A mountain lake as seen from a campground
Convict Lake Campground campsite
Convict Lake Campground entrance
Convict Lake Campground entrance sign
Convict Lake Campground trail to fishing creek in campground.

Featured amenities

General Store General Store
Parking Parking
Pet Friendly Pet Friendly
Restrooms Restrooms

Available sites

48 total sites

About Convict Lake Campground

Convict Lake Campground is situated near Convict Lake amidst the beautiful scenery of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The lake and surrounding national forest provide many opportunities for family fun, outdoor recreation and relaxation. The campground and nearby resort offer many amenities for a convenient and enjoyable camping experience. The facility is located between Mammoth Lakes and Bishop, California, near Mammoth Airport.

Seasonal information

2026 (Current year)

2026 Season availability

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Currently open - Apr 24 to Oct 24

Campground Amenities

Most popular amenities

General Store General Store
Parking Parking
Pet friendly Pet friendly
Restrooms Restrooms
Water and Hygiene

Water and Hygiene

  • Restrooms
  • Laundry
Parking and Transport

Parking and Transport

  • Parking
On Site Services

On Site Services

  • General Store
Water Access

Water Access

  • Lake Access
Pets and Policies

Pets and Policies

  • Pet friendly
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Rates, Sites & Availability

Select check-in and check-out dates to see real-time availability for each site.

48 Sites Available

Site
Price
🚐 002, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
⛺ 003, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND Tent
Paved · Pet Friendly · Campfire
🚐 004, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · 36 × 27 ft · Paved
🚐 005, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · 36 × 27 ft · Paved
⛺ 006, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND Tent
Paved · Pet Friendly · Campfire
⛺ 008, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND Tent
Paved · Pet Friendly · Campfire
⛺ 011, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND Tent
Paved · Pet Friendly · Campfire
⛺ 013, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND Tent
Paved · Pet Friendly · Campfire
⛺ 015, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND Tent
Paved · Pet Friendly · Campfire
⛺ 017, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND Tent
Paved · Pet Friendly · Campfire
⛺ 021, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND Tent
Paved · Pet Friendly · Campfire
⛺ 022, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND Tent
Paved · Pet Friendly · Campfire
🚐 023, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · 50 × 15 ft · Paved
🚐 027, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 032, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 033, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 034, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 035, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · 27 × 18 ft · Paved
⛺ 037, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND Tent
Paved · Pet Friendly · Campfire
🚐 038, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 043, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · 30 × 24 ft · Paved
🚐 044, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · 30 × 15 ft · Paved
🚐 048, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 049, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 050, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · 30 × 15 ft · Paved
🚐 051, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 053, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 055, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 057, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · 30 × 15 ft · Paved
🚐 058, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 059, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 061, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · 21 × 33 ft · Paved
🚐 062, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · 14 × 20 ft · Paved
🚐 063, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · 14 × 20 ft · Paved
🚐 064, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
⛺ 065, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND Tent
Paved · Pet Friendly · Campfire
🚐 069, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · 24 × 27 ft · Paved
🚐 072, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 075, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 076, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · 27 × 24 ft · Paved
🚐 080, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · 30 × 21 ft · Paved
🚐 081, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · 30 × 20 ft · Paved
🚐 082, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 083, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · 33 × 24 ft · Paved
🚐 084, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · 30 × 21 ft · Paved
🚐 086, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · 30 × 21 ft · Paved
🚐 087, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · 30 × 21 ft · Paved
🚐 088, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND RV
Pet Friendly · 30 × 21 ft · Paved

Reviews (561)

What Guests Are Saying

Convict Lake Campground offers a stunning location with beautiful views, clean facilities, and friendly hosts, making it an ideal spot for both short stopovers and extended stays. The campground is well-maintained, with daily bathroom cleaning and convenient amenities like firewood sales and a nearby store. However, many sites lack shade and privacy, and bear encounters can be an issue, particularly for campers with food safety concerns. Overall, visitors appreciate the serene environment and recreational opportunities available in this picturesque area.

Review Summary

4.6
561 reviews
5
76.5%
429
4
15.9%
89
3
3.6%
20
2
2.0%
11
1
2.1%
12

Cris H

Verified

May 20, 2024 • Stayed at: 058, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND

5

Great place to camp, fish, eat, and relax with friends and family. Been going there for about 30+ years, and will continue to for as long as possible. Fishing was much better this year, as they are stocking the lake and creek more often, and with bigger fish. We rent a trailer from Adventures in Camping, and they are fantastic. Be sure to reserve a table at the Convict Lake Resort for a five star meal.

