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

East Fork Campground – Inyo National Forest (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 14 opens May 14.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
A night: $35From, per site
Sites: 13371 on recreation.gov

Photos · Local staff

38 ftLongest rig

9,030 ftElevation

431 ftWater · Rock Creek

5 miSE of Crowley Lake, CA

0%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 10 notices

In the agency’s own words

East Fork Canyon is in a beautiful wooded section of Rock Creek Canyon, near Lower Rock Creek. Anglers, hikers and photographers enjoy this scenic location in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. The facility is large and accommodating, with several loops of campsites.Opening and closing dates for the season are dependent on weather. Keep reading

Recreation

Rock Creek and other waterways in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains are known for their exceptional trout fishing. A catch from the creek may include brook, brown, rainbow and stocked Alpers trout, while anglers in the backcountry are treated to populations of golden trout. The area's majestic scenery and challenging trails are an obvious draw for hikers and mountain bikers. There are several trails in and around Rock Creek Canyon, some of which meander around high-elevation alpine lakes.

Facilities

The campground has four loops. Some campsites are close together, and some sit along the banks of the creek. There is a mix of sun and shade. Firewood is available for purchase on-site. Bears inhabit the area; bear-proof lockers for food storage are located throughout the campground.

Natural Features

This beautifully wooded area is dense with pine and fir trees, with aspens that turn golden and shimmer in the fall. Sitting at an elevation of 8,900 ft., East Fork offers views of the taller mountain peaks that surround it. The campground is adjacent to the clear, cold and cascading Rock Creek, which originates in the John Muir Wilderness and runs for 22 miles through the bottom of Rock Creek Canyon. The area is home to abundant wildlife, including black bear, mountain lions, mule deer, pine marten, pika and many species of fish and birds.

Nearby Attractions

For campers interested in local events, Mule Days are held in nearby Bishop over Memorial Day weekend, and the Mammoth Jazz Jubilee is hosted in Mammoth in mid-July. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (760) 935-4012.

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

What the agency tells you

Rule

Changing campsites in this campground is prohibited

Rule

This is a high elevation facility; please use caution when traveling from lower elevations

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

Everything else this campground posts · 7

Rule

Trailers/RV's over 35 feet not recommended.

Rule

Two pets per site allowed, must be leashed .

Rule

Please Note: One RV with tow vehicle per single site or one vehicle per tent site. One vehicle per single site is included with your reservation. Most sites can accommodate 1 extra vehicle that is not included with the reservation fee. Extra vehicle will be charged a per night fee and collected at the campground if you did not pay for an Extra Vehicle Add On. Extra vehicles must fit on the parking spur at the site.

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.

Rule

Reserved Sites will be held until check out time (NOON) the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of that following day to hold a reservation or the site will be forfeited and released to other guests. 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

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

Click here for more information about the Inyo National Forest

Read them on the agency’s own page →

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

Tents and rigs

Sites: 133 · 25 tent-only
Hookups: None
Longest rig: 38 ft
Paved pads: 1 of 133
Accessible sites: None listed
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: Every site

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

Facilities

Firewood: Sold here

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

Around the campground

On the water: Lake, Creek; Fishing; Hiking; Horseback riding; Picnicking; Wildlife viewing
Night sky · 204th darkest of 1,201 in CA: Bortle 2
Fall color · reported 14 days ago, 6.2 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 (6.2 km) · Oct 2, 2026

No reading yet, book on recreation.gov

recreation.gov lists 71 of the 133 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.

Booking windowOut of seasonOut of season, no booking. On November 14, 2026 at 10 AM ET, availability opens through May 14, 2027.recreation.gov Add to calendar (.ics)

Max stay14 nights2-night minimum on weekendsthe facility record

A night$35plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$78DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.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$35

Standard Nonelectric$35

Tent Only Nonelectric$35

Rates for the season the campground is in now, May 15, 2026 to Oct 3, 2026.

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 a stay costs

One nightDerived$43

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$78

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $35 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

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 · 5

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Sep 10, 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

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 Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

134 records · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 71 mapped sites

78 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomLoop EAST 104 122 ftLoop EAST 102 115 ftLoop EAST 103 115 ftLoop EAST 044 112 ftLoop EAST 105 107 ft

Least roomLoop EAST 120 55 ftLoop EAST 122 55 ftLoop EAST 111 55 ft

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

All 134 records

133 of 134 records located

Standard46Tent only25Type not stated62

001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 0100 0101 0109 011 012 013 0130 0131 0132 0133 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129

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 133 of the 134 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. 133 of the 134 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.


