Whitney Portal in CA -- Campground & RV Camping
Whitney Portal in CA
CampgroundUSFS
8.5 mi from Lone Pine
Official campground & reservations ↗
Road Access
- 0.2 of this road’s 0.8 miles are maintained for passenger-car comfort, paved the whole way.
Rig fit
- Maximum published vehicle length: 35 ft.
- Longest published RV site: 35 ft.
- Longest published trailer site: 35 ft.
Campground details
Setting
Whitney Portal Campground sits in a pine forest at 8,000 feet at the base of Mt. Whitney in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains. The facility lies along Whitney Creek and features tent-only sites, standard RV/tent sites, and three group areas, all serviced by paved roads, vault toilets, and drinking water. Due to frequent black bear activity, every site includes a mandatory metal bear-proof food locker. A convenience store with showers and trailheads for Mt. Whitney, Meysan Lake, and the John Muir Wilderness sit half a mile away.
Getting there: From U.S. Highway 395 in California, travel to the town of Lone Pine. The campground is 13 miles west of Lone Pine on Whitney Portal Road.
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a 47-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
- Flat ground is scarce: under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
- Lone Pine Peak stands 4,980 ft above the map pin, 1.9 miles south.
- Most of them shaded.
- Meysan Creek runs 0.6 mi off.
Climate averages
October normals 35–62°F, 0.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
Starlink Radar
Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy
Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 83 of 100.