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GeneralEXTRA VEHICLE FEES: One vehicle is included in your reservation. Any additional vehicles will be charged $10.00 per vehicle, per night and will be collected by the camp host.
Sites & Rates
Average nightly rates85 total sites
RV Sites
70 sites
Tent Sites
15 sites
About Sherwin Creek
Number of accommodations: 85
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Campground Amenities
Most popular amenities
Pet friendly
Picnic Table
Fire Pit
Connectivity and Media
- Cell Reception
Cooking and Fire
- Picnic Table
- Fire Pit
Pets and Policies
- Pet friendly
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Reviews (374)
What Guests Are Saying
Sherwin Creek Campground offers a serene and well-maintained environment, just minutes from Mammoth Lakes, making it an ideal base for outdoor activities. Reviewers praise the friendly hosts, spacious and clean campsites, and the peaceful atmosphere that feels secluded despite its proximity to town. While some issues with bathroom cleanliness and generator noise were noted, the overall experience is highly regarded, with many guests expressing a desire to return.
What Guests Are Saying
Sherwin Creek Campground offers a serene and well-maintained environment, just minutes from Mammoth Lakes, making it an ideal base for outdoor activities. Reviewers praise the friendly hosts, spacious and clean campsites, and the peaceful atmosphere that feels secluded despite its proximity to town. While some issues with bathroom cleanliness and generator noise were noted, the overall experience is highly regarded, with many guests expressing a desire to return.
Review Summary
Leif L
VerifiedJuly 24, 2022 • Stayed at: 030, Loop: SHER
Campground (Site 30) was very quiet even on a Friday and Saturday night in July 2022. Site 74 had a little more noise from adjacent sites (music playing), but this was turned off well before bedtime. The toilets were reasonably well-maintained. There was a specially-identified threaded faucet for RV refills.
Sherwin Creek Road is essentially paved all the way from Old Mammoth Road to the campground, except perhaps for the last 0.2 mile and within the campground itself. Some on-line reports erroneously suggest that 1.5 miles of unpaved road are involved.
Tina C
VerifiedJuly 24, 2022 • Stayed at: 074, Loop: SHER
Well maintained huge campsites. Close to Mammoth Lakes city yet felt like far out into the wilderness camping.
Brad H
VerifiedJuly 28, 2022 • Stayed at: 070, Loop: SHER
Good camp spot, nice tree cover and firepit. Flat spots for two tent. Quite, clean pit toilet 🚻. Close enough to the creek for the sounds of running water to lull to sleep. One night, though the camp hosts made a point to tell everyone not to leave anything fragrant in their cars or trucks because there was a momma bear in the area, sure enough, a car alarm went off. No problem, except for those that don't listen to directions. Great time
Opal H
VerifiedJuly 31, 2022 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: WALK
This campground is plenty close to the village, and five minutes away from Vons. Tons of shade, campsites nicely spaced apart. Firewood for sale. I'll definitely come here again.
Sandra K
VerifiedAugust 3, 2022 • Stayed at: 036, Loop: SHER
We have been coming to Sherwin Creek as a family for over 50 yrs. The past 2 yrs have had bear activity in camp. Many campers have had their motorhomes and trailers broken into by the bears, something should be done to by the forestry to relocate them away from the camp.
James N
VerifiedAugust 5, 2022 • Stayed at: 021, Loop: SHER
Farther out of town than the campgrounds of my earlier choices, but quiet and friendly, and the bears didn't come by to raise hell. I read that it was a mile and a half of gravel road driving to get there, but the road is paved for all but the last quarter mile, and the dirt road around the campground didn't send up much dust. Unlike those earlier campgrounds, it is too long a walk into town or to the local bus stop.
Andrea B
VerifiedAugust 7, 2022 • Stayed at: 028, Loop: SHER
Had a blast camping at Sherwin Creek Campground. Make sure to visit Convict Lake. The bear boxes provided at the campground was very roomy.
adan c
VerifiedAugust 7, 2022 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: WALK
Sherwing creek it a very nice place to stay
Kurt B
VerifiedAugust 12, 2022 • Stayed at: 072, Loop: SHER
Great campground with great sites. Campground is very clean and the hosts are very friendly.
Stephanie C
VerifiedAugust 14, 2022 • Stayed at: 060, Loop: SHER
Camp hosts were very nice and helpful. Restrooms were clean! Lots of empty sites though reservations show campground as being booked. Some people are screwing the system up by booking different sites so they can get consecutive nights and then assuming they won't have to move sites once they are there. Should be a way to "blacklist" those that cancel or don't show up frequently.
Location Sherwin Creek
Address:
Mammoth Lakes, CA, 93546
United States
Take U.S. Highway 395 to State Highway 203 to Mammoth Lakes. Take a left at the first traffic light in town onto Old Mammoth Road. Drive south 0.9 miles to Sherwin Creek Road. Turn left and proceed 1.5 miles to the campground.
Sherwin Creek is accessible via US Highway 395, which is approximately 13 miles to the east. From US 395, drivers can reach Mammoth Lakes and the campground via State Route 203.
Elevation: 2314 feet
2.6 mi drive to downtown Mammoth Lakes (about 8 min)
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
Check out time
12PM
General
- Access is via 1.5 miles on a two-lane gravel road
- Campground usually not clear of snow until late May or early June
- Campers bringing off-road vehicles must see the campground host regarding rules
- This is a high elevation facility; please use caution when traveling from lower elevations
- Be bear aware; keep all food out of sight 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
- No electric hookups and no showers
- Only 2 pets per site allowed.
- 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. For current fire conditions or weather closures contact the Mammoth Lakes Visitor Center, (760) 924-5500, or the Mono Lakes Visitor Center, (760) 647-3044.
- Please Note: One RV with tow per single site or one vehicle per tent site. Some sites can accommodate 1 extra vehicle that is not included with the reservation fee. In accordance with standard industry practices, Inyo Recreation will assess an additional $10.00 extra vehicle fee per day for the second vehicle in each single family campsite, and on the third and fourth vehicle in any double family campsite, provided these vehicles are not joined to the first vehicle by a hitch and towed onto the site. In the case of motorcycles, the first two are considered one vehicle, and the third and fourth motorcycle are also considered one vehicle. No additional vehicle fees are collected for bicycles.
- Reserved Sites will be held until the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of the second day to hold a reservation or the site will be forfeited and released to other guests. Please call the office at 760-934-5795 if you need to inform the campground of an arrival time greater than 24 hours after your arrival date, or if you will not use your reservation whatsoever.
- 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.
- Click here for more information about the Inyo National Forest
- PASS DISCOUNTS: You must provide your pass and photo identification upon check in. If you received a pass discount for which you were not eligible, you must pay the difference in price upon arrival.
Warnings & Advisories
Warning
GeneralEXTRA VEHICLE FEES: One vehicle is included in your reservation. Any additional vehicles will be charged $10.00 per vehicle, per night and will be collected by the camp host.
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Last updated: September 3, 2026