EAST	001	standard nonelectric	20 ft	87 ft	391 ft	477 ft	$35
EAST	002	standard nonelectric	30 ft	87 ft	323 ft	508 ft	$35
EAST	003	standard nonelectric	30 ft	69 ft	361 ft	251 ft	$35
EAST	004	standard nonelectric	30 ft	69 ft	323 ft	189 ft	$35
EAST	005	type not stated			177 ft	86 ft	$35
EAST	006	type not stated			296 ft	127 ft	$35
EAST	007	type not stated			214 ft	46 ft	$35
EAST	008	type not stated			287 ft	107 ft	$35
EAST	009	type not stated			208 ft	87 ft	$35
EAST	010	type not stated			273 ft	105 ft	$35
EAST	0100	type not stated			310 ft	113 ft	$35
EAST	0101	type not stated			207 ft	238 ft	$35
EAST	0109	type not stated			175 ft	299 ft	$35
EAST	011	type not stated			249 ft	145 ft	$35
EAST	012	type not stated			294 ft	140 ft	$35
EAST	013	type not stated			293 ft	246 ft	$35
EAST	0130	type not stated			163 ft	315 ft	$35
EAST	0131	type not stated			183 ft	258 ft	$35
EAST	0132	type not stated			159 ft	160 ft	$35
EAST	0133	type not stated			74 ft	107 ft	$35
EAST	014	type not stated			327 ft	192 ft	$35
EAST	015	type not stated			254 ft	335 ft	$35
EAST	016	tent only nonelectric	30 ft	91 ft	285 ft	285 ft	$35
EAST	017	tent only nonelectric	30 ft	78 ft	251 ft	229 ft	$35
EAST	018	tent only nonelectric	20 ft	84 ft	335 ft	187 ft	$35
EAST	019	tent only nonelectric	18 ft	71 ft	259 ft	90 ft	$35
EAST	020	tent only nonelectric	18 ft	98 ft	356 ft	73 ft	$35
EAST	021	standard nonelectric	30 ft	68 ft	251 ft	89 ft	$35
EAST	022	tent only nonelectric	25 ft	68 ft	309 ft	75 ft	$35
EAST	023	tent only nonelectric	22 ft	75 ft	229 ft	96 ft	$35
EAST	024	standard nonelectric	25 ft	78 ft	307 ft	174 ft	$35
EAST	025	tent only nonelectric	20 ft	67 ft	323 ft	216 ft	$35
EAST	026	tent only nonelectric	20 ft	67 ft	371 ft	251 ft	$35
EAST	027	standard nonelectric	38 ft	80 ft	375 ft	125 ft	$35
EAST	028	tent only nonelectric	20 ft	79 ft	424 ft	200 ft	$35
EAST	029	standard nonelectric	27 ft	73 ft	467 ft	129 ft	$35
EAST	030	tent only nonelectric	20 ft	67 ft	399 ft	16 ft	$35
EAST	031	standard nonelectric	20 ft	73 ft	468 ft	76 ft	$35
EAST	032	tent only nonelectric	21 ft	67 ft	410 ft	83 ft	$35
EAST	033	standard nonelectric	25 ft	78 ft	494 ft	115 ft	$35
EAST	034	tent only nonelectric	18 ft	77 ft	385 ft	168 ft	$35
EAST	035	standard nonelectric	20 ft	77 ft	438 ft	143 ft	$35
EAST	036	tent only nonelectric	10 ft	60 ft	293 ft	109 ft	$35
EAST	037	tent only nonelectric	10 ft	60 ft	278 ft	94 ft	$35
EAST	038	standard nonelectric	25 ft	89 ft	363 ft	74 ft	$35
EAST	039	standard nonelectric	30 ft	89 ft	342 ft	160 ft	$35
EAST	040	standard nonelectric	25 ft	82 ft	252 ft	135 ft	$35
EAST	041	standard nonelectric	25 ft	61 ft	302 ft	243 ft	$35
EAST	042	standard nonelectric	25 ft	61 ft	304 ft	275 ft	$35
EAST	043	tent only nonelectric	15 ft	91 ft	218 ft	240 ft	$35
EAST	044	tent only nonelectric	25 ft	112 ft	289 ft	150 ft	$35
EAST	045	tent only nonelectric	15 ft	81 ft	389 ft	172 ft	$35
EAST	046	tent only nonelectric	20 ft	81 ft	407 ft	186 ft	$35
EAST	047	standard nonelectric	20 ft	88 ft	523 ft	78 ft	$35
EAST	048	standard nonelectric	15 ft	81 ft	673 ft	119 ft	$35
EAST	049	standard nonelectric	30 ft	81 ft	724 ft	164 ft	$35
EAST	050	tent only nonelectric	15 ft	88 ft	556 ft	16 ft	$35
EAST	051	tent only nonelectric	10 ft	71 ft	608 ft	164 ft	$35
EAST	052	tent only nonelectric		71 ft	543 ft	152 ft	$35
EAST	053	standard nonelectric	15 ft	101 ft	490 ft	133 ft	$35
EAST	054	standard nonelectric	10 ft	93 ft	354 ft	100 ft	$35
EAST	055	tent only nonelectric	30 ft	93 ft	339 ft	160 ft	$35
EAST	056	type not stated			254 ft	107 ft	$35
EAST	057	type not stated			270 ft	19 ft	$35
