Pumice Flat Group Camp in CA -- Campground & RV Camping in California
Pumice Flat Group Camp in CA
U.S. Forest Service allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
Pumice Flat Group Camp is situated at 7,700 feet in a lodgepole pine forest bordered by two creeks in the Reds Meadow Valley. Set within the larger Pumice Flat Campground, the facility offers four spread-out group sites equipped with picnic tables, campfire rings, and food storage lockers, accessed via a narrow single-lane summer road. Campers can fish for trout in the local lake or the North Fork of the San Joaquin River. Mandatory shuttles link the site to nearby trailheads for the Ansel Adams Wilderness, Pacific Crest Trail, and John Muir Trail.
Road difficulty 3 of 5 -- a rough drive in. Recorded as maintained only for high-clearance vehicles, dirt, pitching to 4%.
Minaret Summit stands 1,607 ft above the site, 1.0 miles northeast. Middle Fork San Joaquin River runs 0.1 mi off. Exposed here -- the nearest through road is 0.1 miles off, a 4-site campground. A group campground -- most of them shaded. The nearest town, Mammoth Lakes, is 4.8 mi off.
September normals 37–71°F, 0.3″ rain. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
Set by U.S. Forest Service. Stage 1 and 2 orders change within days -- check the current order before you build a fire.
fs.usda.gov