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U.S. Forest Service · Inyo National Forest · CA

Coldwater Campground - Inyo NF (CA)

1Heads up1 fire 38 mi away

Wildfire

Wildfire Training fire · 38 mi away · 0 acres · updated Oct 15, 2026

Fires: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 15, 2026

ReservableOut of season, no booking; November 28 opens May 28.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
A night: $33From, per site
Sites: 74All of them booked ahead

Photos · CLM

43 ftLongest rig

8,930 ftElevation

398 ftWater · Lake Mary

In townMammoth Lakes, CA

37%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 11 notices

In the agency’s own words

Coldwater Campground is located high in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains near the town of Mammoth Lakes, California. The surrounding national forest provides many opportunities for family fun, outdoor recreation and relaxation. Hiking, fishing, road cycling and picnicking are just some of the favorite activities available to campers. Keep reading

Recreation

Coldwater offers easy access to fishing for rainbow, brook and brown trout in Lake Mary. Major trailheads lead into the backcountry. Several interesting trails offer a variety of hikes, including the 5-mile Duck Pass Trail, which climbs the forested hillside behind the campground and passes several lakes before heading over Duck Pass to join the John Muir Trail.

Facilities

Campsites are organized into two loops, with sites fairly close together and near either creek. Pressurized water spigots and flush toilets are provided throughout the facility, and there are picnic tables, campfire rings and bear-proof food storage lockers at each campsite.

Natural Features

This campground sits in a pine forest at an elevation of 8,900 feet. Large and small boulders are strewn about the campground. Coldwater and Mammoth Creeks run alongside the campsites. Crystal clear Lake Mary, one of several lakes in the Mammoth Lakes Basin, is nearby. The Eastern Sierras are abundant with wildlife, including black bear, mountain lions, mule deer, pine marten, pika and many species of fish and birds.

Nearby Attractions

Visitors can explore the magnificent John Muir Wilderness, which stretches 100 miles along the crest of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, a land of lofty snow-capped mountains, deep canyons and vast expanses of glacially-carved terrain. Hiking and horseback riding trails are abundant.

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.

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

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. Extra vehicles must fit on the parking spur.

Rule

No showers or electric hookups available

Rule

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

Everything else this campground posts · 8

Rule

Be bear aware; keep all food out of sight in approved containers or locked inside your vehicle and remove all food from area after eating; always keep a clean camp and do not feed any wild animals

Rule

Only two pets per site allowed.

Rule

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.

Rule

Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.

Rule

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.

Rule

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.

Rule

Inyo National Forest website

Rule

PASS DISCOUNTS: You must provide your pass and photo identification upon check in. If you received a pass discount for which you were not eligible, you must pay the difference in price upon arrival.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 74
Hookups: None
Longest rig: 43 ft
Paved pads: 67 of 74
Accessible sites: None listed
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: Every site

Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets: Flush Toilets; “…creek. Pressurized water spigots and flush toilets are provided throughout the facility, and there are…”
Drinking water: Yes; “…and near either creek. Pressurized water spigots and flush toilets are provided throughout the…”
Bear boxes: Yes
Camp host: On site; recreation.gov lists “Host”
Stay limit: 14 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026

Water, toilets and showers: read from the agency description, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Lake, Creek; Biking; Boating; Fishing; Hiking; Horseback riding; Swimming; Wildlife viewing
Night sky · 556th darkest of 1,201 in CA: Bortle 3
Fall color · reported 14 days ago, 2.9 km away: Peak color

Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (2.9 km) · Oct 3, 2026

No reading yet, book on recreation.gov

Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.

No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.

Booking windowOut of seasonOut of season, no booking. On November 28, 2026 at 10 AM ET, availability opens through May 28, 2027.recreation.gov Add to calendar (.ics)

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record

A night$33plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$74DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservation; this campground publishes its own terms toorecreation.gov’s schedule

Runs itU.S. Forest ServiceBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record

Watch for a cancellation

Full? Watch it.

One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Tell me when the season opens

Watch for the season to open

One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 13

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service

A night$33

Standard Nonelectric$33

These are next season’s rates, May 28, 2027 to Sep 25, 2027. The campground is between seasons now.

The booking feerecreation.gov

Reservation fee, booked online$8

One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.

Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.

What this campground addsits own record

Extra vehicle$10

“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

What a stay costs

One nightDerived$41

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$74

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $33 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.