EAST	058	type not stated			137 ft	136 ft	$35
EAST	059	type not stated			101 ft	190 ft	$35
EAST	060	type not stated			197 ft	248 ft	$35
EAST	061	type not stated			214 ft	330 ft	$35
EAST	062	type not stated			283 ft	358 ft	$35
EAST	063	type not stated			179 ft	348 ft	$35
EAST	064	type not stated			379 ft	347 ft	$35
EAST	065	type not stated			272 ft	193 ft	$35
EAST	066	type not stated			471 ft	387 ft	$35
EAST	067	type not stated			588 ft	339 ft	$35
EAST	068	type not stated			588 ft	197 ft	$35
EAST	069	type not stated			635 ft	269 ft	$35
EAST	070	type not stated			680 ft	146 ft	$35
EAST	071	type not stated			601 ft	131 ft	$35
EAST	072	type not stated			710 ft	115 ft	$35
EAST	073	type not stated			618 ft	76 ft	$35
EAST	074	type not stated			625 ft	41 ft	$35
EAST	075	type not stated			565 ft	123 ft	$35
EAST	076	type not stated			484 ft	165 ft	$35
EAST	077	type not stated			427 ft	129 ft	$35
EAST	078	type not stated			339 ft	84 ft	$35
EAST	079	type not stated			310 ft	10 ft	$35
EAST	080	type not stated			262 ft	79 ft	$35
EAST	081	type not stated			174 ft	127 ft	$35
EAST	082	type not stated			276 ft	44 ft	$35
EAST	083	type not stated			119 ft	198 ft	$35
EAST	084	type not stated			307 ft	102 ft	$35
EAST	085	type not stated			163 ft	198 ft	$35
EAST	086	type not stated			201 ft	209 ft	$35
EAST	087	type not stated			366 ft	156 ft	$35
EAST	088	type not stated			251 ft	154 ft	$35
EAST	089	type not stated			362 ft	80 ft	$35
EAST	090	type not stated			240 ft	103 ft	$35
EAST	091	type not stated			453 ft	277 ft	$35
EAST	092	type not stated			377 ft	216 ft	$35
EAST	093	type not stated			460 ft	235 ft	$35
EAST	094	type not stated			401 ft	158 ft	$35
EAST	095	type not stated			492 ft	224 ft	$35
EAST	096	type not stated			504 ft	156 ft	$35
EAST	097	type not stated			223 ft	120 ft	$35
EAST	098	type not stated			341 ft	48 ft	$35
EAST	099	type not stated			189 ft	197 ft	$35
EAST	102	standard nonelectric	25 ft	115 ft	51 ft	207 ft	$35
EAST	103	standard nonelectric	25 ft	115 ft	101 ft	254 ft	$35
EAST	104	standard nonelectric	18 ft	122 ft	26 ft	375 ft	$35
EAST	105	tent only nonelectric		107 ft	146 ft	263 ft	$35
EAST	106	tent only nonelectric		94 ft	175 ft	195 ft	$35
EAST	107	standard nonelectric	25 ft	72 ft	76 ft	298 ft	$35
EAST	108	standard nonelectric	25 ft	72 ft	101 ft	317 ft	$35
EAST	110	standard nonelectric	20 ft	86 ft	100 ft	364 ft	$35
EAST	111	standard nonelectric	30 ft	55 ft	63 ft	380 ft	$35
EAST	112	standard nonelectric	20 ft	55 ft	71 ft	366 ft	$35
EAST	113	standard nonelectric	15 ft	87 ft	157 ft	283 ft	$35
EAST	114	standard nonelectric	30 ft	68 ft	100 ft	319 ft	$35
EAST	115	standard nonelectric	25 ft	87 ft	230 ft	199 ft	$35
EAST	116	standard nonelectric	30 ft	75 ft	151 ft	259 ft	$35
EAST	117	standard nonelectric	25 ft	83 ft	303 ft	108 ft	$35
EAST	118	standard nonelectric	30 ft	83 ft	227 ft	172 ft	$35
EAST	119	standard nonelectric	25 ft	68 ft	375 ft	52 ft	$35
EAST	120	standard nonelectric	30 ft	55 ft	285 ft	120 ft	$35
EAST	121	standard nonelectric	30 ft	81 ft	208 ft	208 ft	$35
EAST	122	standard nonelectric	30 ft	55 ft	285 ft	151 ft	$35
EAST	123	standard nonelectric	30 ft	84 ft	150 ft	126 ft	$35
EAST	124	standard nonelectric	30 ft	71 ft	255 ft	182 ft	$35
EAST	125	standard nonelectric	25 ft	75 ft	179 ft	76 ft	$35
EAST	126	standard nonelectric	29 ft	96 ft	156 ft	73 ft	$35
EAST	127	standard nonelectric	25 ft	78 ft	193 ft	168 ft	$35
EAST	128	standard nonelectric	18 ft	99 ft	214 ft	210 ft	$35
EAST	129	standard nonelectric	30 ft	78 ft	175 ft	291 ft	$35
EAST	XXX	unnamed record	30 ft				$35

