Mount Whitney Trailhead Campground in CA -- Campground & Tent Camping
Mount Whitney Trailhead Campground in CA
Campground
9.0 mi from Lone Pine
Maps 8,318 ft
Fee requiredFirst-come, first-served
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AT&TMARGINAL
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Road Access
Easy
- Road difficulty 1 of 5: an easy drive in.
- Recorded as fully maintained, paved, pitching to 8%.
Rig fit
- RVs are not admitted here.
Campground details
25 sitesDrinking water
Setting
Limited privacy
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a 25-site campground with the nearest through road 0.2 miles off.
- Flat ground is scarce: under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
- Thor Peak stands 3,959 ft above the map pin, 1.6 miles southwest.
- A pond lies 0.1 mi off.
Climate averages
October normals 34–61°F, 0.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
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Starlink Radar
Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy
Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 89 of 100.
Tree cover20%30m sat. est.