Big Pine Creek Campground in CA -- Campground & RV Camping

Big Pine Creek Campground sits at 7,700 feet elevation along the banks of Big Pine Creek in Big Pine Canyon. Campsites sit in meadows surrounded by Jeffrey pine, aspen, cottonwood, and sagebrush, with some sites offering direct creek access. Each site accommodates up to six campers, and vault toilets and firewood sales are available on-site. Anglers fish the creek and nearby Big Pine Lakes for rainbow, brown, and brook trout. The adjacent North Fork Trail climbs past waterfalls up to the lakes and the Palisade Glacier, which sits below the 14,000-foot peaks of the Palisade Crest.

Getting there: From Highway 395, turn west on Crocker Street in Big Pine, the continue west up Big Pine Canyon Road for 10 miles to end of road. Turn left crossing Big Pine Creek and left again past Glacier Lodge for 100 yards.

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 30-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
• Kid Mountain stands 4,098 ft above the map pin, 1.7 miles south.
• South Fork Big Pine Creek runs 0.2 mi off.
• Most of them shaded.

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