The agency files 1 more record here that isn’t a site for the night. It types it MANAGEMENT rather than a campsite. It’s in the table above, marked for what it is, and it isn’t counted as a site.

The records with no site name: Derived by CAMPANAC from the agency’s own campsite records: recreation.gov files some overnight records with no site name, only a row of X characters. A block is read as the campground’s own sites, filed without names, only where the agency types those records as campsites rather than MANAGEMENT, gives each one a coordinate, and their numbering continues the campground’s own numbered sites with no gap. Everything else is left uncounted, and where the evidence doesn’t decide the record is counted as no kind of site rather than guessed at · Sep 12, 2026

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 · Sep 11, 2026

25 of 134 listed

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

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number

Coordinate37.48361, -118.71750

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone760-935-4825

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

Palisades Group CampgroundInyo National Forest · 0.0 mi East Fork CampgroundInyo National Forest · 0.6 mi Palisade Group CampInyo National Forest · 0.8 mi Pine Grove CampgroundInyo National Forest · 1.0 mi Big Meadow CampgroundInyo National Forest · 2.0 mi

Rock Creek Lake (Inyo National Forest, CA)Inyo National Forest · 2.4 mi

Getting there

From Bishop or Mammoth Lakes, California, follow U.S. Highway 395 (about 30 miles north of Bishop). Take the Tom's Place exit and go 6 miles on Rock Creek Road.

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

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Today51°Sunny

Tonight31°Mostly Clear

Saturday53°Sunny

Saturday Night29°Clear

NWS forecast for Swall Meadows, CA

Source: National Weather Service, REV forecast office · Oct 16, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

what threatens it · who answers for it

Roadless country, and what’s coming for it

Roadless

Rock Creek West3,626 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area

Roadless

Nessie830 acres · 4 mi · inventoried roadless area

Roadless

Whisky Creek865 acres · 5 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

East Fork Campground – Inyo National Forest (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 publishes no season and no closure for this campground, and it takes no bookings we can read. That’s a gap in the record and not a locked gate: the number below is the only way to be sure.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026, November 2026 and July 2027. It names 71 of the 133 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 11, 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 133 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: 0.054 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 (6.2 km) · Oct 2, 2026

Reported by: iNaturalist fall color observations, reported peak color · Oct 2, 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 place of any size: Swall Meadows, CA, 2.5 mi WSW (a census designated place). Straight line.

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