If your plans changerecreation.gov

Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10

Cancellation fee$10

Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night

No-show$20 + your first night

“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 · 7

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Oct 1, 2026

Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026

What this campground adds: The U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record and notices for this campground, quoted verbatim. An extra-vehicle charge is set locally and appears on no national schedule, so it’s never assumed. · Sep 9, 2026

This campground’s own terms: recreation.gov facility cancellation policy for this campground, quoted verbatim. Recreation.gov states that policies listed for specific locations supersede its site-wide policies. · Sep 9, 2026

The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · Sep 9, 2026

Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026

The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

74 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 74 mapped sites

71 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomAREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND 021 177 ftAREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND 016 151 ftAREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND 017 136 ftAREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND 018 136 ftAREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND 035 122 ft

Least roomAREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND 022 34 ftAREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND 023 34 ftAREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND 060 37 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 74 sites

74 of 74 sites located

Standard74

001 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 072 073 074 075 077 078 079

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes aUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 74 of the 74 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 74 of the 74 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.


AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	001	standard nonelectric	18 ft	86 ft	628 ft	3,136 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	003	standard nonelectric	30 ft	83 ft	854 ft	2,904 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	004	standard nonelectric	34 ft	83 ft	925 ft	2,839 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	005	standard nonelectric	36 ft	50 ft	995 ft	2,782 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	006	standard nonelectric	28 ft	119 ft	1,144 ft	2,646 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	007	standard nonelectric	33 ft	50 ft	1,026 ft	2,763 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	008	standard nonelectric	34 ft	80 ft	962 ft	2,839 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	009	standard nonelectric	26 ft	88 ft	878 ft	2,926 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	010	standard nonelectric	24 ft	57 ft	763 ft	3,034 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	011	standard nonelectric	28 ft	55 ft	706 ft	3,085 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	012	standard nonelectric	37 ft	66 ft	630 ft	3,172 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	013	standard nonelectric	33 ft	55 ft	653 ft	3,130 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	014	standard nonelectric	34 ft	66 ft	564 ft	3,203 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	015	standard nonelectric	29 ft	66 ft	501 ft	3,138 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	016	standard nonelectric	26 ft	150 ft	1,134 ft	2,627 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	017	standard nonelectric	43 ft	136 ft	1,324 ft	2,438 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	018	standard nonelectric	40 ft	136 ft	1,456 ft	2,304 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	021	standard nonelectric	30 ft	177 ft	1,743 ft	2,047 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	022	standard nonelectric	30 ft	35 ft	1,532 ft	2,267 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	023	standard nonelectric	33 ft	35 ft	1,515 ft	2,274 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	024	standard nonelectric	30 ft	55 ft	1,379 ft	2,419 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	025	standard nonelectric	38 ft	55 ft	1,331 ft	2,458 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	026	standard nonelectric	22 ft	95 ft	2,008 ft	1,747 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	027	standard nonelectric	38 ft	95 ft	2,103 ft	1,652 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	028	standard nonelectric	38 ft	71 ft	2,239 ft	1,517 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	029	standard nonelectric	38 ft	76 ft	2,281 ft	1,393 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	030	standard nonelectric	32 ft	71 ft	2,288 ft	1,459 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	031	standard nonelectric	29 ft	76 ft	2,235 ft	1,317 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	032	standard nonelectric	23 ft	83 ft	2,160 ft	1,212 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	033	standard nonelectric	33 ft	83 ft	2,125 ft	1,130 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	034	standard nonelectric	24 ft	101 ft	2,100 ft	923 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	035	standard nonelectric	23 ft	122 ft	2,167 ft	1,044 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	036	standard nonelectric	28 ft	86 ft	2,254 ft	1,003 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	037	standard nonelectric	32 ft	89 ft	2,300 ft	1,092 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	038	standard nonelectric	33 ft	40 ft	2,317 ft	1,186 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	039	standard nonelectric	32 ft	40 ft	2,351 ft	1,191 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	040	standard nonelectric	28 ft	87 ft	2,418 ft	1,382 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	041	standard nonelectric	31 ft	87 ft	2,332 ft	1,463 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	042	standard nonelectric	31 ft	91 ft	2,238 ft	1,558 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	043	standard nonelectric	31 ft	51 ft	2,150 ft	1,649 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	044	standard nonelectric	30 ft	51 ft	2,112 ft	1,677 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	045	standard nonelectric	30 ft	99 ft	2,017 ft	1,775 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	046	standard nonelectric	29 ft	79 ft	1,927 ft	1,850 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	047	standard nonelectric	25 ft	79 ft	1,870 ft	1,897 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	048	standard nonelectric	40 ft	91 ft	2,000 ft	849 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	049	standard nonelectric	22 ft	40 ft	1,949 ft	760 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	050	standard nonelectric	33 ft	40 ft	1,983 ft	752 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	051	standard nonelectric	33 ft	38 ft	1,921 ft	651 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	052	standard nonelectric	29 ft	38 ft	1,956 ft	650 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	053	standard nonelectric	29 ft	96 ft	1,933 ft	551 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	054	standard nonelectric	37 ft	96 ft	1,923 ft	457 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	055	standard nonelectric	35 ft	98 ft	1,914 ft	353 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	056	standard nonelectric	28 ft	55 ft	1,893 ft	255 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	057	standard nonelectric	26 ft	55 ft	1,855 ft	208 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	058	standard nonelectric	34 ft	65 ft	1,921 ft	196 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	059	standard nonelectric	34 ft	112 ft	1,917 ft	106 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	060	standard nonelectric	31 ft	37 ft	1,980 ft	213 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	061	standard nonelectric	37 ft	105 ft	2,019 ft	194 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	062	standard nonelectric	30 ft	37 ft	2,016 ft	234 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	063	standard nonelectric	32 ft	105 ft	2,109 ft	288 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	064	standard nonelectric	31 ft	42 ft	2,113 ft	350 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	065	standard nonelectric	33 ft	42 ft	2,080 ft	338 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	066	standard nonelectric	35 ft	42 ft	2,112 ft	407 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	067	standard nonelectric	30 ft	42 ft	2,075 ft	394 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	068	standard nonelectric	28 ft	44 ft	2,110 ft	471 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	069	standard nonelectric	33 ft	44 ft	2,070 ft	456 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	070	standard nonelectric	20 ft	70 ft	2,104 ft	525 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	072	standard nonelectric	26 ft	78 ft	2,129 ft	611 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	073	standard nonelectric	23 ft	42 ft	2,152 ft	684 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	074	standard nonelectric	33 ft	42 ft	2,116 ft	679 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	075	standard nonelectric	20 ft	82 ft	2,169 ft	761 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	077	standard nonelectric	28 ft	43 ft	2,210 ft	906 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	078	standard nonelectric	30 ft	73 ft	2,159 ft	834 ft	$33
AREA COLDWATER CAMPGROUND	079	standard nonelectric	30 ft	43 ft	2,185 ft	921 ft	$33