Rohnda H

Verified

May 24, 2024 • Stayed at: 086, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND

5

Great visit. The people were friendly and the scenery was amazing.

Sofia S

Verified

May 30, 2024 • Stayed at: 015, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND

5

Beautiful campground with a stunning view of the mountains. The Convict lake loop by the campground is definitely worth checking out. When we got there it was so windy it was difficult to set up our tent and made it pretty cold. Other than that the bathrooms are well maintained and there's running water. Service with T-mobile is spotty but our site has data occasionally. There's firewood from the campground manager for 9 dollars. Tons of hiking and hot springs in the area.

Salvador F

Verified

June 2, 2024 • Stayed at: 011, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND

5

The lake is just too beautiful unfortunately the weather wasn't great but what can you do right? That's camping. I'm not sure who's cleaning the bathrooms but wow...clean every time I went, do bring you're own hand soap though.

Here's the bad, camp site 011 layout. There's plenty of space in the shrubs surrounding the site that could have been cleared so not sure why they didn't do that. First of all there's stairs to enter the site so be carful at night when loading and unloading your gear.
Second, the site is it's self is pretty small already and to make it worse it's split between to separate levels. put lights on the steps or someone will trip over these steps as someone did in our group.
The site is SO small that we could barely fit the fire ring, picnic bench, our cooking table and (3) 10x8 tents. Site 11 isn't even the most awkward camp site. There's one in the # 20's that had a full flight of stairs and an even smaller camp clearing. Please study the image of the camp site if your camping with more than (2) tents.

Deborah S

Verified

June 2, 2024 • Stayed at: 013, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND

5

Sites are fairly private. Unfortunately, I had some loud neighbors that were drinking and playing music and laughing which ruined some of the time out there - luckily they would quiet down early and the night was peaceful. But once I walked to the lake, I was free from their nonsense. The campground and lake are right off the 395 so it's easy to access. Beautiful place!

ROBERT L

Verified

June 3, 2024 • Stayed at: 086, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND

1

I had an upsetting experience related to the campground manager at Convict Lake. I was aware of the rules for running a generator in advance of my stay. However, one morning the campground manager knocked on the door of my RV and in a very accusatory manner, told me that I had ran my generator early that morning during the quiet time. I informed him that he was mistaken - I hadn't turned my generator on until the allowed time. His attitude soured my entire day and I won't be returning to that campground again.

Jeret M

Verified

June 24, 2024 • Stayed at: 043, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND

5

My family and I have been camping at Convict lake for well over 20 years. It is our happy place and we always look forward to our trips there. We have experienced many camp hosts, but the campground has never been as organized and welcoming as it has been since Denis took over. My family and I look forward to seeing him each trip. He is very helpful and works his butt off to keep the campground nice.

Carel v

Verified

July 15, 2024 • Stayed at: 081, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND

3

There were no showers even though you said there were

Norma A

Verified

July 16, 2024 • Stayed at: 058, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND

3

Good time. Great memories

Armando G

Verified

July 16, 2024 • Stayed at: 076, Loop: AREA CONVICT LAKE CAMPGROUND

5

Campgrounds are very clean. Our host knew all the answers

Location & Directions for Convict Lake Campground

Hcr 79, Box 54, Crowley Lake, CA 93546 United States

Elevation: 2,302 ft

Getting There

Convict Lake Campground is about 34 mi north of Bishop, California on Highway 395. From Bishop, travel north on 395. The turnoff to the campground is across from Mammoth Yosemite Airport and is well-signed. From Mammoth Lakes, travel on Highway 39...

Nearest town

Crowley Lake, CA - 8.7 mi

About 11 min to downtown

Policies & Rules

Arrival & departure

Check out time

12PM

General

  • No electricity, water or sewer site hookups
  • Reservations are site-specific. Changing campsites after arrival is prohibited
  • No ATVs or ORVs allowed in the facility
  • Convict Lake is a no-wake lake
  • Generators allowed only during non-quiet hours; three-hour maximum run time and must be attended while running
  • Day use parking is adjacent to the campground
  • Two dogs are allowed and must be leashed
  • This is a high elevation facility; please use caution when traveling from lower elevations; campground usually not clear of snow until late May or early June
  • 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
  • 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. 
  • 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. 
  • Reserved Sites will be held until 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.
  • 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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Last updated: October 18, 2026

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