Best months: March–June and September–November. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
52° / 39°
7 wet
Feb
53° / 38°
8 wet
Mar
57° / 41°
7 wet
Apr
62° / 43°
5 wet
May
70° / 49°
3 wet
Jun
80° / 58°
1 wet
Jul
88° / 65°
1 wet
Aug
88° / 65°
1 wet
Sep
83° / 61°
1 wet
Oct
71° / 52°
2 wet
Nov
60° / 44°
4 wet
Dec
52° / 38°
6 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Sandberg, CA, 9.2 mi away at 4,510 ft. The station sits about 700 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
