Mammoth Creek RD (FR 03S09) in CA

Road corridorInyo NF, Mammoth Ranger District

1.4 mi from Mammoth Lakes

0.0 mi off US 395 (straight line)

Maps 7,847 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–1.7 and 2–2.6 are inside the Town of Mammoth Lakes, whose rules apply there.

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

VerizonUSABLE

AT&TSTRONG

T-MobileUSABLE

StarlinkEXCELLENT

Difficult

5.9 of this road’s 6.4 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 5.9 miles of it dirt.
Near Mammoth Museum.
Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
Winds through 6 switchbacks.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
A cattle guard 5.5 miles along the road.
A water crossing 6.5 miles along the road.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.2 miles off.
Mammoth Mountain stands 3,203 ft above the map pin, 3.6 miles west.
Estimated night sky: Bortle 5, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.

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 30–61°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Mammoth Creek RD (FR 03S09) in CA -- Camping Rules & Access