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Reviews (122)
What Guests Are Saying
Rock Creek Lake offers a stunning campground with beautiful views, well-maintained facilities, and friendly camp hosts who go above and beyond to enhance guests' experiences. The area is perfect for hiking, fishing, and paddleboarding, with many scenic trails nearby. Some campers noted challenges with walk-in sites and mosquito presence, but overall, guests reported a positive and enjoyable stay, eagerly looking forward to returning.
What Guests Are Saying
Rock Creek Lake offers a stunning campground with beautiful views, well-maintained facilities, and friendly camp hosts who go above and beyond to enhance guests' experiences. The area is perfect for hiking, fishing, and paddleboarding, with many scenic trails nearby. Some campers noted challenges with walk-in sites and mosquito presence, but overall, guests reported a positive and enjoyable stay, eagerly looking forward to returning.
Review Summary
Michael O
VerifiedSeptember 16, 2024 • Stayed at: 021, Loop: AREA ROCK CREEK LAKE
Very nice and welcoming campground. A bit of a hike to the tent-only area but worth it as it is isolated. So you can't tent camp next to your car. They provide wheelbarrows to cart your stuff but count on making several trips. Extremely nice camp hosts!! Bears in the area - we heard one splash across the creek at about 4:30am and he definitely checked out our campsite for food.
Angela L
VerifiedSeptember 13, 2024 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: AREA ROCK CREEK LAKE
Great campground and camp hosts! Loved that they were proactive and left a 5gal bucket at every site to drown out campfires. It's cold up here at night even in the middle of the summer, lots of people making campfires even first thing in the morning.
Andrew R
VerifiedSeptember 12, 2024 • Stayed at: 003, Loop: AREA ROCK CREEK LAKE
Great views, beautiful campsite
Tracy T
VerifiedSeptember 10, 2024 • Stayed at: 005, Loop: AREA ROCK CREEK LAKE
What a wonderful spot! I have views but I did have to hike all my gear up a small trail. Next time, smaller ice chest. It is at almost 10,000' MSL and so be prepared. They have a couple of bears that I did not see, they're a shower and food at the nearby resort. One of the best lake hikes around is about 2 miles away out of Mosquito Flats - Gem Lakes. Defiantly will be back. Camp hosts are wonderful and the restrooms were spotless.
Danielle K
VerifiedSeptember 4, 2024 • Stayed at: 015, Loop: AREA ROCK CREEK LAKE
This is a stunning campground, and the hikes around are even more gorgeous--be sure to check out Little Lakes Valley hike. The campground hosts were possibly the best campground hosts we have ever had. They went above and beyond to help us with our site, and truly made our stay magical. They were professional, generous, and incredibly hard working. Cannot recommend this campground enough! The lake front sites (#1-6) are the most beautiful if you are willing to walk your gear in a short distance. We definitely plan to come again!
Nikki L
VerifiedSeptember 4, 2024 • Stayed at: 019, Loop: AREA ROCK CREEK LAKE
Camp host were amazing! Caring nurturers at best! Couldn't ask for anyone better! Bathrooms are amazing and the whole campgrounds were clean. Very peaceful. Would return 100%
Esther Y
VerifiedAugust 29, 2024 • Stayed at: 026, Loop: AREA ROCK CREEK LAKE
Campsites are difficult to find and not easily numbered, but our site was tucked away from the lakeshore, behind site #25. Bearbox has the site # marked. Requires some walking to get to the site from the parking lot. Otherwise, site is nice and mostly secluded in the trees and behind boulders. Surrounding campsites are close to the stream and lake. Restrooms also clean (flush and with sink). Host was friendly and informative. We used this campground as a launching point for backpacking to Little Lakes Valley.
Chris E
VerifiedAugust 22, 2024 • Stayed at: 011, Loop: AREA ROCK CREEK LAKE
An alpine lake, cool air during a hot summer heat wave, nice campsites and great camp hosts made for a relaxing and rejuvenating experience.
Nancy R
VerifiedAugust 12, 2024 • Stayed at: 026, Loop: AREA ROCK CREEK LAKE
Thrilled to have flush toilets, running water in bathrooms as well as (seemed like) heat!
They are sort of walk in spots so expect to carry your gear a ways. Not far but more than just unloading by the parking lot. Beautiful setting, good spacing between sites.
sarah d
VerifiedAugust 1, 2024 • Stayed at: 007, Loop: AREA ROCK CREEK LAKE
Small, quiet campground. Lovely hosts. Very clean restrooms. Beautiful lake. Great hiking trails start from the lake.
Location Rock Creek Lake (inyo National Forest, Ca)
Address:
Bishop, CA, 93515
United States
From Mammoth Lakes, California, drive south on Highway 395 for approximately 13 miles. Take the Tom's Place exit and proceed west up the canyon for about 10 miles. At the lake, follow the signs to the family campground.
Latitude & Longitude: 37.4538 / -118.739
Elevation: 2963 feet
Policies & Rules
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This is a high elevation facility; please use caution when traveling from lower elevations |
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Fires permitted only in fire rings provided |
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2 pets allowed on leash only. Active bear area. All food must be secured overnight and when not attended, bear boxes are provided and must be used (typical bear box size 48" x 30" x 36"). Always keep a clean camp and do not feed wildlife. |
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Be bear aware; keep all food out of site in approved containers or locked inside your vehicle and remove all food from area after eating; always keep a clean camp and do not feed any wild animals |
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Please Note: One RV with tow vehicle per single site or one vehicle per tent site. Most sites can accommodate 1 extra vehicle that is not included with the reservation fee. Extra vehicle will be charged a per night fee and collected at the campground. |
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Fire Restrictions: Fire restrictions may be imposed at any time due to hot, dry weather conditions, at which time campfires and charcoal fires may not be allowed. Campfires permitted only in fire rings provided. |
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Reserved Sites will be held until check out time (NOON) the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of that following day to hold a reservation or the site will be forfeited and released to other guests. Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation. |
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Refunds: Refund requests made through www.recreation.gov will be charged a $10 processing fee. This fee is retained by the reservation service contractor along with the non-refundable reservation fee. All requests for the return of the non-refundable reservation fee and the cancellation fee will be declined by the campground concessionaire as they did not receive these fees (these are the fees retained by the reservation contractor, a different entity). |
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Don't Move Firewood: Protect California's forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. For more information visit firewood.ca.gov. |
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Click here for more information about the Inyo National Forest |
