Camping near Lone Pine, California

Camping near Lone Pine at a glance

Public campgrounds

6 (6 National Forest)

Getting a site

1 reservable and 5 first-come

Cost

Lowest posted fee at Cottonwood Lakes Walk in Campground: "Single Site: $11 per night"

Distance from Lone Pine

8.4 miles (Whitney Portal Campground) to 10 miles (Cottonwood Pass Walk in Campground) in a straight line; 6 within 15 miles

Elevation

7,920 ft (Whitney Portal Campground) to 10,018 ft (Cottonwood Lakes Walk in Campground), 6 of 6 on record

Campsites

46 across the 1 campground that state a count

RVs

1 take RVs; no hookups on record; longest stated RV length 35 ft (Whitney Portal Campground)

Drinking water

5 of 6

Distances are straight-line miles from Lone Pine's point in the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2025), not driving distances. Every other fact comes from each campground's own sourced record, linked from its page.

More campgrounds within 30 miles of Lone Pine

• Tuttle Creek Campground, 2.7 miles from Lone Pine in a straight line , BLM , reservable (Site: $10 per night); listed under camping near Inyo.
• Lone Pine Campground, 6 miles from Lone Pine in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $34 per night); listed under camping near Inyo.
• Grays Meadows, 18 miles from Lone Pine in a straight line , National Forest , reservable ; listed under camping near Inyo.
• Grays Meadow Campground, 18 miles from Lone Pine in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $34 per night); listed under camping near Independence.
• Onion Valley Campground, 20 miles from Lone Pine in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $31 per night); listed under camping near Independence.

Things to do near Lone Pine

Public land and water within 30 miles of Lone Pine, the public land its campgrounds sit in, and landmarks at those campgrounds, nearest first.

• Diaz Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 1.7 miles from Lone Pine; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Lone Pine Creek fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 1.8 miles from Lone Pine; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Tuttle Creek fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 2.6 miles from Lone Pine; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Alabama Hills National Scenic Area, a BLM unit whose mapped point is 4.4 miles from Lone Pine; its camping rule, field office, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Georges Creek fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 9.3 miles from Lone Pine; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Manzanar National Historic Site, a National Park Service unit whose mapped point is 11 miles from Lone Pine; its entrance fees, current alerts and fire restrictions, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Inyo Mountains Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 12 miles from Lone Pine; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Malpais Mesa Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 20 miles from Lone Pine; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Saline Valley Hot Springs, a hot spring whose mapped point is 23 miles from Lone Pine; soaking details on swimholesmap.com.
• Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 26 miles from Lone Pine; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.

Supplies and emergencies near Lone Pine

Groceries

• Lee's Frontier General Store convenience store · 1.4 miles
• Lone Pine Market convenience store · 2.3 miles · Hours Mo-Su 08:00-21:00
• Summit convenience store · 2.5 miles

Fuel

• Chevron fuel station · 1.4 miles
• Mobil fuel station · 2.5 miles · (760) 264-9687 · Hours 24/7
• Shell fuel station · 2.5 miles · (760) 876-1035 · Hours 24/7

RV dump station

• Lone Pine Mobile Oasis service point · 2.7 miles · (760) 876-4120

Laundromat

• Lone Pine Laundromat laundromat · 2.3 miles · Hours Mo-Su 07:00-21:00

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Lone Pine: propane, potable water fill, pharmacy, and ice. Stores, fuel, propane, dump stations, water fill, laundromats, and pharmacies are the nearest few mapped within 25 miles, straight-line, © OpenStreetMap contributors (data as of 2026-10-01; this extract under the ODbL). Hours are as mapped; call ahead.