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Oct 1, 2026

25 of 74 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions

Coordinate37.59949, -118.99667

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

Lake Mary CampgroundInyo National Forest · 0.8 mi

Twin Lakes CampgroundInyo National Forest · 1.3 mi

New Shady Rest CampgroundInyo National Forest · 3.8 mi

Sherwin CreekInyo National Forest · 3.8 mi

Pine GlenInyo National Forest · 4.0 mi

Old Shady Rest CampgroundInyo National Forest · 4.0 mi

Getting there

Coldwater Campground is 320 miles north of Los Angeles and 180 miles south of Reno. Follow U.S. Highway 395 to the junction of State Highway 203. Turn west on 203 and drive 7 miles through the town of Mammoth Lakes. Highway 203 becomes Main Street, then Lake Mary Road, which will lead to the Lakes Basin. Continue on Lake Mary Road to the Coldwater Campground cutoff on the left.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Overnight37°Mostly Clear

Saturday55°Sunny

Saturday Night34°Clear

Sunday54°Sunny

NWS forecast for Mammoth Lakes, CA

Source: National Weather Service, REV forecast office · Oct 17, 2026

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.

90°32°0°

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.

Measured at: BODIE CALIFORNIA ST HISTORIC P, CA (USC00040943), 42 miles away and 560 ft lower

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

what threatens it · who answers for it

Roadless country, and what’s coming for it

Roadless

Sherwin3,140 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area

Roadless

San Joaquin19,662 acres · 7 mi · inventoried roadless area

Roadless

Laurel Mcgee8,770 acres · 8 mi · inventoried roadless area

You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.

Source: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026

Who answers for this land

Coldwater Campground - Inyo NF (CA) is in California’s 3rd congressional district. Its representative, Kevin Kiley (I), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from

Right now: U.S. Forest Service’s own recreation database flags it not open and publishes no reason and no date. That’s a flag, not a notice.

Listed not open: USFS EDW Recreation Opportunities, openstatus field: a not-open flag in a database, with no reason and no date published; read there since Sep 9, 2026. A flag, not a notice, so this page doesn’t call it a closure. · Oct 17, 2026

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026 and November 2026. It names 74 of the 74 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 14, 2026

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 74 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.15 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 1,201 rated federal campgrounds in California · Sep 8, 2026

Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model

Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (2.9 km) · Oct 3, 2026

Reported by: iNaturalist fall color observations, reported peak color · Oct 3, 2026

Cell signal: the Forest Service’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.

Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026