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    4.7 (17 reviews)
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    Wolfy H.

    Camped here last minute on our way through the area... it's first come first serve but luckily we found a spot - we arrived around sunset... it's in a beautiful location and super cheap for such an awesome campground. Has toilets, picnic table, grill, nice tent pads, etc. very clean, spacious for car camping - it was full and we didn't feel cramped at all. You can also have fires in the fire ring - big plus. The road in/out is easily passable. Lots of nearby hikes and amazing views camping right underneath Mt Whitney... spectacular place when you consider price, quiet, accessible but also far from town, amenities, etc. Definitely plan to stay here more!

    Sabrina H.

    Beautiful campground because of the views. We stopped in for one night while we were doing a 395 road trip. Has the non-flush bathrooms. Firerings,picnic tables and poles to hang items. Little creek that is surrounded by tall brush but you can see some of it if you walk down to it. Friendly campground host. Campsites were $10 and they had firewood available to buy. Would definitely come back.

    Panoramic view of the front of our campsite #21
    Michelle G.

    Very spacious, many campsites available & big enough to fit RV's. It is on a first come first serve basis but even on Friday we showed up around 2:00pm there were plenty of sites to set up camp! This campsite is really clean but pretty darn hot when we went in mid June. Also, this is not an active bear campsite :) There is a little creek that is pretty hidden with trees & shrubbery so it makes it a little hard to get through. There are bathrooms located throughout the campground they do look okay from the outside but once you open the doors not so much. I would suggest having your own portable toilet with doo-doo bags, you will definitely feel more comfortable. The cost during the summer is $8 per night & during the winter $5 per night. If you do have the golden access pass it is $5 per night. Honestly, a really great deal! I really enjoyed how close it was to Lone Pine town, Alabama Hills, & Mt. Whitney. With everything so close by it made it really easy to go down to the town to explore to eat and also venture out to the Hills. The view was spectacular, you could see Mt. Whitney and the sunrise was unbelievably breathtaking!!

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    Bruce M.

    We were looking for a place to camp for about four days, and decided to try this campground out, and it turned out well. We found a site with two trees which made the time there restful, relaxing and pleasant. There are well kept toilets available and a source for fresh water ( I saw the RV guys filling up their rigs). The picnic tables are made of concrete and the fire pit is good size with a flip grill if needed. We stayed in a tent and all went well, the ground was much like decomposed granite which accepted and kept our tent pins firmly grounded. At $8.00 a day, you can not get a better price for camping, and if you have a Golden Pass it is $4.00 a day. The only thing I will do different is be a little more prepared for the mid day wind, it does die down at sunset, but from around noon time until sunset it does get breezy. Have fun and enjoy this part of America.

    Entrance sign for Tuttle Creek BLM Campground.
    John T.

    If you like remote camping with fringe amenities, this might just be the campground for you. Nice level sites, potable water available, pit toilets (very clean), and the sites are spaced far apart. Getting here is easy from Whitney Portal Road, just turn onto Tuttle Creek Road and look for the signs.

    Arrived on Friday and stayed until Sunday, amazing views, park is well maintained and bathrooms clean, cell service was GOOD.
    Billy R.

    Location is great only a few miles from Lone Pine. Only 8 dollars a day so very affordable. This was our first time staying on BLM land, even though we are full time RV'ers for several years now, we do camping on the regular and we will be reviewing many more in the up coming months as this ranks at the top of our camping experiences! We drove through and check out another campground close by as well, If you don't need cell service, water, or bathrooms Alabama hills is free camping and even more secluded we plan to camp there soon as well.

    Ivan B.

    Very nice campground like it says $8.00 a night, you can't go wrong in my opinion. You drive up to the entrance and take a spin around the camp sites to see which ones are available then you return to the entrance fill out an envelope to make a payment and put the site number you are in and that's it . We chose this campground for our first one due to the fact that they provide potable water and have restrooms available. Restrooms were very well kept and dispersed throughout the campsites. highly recommended.

    We K.

    Basic but very nice campground near Lone Pine/Alabama Hills. Very calm at night. Sites have good sizes, portable water and dump station available, pit toilets (clean). Very peaceful place.

    Tuttle Creek Campground at sunset, Lone Pine, CA

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    Diaz Lake Recreation Area - Amazing sky view at sunset

    Diaz Lake Recreation Area

    3.9(34 reviews)
    6.7 km

    We hiked the Alabama Hills but didn't bring mountain bikes so we were looking for somewhere to bike…read morewith our folding street bikes. An evening ride was beautiful with the eastern hills lit by golden light reflected on the calm lake. Be sure to use mosquito repellent or cover yourself cause they are swarming in mid-October. Staying overnight costs $8 but day use is free.

