Aeolian Buttes Viewpoint (FR 01S116) in CA

Road corridorInyo NF, Mono Lake Ranger District

15 mi from Mammoth Lakes

Maps 7,452 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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AT&TNONE

T-MobileUSABLE

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Easy

All 0.3 miles of this road are fully maintained, paved the whole way.
Near Sandhouse.
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.

Known camping along this road at mile 0.2: .

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
Mount Wood stands 5,176 ft above the map pin, 5.6 miles west.

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 29–63°F, 0.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Aeolian Buttes Viewpoint (FR 01S116) in CA -- Camping Rules & Access