Big Pine Crk Cg Q-071 (FR 09S21) in CA

Road corridorInyo NF, White Mountain Ranger District

8.3 mi from Big Pine

6.9 mi off US 395 (straight line)

Maps 7,787 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Stay limit: 14 consecutive days · 28 days total per calendar year · then move 10 mi

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Difficult

0.2 of this road’s 1.8 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly paved with 0.2 miles of dirt.
Near Big Pine Creek Trailhead.
Estimated climb: 220 ft over 1.8 miles through 10 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 13%.
Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
A gate at the start of the road.
A gate 0.2 miles along the road, signed private.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
Mount Alice stands 3,840 ft above the map pin, 1.6 miles west.
South Fork Big Pine Creek runs 0.1 mi off.

Within a 10-mile radius of any undeveloped campsite for a period longer than 14 consecutive days... Anywhere within the Inyo National Forest for more than 28 total days during a calendar year.
Camping rules

October normals 38–61°F, 0.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Big Pine Crk Cg Q-071 (FR 09S21) in CA -- Camping Rules & Access