Agnew Horse Camp
2Heads up2 fires, nearest 30 mi
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- Sites
- 144 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 14 notices
In the agency’s own words
Agnew Horse Camp is located in Reds Meadow Valley, just west of the full-service community of Mammoth Lakes, California. This equestrian camp provides access to some of the most spectacular wilderness in the Sierras and many outdoor activities such as horseback riding, fishing, hiking and photography. Devils Postpile National Monument and the famous Ansel Adams Wilderness are nearby, and a pack station with several amenities is just down the road. Keep reading
Recreation
The campground is a great base camp for hiking the area's many trails. Within a few miles, campers will find the High Trail, Shadow Creek Trail and River Trail, all for hiking and horseback riding. Trailheads to the Ansel Adams Wilderness and Pacific Crest Trail are also in the vicinity. Some of the terrain can be challenging for horses, especially due to the high elevation. Fishing enthusiasts can try for trout in the many area lakes or the North Fork of the San Joaquin River.
Facilities
The horse camp is adjacent to the main Agnew Meadows Campground and group camp. Four equestrian-friendly campsites are available with one horse corral per site. The road to the facility is narrow, single-laned, max trailer length of 25 feet recommended and only open in summer.
Natural Features
The campground sits in a lodgepole pine forest surrounded by high peaks, adjacent to creeks and a small lake, at an elevation of 8,400 feet. Spring and early summer wildflower displays bring even more color to the landscape. Many species of wildlife call the mountains home, such as black bear, mountain lions, mule deer, pine marten, pika and many species of fish and birds.
Nearby Attractions
The area is close to Devils Postpile National Monument and the Ansel Adams Wilderness. Both areas provide great day trips, offering horseback riding and hiking trails, as well as unparalleled photographic opportunities. Reds Meadow Pack Station and Resort has a general store and cafe. The trailhead for Rainbow Falls also begins near Reds Meadow. Devils Postpile National Monument Ansel Adams Wilderness Charges & Cancellations Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.
What the agency tells you
A Forest Service access fee must be paid; call 760-924-5500 for questions
Reserved Sites will be held until checkout time (NOON) the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of the second day to hold a reservation or the site will be forfeited and released to other guests. Please call the office at 760-934-5795 if you need to inform the campground of an arrival time greater than 24 hours after your arrival date, or if you will not use your reservation whatsoever.
Hiking within the Inyo Wilderness requires a special permit for overnight stays. These permits are managed through a limited allocation system. Please CLICK HERE if you are interested in more information on these permits.
Everything else this campground posts · 11
Be bear aware; keep all food out of sight in food storage lockers and remove all food from area after eating; always keep a clean camp and do not feed any wild animals
Mosquitoes can be abundant in early to mid summer; campers should come prepared
This is a high elevation facility; please use caution when traveling from lower elevations
Campground usually not clear of snow until late May or early June
One RV per single site, most sites can accommodate 2 extra vehicles at an additional fee per vehicle.
Only 2 pets per site is allowed.
Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.
Fire Restrictions: Fire restrictions may be imposed at any time due to hot, dry weather conditions, at which time campfires and charcoal fires may not be allowed. For current fire conditions or weather closures contact the Mammoth Lakes Visitor Center, (760) 924-5500, or the Mono Lakes Visitor Center, (760) 647-3044.
Don't Move Firewood: Protect California's forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. For more information visit firewood.ca.gov.
Click here to learn more about the Inyo National Forest
Please Note: One RV with tow per single site or one vehicle per tent site. Most sites can accommodate 1 extra vehicle that is not included with the reservation fee. In accordance with standard industry practices, Inyo Recreation will assess an additional $10.00 extra vehicle fee per day for the second vehicle in each single family campsite, and on the third and fourth vehicle in any double family campsite, provided these vehicles are not joined to the first vehicle by a hitch and towed onto the site. In the case of motorcycles, the first two are considered one vehicle, and the third and fourth motorcycle are also considered one vehicle. No additional vehicle fees are collected for bicycles.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 14 · 4 equestrian
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 100 ft
- Accessible sites
- 2
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Store
- Nearby
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Creek, Meadow
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Horseback riding
- Picnicking
- Night sky · 396th darkest of 1,201 in CA
- Bortle 3
- Fall color · reported 13 days ago, 7.5 km away
- Peak color
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 4 of the 14 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
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Every line of the receipt · 10
What you actually pay
“In accordance with standard industry practices, Inyo Recreation will assess an additional $10.00 extra vehicle fee per day for the second vehicle in each single family campsite, and on the third and fourth vehicle in…” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own agency notice
“Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.” · this campground’s own terms
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 6
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · record Aug 23, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
14 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 4 mapped sites4 sites share one published coordinate and are left out of the rankings.
All 14 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 14 of the 14 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.
| AGNE | 001 | type not stated | 30 ft | 1,182 ftAgnew Meadows | 1,604 ft | |
| AGNE | 002 | type not stated | 25 ft | 1,182 ftAgnew Meadows | 1,604 ft | |
| AGNE | 003 | type not stated | 30 ft | yes | 1,182 ftAgnew Meadows | 1,604 ft |
| AGNE | 004 | type not stated | 30 ft | 1,182 ftAgnew Meadows | 1,604 ft | |
| AGNE | 005 | type not stated | 100 ft | 1,182 ftAgnew Meadows | 1,604 ft | |
| AGNE | 006 | type not stated | 35 ft | 1,182 ftAgnew Meadows | 1,604 ft | |
| AGNE | 007 | type not stated | 40 ft | 1,182 ftAgnew Meadows | 1,604 ft | |
| AGNE | 008 | type not stated | 30 ft | 1,182 ftAgnew Meadows | 1,604 ft | |
| AGNE | 009 | type not stated | 40 ft | yes | 1,182 ftAgnew Meadows | 1,604 ft |
| AGNE | 012 | type not stated | 50 ft | 1,182 ftAgnew Meadows | 1,604 ft | |
| AGNE | 013 | equestrian nonelectric | 60 ft | 1,182 ftAgnew Meadows | 1,604 ft | |
| AGNE | 014 | equestrian nonelectric | 55 ft | 1,182 ftAgnew Meadows | 1,604 ft | |
| AGNE | 015 | equestrian nonelectric | 30 ft | 1,182 ftAgnew Meadows | 1,604 ft | |
| AGNE | 016 | equestrian nonelectric | 48 ft | 1,182 ftAgnew Meadows | 1,604 ft |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions
Where it is
Agnew Meadows Group CampInyo National Forest · 0.0 miUpper Soda Springs CampgroundInyo National Forest · 2.3 mi
Pumice Flat Group CampInyo National Forest · 2.7 miMinaret Falls CampgroundInyo National Forest · 3.0 miReds Meadow CampgroundInyo National Forest · 4.4 mi
Obsidian FlatInyo National Forest · 5.3 miFrom U.S. Highway 395, take Highway 203 west through the town of Mammoth Lakes. Pass Mammoth Mountain Ski Area to Minaret Vista. Continue on Red's Meadow Road to the Agnew Meadows turnoff, about 2.5 miles.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Mammoth Lakes, CA
Typical weather
Typical October night 20°F, day 61°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 8°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
Roadless country, and what’s coming for it
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land

Agnew Horse Camp is in California’s 5th congressional district. Its representative, Tom McClintock (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →