Cottonwood Lakes Trailhead Campground in CA -- Campground & Tent Camping
Cottonwood Lakes Trailhead Campground in CA
$11 per nightOpen 5/25-10/15Stay limit: 1 days
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Road Access
Easy
- Road difficulty 1 of 5: an easy drive in.
- Recorded as maintained for passenger cars, paved, pitching to 8%.
Rig fit
- RVs are not admitted here.
Setting
Some privacy
Walk-in campground for backpackers at 10,000 feet elevation, 24 miles southwest of Lone Pine via Horseshoe Meadow Road. Thirteen walk-in sites with food storage boxes, tent pads, tables, fire grates, potable water, and vault toilets. $11/night; one-night stay limit; self-registration only. Open late May through mid-October. High bear activity area with mandatory bear-proof food storage. Staging point for Cottonwood Lakes trails.
- Moderately separated here.
- Trail Peak stands 1,579 ft above the map pin, 2.2 miles southwest.
- South Fork Cottonwood Creek runs 0.6 mi off.
Climate averages
October normals 28–53°F, 0.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
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Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy
Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 97 of 100.
Tree cover11%30m sat. est.