Sherwin Crk Cutoff (FR 04S31) in CA

Road corridorInyo NF, Mammoth Ranger District

5.0 mi from Mammoth Lakes

0.0 mi off US 395 (straight line)

Maps 7,287 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

VerizonUSABLE

AT&TSTRONG

T-MobileUSABLE

StarlinkEXCELLENT

Difficult

All 8.2 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
Near Laurel Lakes Trailhead.
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 6.4 miles along the road.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.2 miles off.
Laurel Mountain stands 4,513 ft above the map pin, 2.6 miles south.
The Laurel Effluent Pond shoreline is 1.0 mi off.
Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.

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 27–64°F, 1.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Sherwin Crk Cutoff (FR 04S31) in CA -- Camping Rules & Access