    For Father's Day, my brother-in-law and his husband reserved 3 spots for us and his husband's…read morecousin. My kids and I love tent camping and dry camping, but my wife is an RV girl (class A if you must know). This was her first tent experience so we wanted to make it memorable. Funny how things work out: careful what you wish for... I'll get to that later... The site we got was amazing. Level, flat with direct access to the lake. We had a tree next to us and a hose bib. Across the way was a fish cleaning sink that we used to wash dishes. The fire pit had a swing away grill which was nice. There were Porta-potties close by, but we brought our own portable toilet and privacy pop up shelter. The view was amazing. The sun set over the lake, and the mountains (the Eastern edge of the Sierra Nevadas) basked in hues of purple, deep red and blue. We called it the Disney mountains because it looked so amazing it must be fake. The night sky was simply awesome. My 8 year-old, who loves astronomy and science, couldn't stop looking up. Shame on me for not bringing our telescope or remembering I had binoculars in the truck. If you wanted to be amazed by the beauty of a star filled sky, just look up. The days brought high temps in the low to mid 90's, so we brought a portable generator and AC, I know, but it was my wife's first tent camping trip and we didn't want to make it her last. Early evening brought some gusts and our first night was windy. The tent held up well, but my wife and kids were cold. We didn't bring sleeping bags, only blankets, and had a large 4 room, 12 man tent, so staying warm was an issue. Luckily, I brought our Mr. Heater Buddy propane heater, so we stayed warm until the propane ran out. We explored the next day looking for a propane fill up station in nearby Lone Pine. The quaint town reminded my boys of Radiator Springs from Disney's "Cars." As is typical for small towns that rely on tourism, the propane was majorly expensive, but we had no choice. The town, though, was nice to explore. Early morning hours brought an almost glassy lake with no waves. Wait until late morning and you got the wake waves from the motor boats, wake boarders and jet skis. Wait until the late afternoon and you got wind and waves. We used a blow up canoe and oars, so the afternoon wind and waves were impossible for us to get through. The winds on our last night really picked up in the afternoon. A 60 mph gust or stronger blew through our site and ripped apart our tent, destroyed our Coleman canopy and blew our raft, life jackets, oars and other supplies at least 30 yards away. With our tent destroyed, we had to pack up everything in the wind. We threw away both our canopy and our tent. I'm spite of our surprise excitement of the wind gust and destroyed camp gear, it was an experience we'd never forget. A memorable one, for sure, that ended up landing me with a new tent for my birthday and shade canopy, something that I wished for for a long time. Careful what you wish for, eh?

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    Diaz Lake Recreation Area - Evening hijinks

    Evening hijinks

    Diaz Lake Recreation Area - Our camp set up

    Our camp set up

    Diaz Lake Recreation Area - Paved portion of the lake loop

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    Paved portion of the lake loop

    Lodgepole Campground - Ladybugs in mugwort

    Lodgepole Campground

    4.5(117 reviews)
    53.6 km

    sequioa national park in the spring time is so beautiful! lodgepole campsite was great w/ other…read morecampers at next door campsites and attentive rangers. the trailhead for tokopah falls is a 2 min walk away from the middle of the camp grounds. site 76: one "block" away from the river but close to the main road. only single parking spot right in front per campsite so the 2nd car parked a little farther away. bear box was right next to the picnic table w/ enough space for 6 ppl's worth of food, cooking gear and all toiletries. trash cans and bathrooms are within short reasonable walking distance. closest spicket was across the street but we washed out dishes at a sink in front of the bathroom. *research and prep well for bear safety including storing ALL proper items in the bear bins before booking a campsite! *bring a lantern into the bathroom b/c there's no lights in there! *end of may was 35 deg at night so super cold so definitely bring enough cloths and layers to sleep in!! day time in the sun is quite warm and nice

    I'd give this place a 4.5 stars if I could. They lost half a star because the bathrooms were…read moredisgusting. It appeared they cleaned it maybe once a day. But it was stocked with toilet paper. Other than that the campgrounds was great. I love the fact the market is reasonably priced. They have a Cafe, showers, cleaner restrooms, and a laundry facility. The campsite was beautiful. Not too many bugs. Everywhere you looked it was beautiful. There's lots of campsites nearby but not too close. Our campsite was 202, right behind the large rock and pretty close to the river. It was nice hearing the rush of water throughout the day. The bathroom was close enough except for during the the night. Knowing that bears are in the area made it really scary going in the middle of the night. Wear a headlamp, it's much better than a flashlight. The shuttle will come inside the campgrounds and pick you up near the restrooms in the main parking lot. There are a few trails for hiking (which we didn't have time to do). I do recommend if traveling with another family to work out the food situation because there's only one bear box per site. One large cooler can fir or two smaller ones. One large and one small cooler will not fit in the box. ALL food, snack, even perfume, & body spry should be put into the bear box.

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    Lodgepole Campground - Breakfast by the river

    Breakfast by the river

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    Lodgepole Campground - Lots of free firewood

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    Lots of free firewood

    Sage Flat Campground

    Sage Flat Campground

    4.5(13 reviews)
    68.0 km

    We were just up there from 7/23/25-7/27 and fishing was terrible, you couldn't even see fish in…read morethere but baby ones, makes you wonder if they are stocking as much as they used too. Pretty disappointing.

    We absolutely SCORED by pulling into this campground. We initially wanted to stay at Big Pine…read moreCreek, but they had less first come first served sites. It'll always be a gamble, so if you're planning to camp for the weekend, come EARLY to try and net a site. I stayed in site #2, which is stupidly large in comparison to the other sites. There are spots for 2 cars, and we even had our own private trail leading to a babbling river. There is potable water, clean bathrooms, and even a few deer sightings! For $23 a night, we were living large. If you forgot anything, there is a market by Glacier Lodge a mile up the road selling the essentials (and apparently, BBQ on Saturdays). However, it was our camp hosts, David and Takota, who really made the stay special. David gave us a personal tour of the grounds, and we got to see his "Twisted Forest," his crystal collection, and he pointed us towards some natural hot springs! We even got his mixtape...aka CDs of the local radio show he hosts...that proved to be awesome to listen to on the drive down. Takota is David's very cute giant dog pal. I'm definitely looking forward to coming back in the Fall season to witness the color change!

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    Sage Flat Campground - Literally steps from our tent. Gorgeous area- good trout fishing, hiking, stargazing, and camping.

    Literally steps from our tent. Gorgeous area- good trout fishing, hiking, stargazing, and camping.

    Sage Flat Campground
    Sage Flat Campground

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