FR 01S27 — Baxter Spring in CA -- Camping Rules & Access

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FR 01S27 — Baxter Spring in CA

Road corridorInyo NF, Mono Lake Ranger District

21 mi from Mammoth Lakes

Maps 7,798 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–0.4 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Inyo National Forest ↗

Stay limit: 14 consecutive days · 28 days total per calendar year · then move 10 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 5.9 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Known camping along this road at mile 1: .

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Gaspipe Spring lies 0.9 mi off.
  • Sagehen Peak stands 1,386 ft above the map pin, 3.6 miles south.

Rules

  • 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
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 29–60°F, 1.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.