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    4.5 (34 reviews)

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    Campsite #66, first come first serve.
    Jessica C.

    This place was gorgeous. We went for hubby's birthday to getaway. It was packed, but we got lucky and found an empty spot. They have many first-come, first, serve sites. The place was super clean and very well ran. St 'Mary's lake is just a five-minute walk away. The west part of it is mainly for fishing and the east part you are able to park by the lake and go down and swim. You are also able to rent a boat and kayaks, and so forth. The city is only a 10-15 minute drive down, worked great for us. We would drive down and get what we needed. The campground also has firewood for you to buy. But, we recommend you get it from rite-aid it is way cheaper. You can also take some beautiful hikes. We went up to the heart lake. Took us about 2 hrs to get up there, but we are amateur hikers. If you are an avid hiker, then it should be a good hike for you.

    Site #77
    Jeff C.

    First time in an actual campground as we normally do disperse camping, but we loved this campground. The grounds and bathrooms were really nice and clean. Each spot came with a bear box and a bunch of water spigots around the campsites. The hosts were great and very accommodating. Recommendation: Definitely reserve a spot ahead of time if you want to get the sites closest to the creeks. Otherwise it's a great place to stay. We had site #77 and loved it. Would definitely consider coming back!

    These are the only 4 (FF sites) first come first serve campsites that can handle our 30'
    David C.

    The stars at night are amazing and deserves its own 5 stars just for that. It's magical and mesmerizing to be by the lakes and we love it. The only reason why it lost 2 stars is because they didn't honor their first come first serve protocol via their own website. We were awaken by the ranger early am stating that we had to leave and that the people occupying the sites were l staged somewhere remote off the hill. I call BS. The site at recreation.gov explicitly recognizes first come first serve at site #29 in which we were at, and at that time when we arrived with our 30' Tiffin, we immediately took the site with no other visible occupants in site. For what ever the reason the ranger decided to kick us out, they should be reprimanded. Since we are on vacation with the little ones, I didn't want to argue a bit at all. So what did we do!? Easy peasy, we went to June Lake, an even better lake I might add, paddle boarded a bit and then cleared up to camp at Mammoth Scenic Loop, which is a federal dispersed camp area with even less restrictions than a BLM, just no fires allowed and FREE! Yay! Anyways, I would definitely come back here to camp but with reservations only. Don't trust the FF sites!

    Spot 11, near bathrooms and camp host, the beginning of the campgrounds
    Megan M.

    Really enjoyed staying at this campground for the first time! Brought our two dogs and they loved it! Nice camp hosts, beautiful creeks running throughout, good amount of space for each unit, bathrooms are kept very clean! There is no electricity/hookups/showers.. just something to keep in mind before booking! We stayed in spot 11, just a tip, I would look at pictures of sites before booking, some are better than others as far as space and the ground level.. I wouldn't want to be on a hill since we were tent camping! Town is only about a ten minute drive which made things convenient! And convict lake is walking distance! Will def be coming back!!!! Beautiful spot

    Bear box, more than enough room
    Brandy G.

    Stayed here for two nights in August '19. Coming into the campground you pass lake Mary then take a left for coldwater. Upon entering the campground I was kind of nervous because all of the sites seem to have tons of rocks and many were on slants. As we kept driving to our spot towards the back I felt more at ease. The site we had was #75. It was perfect, no rocks at all and barley slanted. The spaces in between our site were far enough away from the others I didn't feel like we were on top of eachother at all. Our site backed up to the creek which was great because it gave us constant white noise and falling asleep to rushing water was amazing, though because of the water there were many many mosquitoes. I've camped in mammoth before, at pine city, twin lakes, and Lake George and have never encounter so many bugs. I'm not sure if it's because of all the rain they got this year and because of the heat but our site was just swarmed with them. During the evening it was the worse, we had to resort to our tent by 8 because by then they were just flying into our faces every 5 seconds ha. The campground itself was very maintained, probably the best public camp restrooms I've ever used! They were cleaned a couple times a day it seemed The campground isn't far from the lake Mary marina and there's a trail head at the back of the camp to the old mammoth consolidated mine as well as duck pass. We did the mine trail which was really cool to see and not strenuous at all Overall I really enjoyed this campground but would only stay toward the back since all the sites at the front seemed undesirable with the amount of rocks. And bring loads of bug spray and candles if you're by the creek!

    Tiffany C.

    We made visits to almost all mammoth campgrounds and nevertheless cold water campground was the best out of all or even out of our 10 days camping roadtrip (Yosemite, Grand Canyon , Zion). Campsite #42 I was very impressed by 1) how clean the restrooms were, 2) lots of privacy but wasn't too isolated, 3) water faucets every 5-10 campsites made it very easy to carry water for use, 4) huge food storage cabinets (fit big cooler). Very quiet at nights, the creek behind our campsite was very peaceful. Highly recommend this campground if you're visiting mammoth. Sites are close to Lake Mary.

