Parker Creek Trail (FR 01S25) in CA

Road corridorInyo NF, Mono Lake Ranger District

18 mi from Mammoth Lakes

Maps 7,624 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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Difficult

All 0.5 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 0 miles of dirt.
Near Parker Lake Trailhead.
Estimated climb: 170 ft over 0.5 miles, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 14%.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Known camping along this road at mile 0.4: .

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
Mount Lewis stands 4,663 ft above the map pin, 3.1 miles west.
The Grant Lake shoreline is 1.2 mi off.

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 30–60°F, 1.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Parker Creek Trail (FR 01S25) in CA -- Camping Rules & Access