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    Hannah P.

    Love staying at this campground while in Mammoth. It is right on Lake Mary. There are showers down at the marina and flush toilets and water nearby all campsites. We usually reserve a nice spot not close to other campsites but once we came just crossing our fingers there was an available spot and there was but it was right in the middle of everything. Unfortunately our neighbors were loud and the campground hosts didn't do anything about it. So I'd suggest reserving a site far in advance to be able to get a nice quiet spot. There are some awesome hikes right off the campground. There is also a little mining town just a ten minute walk from your campsite! Really cool to check out. Also fishing and boat rentals right down the road at the marina. Everyone that works there is very friendly. Love this place and will most likely always return when I'm in the area!

    Adriana E.

    Amazing place ! Super nice here but be careful keep your food in the bearbox! This place is amazing definitely a must camp spot in socal

    Lovely flora along the sides of the stream up to Emerald Lake. Look for the Emerald Lake Trailhead sign at the top of the campground.

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    Convict Lake Campground

    Convict Lake Campground

    4.5(20 reviews)
    7.9 mi

    First time here, didn't realize how close it was off the road. Amazing gift shop. Very clean…read morerestrooms, they offer rooms to rent as well as a wedding venue. Kid and animal friendly, trout stocked lake. Breathtaking views. Easy access for someone with disabilities, can drive almost all the way around the lake. Very clean, quiet, and felt very safe. Picnic tables available as well. Highly recommend and would return. Camping spaces available as well but did not see any campers.

    it's a campground. I've reached the point in my life where a four-star hotel with no mini-fridge or…read morein-room dining counts as camping, but every year the extended family makes a boys-only trek to Convict Lake and this year, my sixteen-year-old wanted to go. made reservations at the earliest opportunity, first thing in the morning six months out. post Covid doesn't seem to be as crowded but wanted to make sure we had a place to pitch our tent. more than a dozen "boys," tequila, beer, and other party favors made for a marathon week of fireside chats and beer pong. I'm always looking for an excuse to cook for friends. BBQ'd ribs, seared ahi, double-cut pork chops, bone-in ribeyes, and heaping plates of Korean-style short ribs: nobody went to bed hungry (or sober). Convict Lake was base camp for lots of other adventures: trout fishing in the nearby lake and streams, day trips into Mammoth for Mexican food, jujitsu sessions, and restocking depleted supplies of ice and beer, and hikes to the high lakes that surround the campground for overnight sleepovers. we even had several party crashers including Bambi and, one particularly rowdy evening, a bear. maybe next year, I'll find a nearby four-star hotel and leave sleeping on the ground to younger folks with less grumpy backs.

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    Convict Lake Campground - WYATT heading out for a backcountry overnight

    WYATT heading out for a backcountry overnight

    Convict Lake Campground - Catching rainbow trout off of the boat left and right!

    Catching rainbow trout off of the boat left and right!

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    Sherwin Creek Campground

    Sherwin Creek Campground

    4.2(22 reviews)
    4.2 mi

    Loved our stay at Sherwin creek campground! Very beautiful…read morecampgrounds, close to town but yet you feel like you're in the middle of no where. Our campsite was clean and pretty level, we stayed at 052. Camp host made her rounds to tell everyone about the rules and bears, and to give out parking passes. She was very nice! We would definitely stay here again. Bathrooms were very very smelly... maybe the worst camping bathrooms I've experienced ha but everything else was perfect and I can't wait to be back!

    Really cute campgrounds in a beautiful spot. The bathrooms are vault toilets but they are…read moresurprisingly well kept up on and smelled good inside not all nasty. The spot was a walk up camp ground but the parking was essentially right at our campground which was nice. The campgrounds are close together but not super close. A large portion of the campgrounds were rented to trailers many of whom appeared to be there for a dirt biking event but they were all very nice and where not too loud. The sites get very dusty so I'd definitely recommend having baby wipes as there is no showers on site and the creek although beautiful is very very cold snow melt that even washing your feet in will make them numb.(I still got in but it was cold!) it's close to the sherwin lake/valentine lake trailhead which was what we came for and the hike seriously outdid itself I was not expecting such beauty along the way 10/10 would hike to lake valentine again especially on a hotter day as it was not very hot while we were there. Also the camp host was very very nice the only thing I'd say would say that could make the campgrounds a perfect 5 stars would be some sort of on site shower even if it was by payment because just being at camp it gets quite dusty other then that it was a great experience

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    Sherwin Creek Campground
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