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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.
About Sherwin Creek
Number of accommodations: 85
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2026 Season availability
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Reviews (304)
What Guests Are Saying
Sherwin Creek campground offers spacious and well-maintained sites, with friendly and helpful camp hosts who enhance the camping experience. The location is praised for its beautiful surroundings, proximity to town, and access to trails and fishing areas. While there are some concerns regarding restroom conditions and occasional bear activity, the overall sentiment is positive, with many campers eager to return.
What Guests Are Saying
Sherwin Creek campground offers spacious and well-maintained sites, with friendly and helpful camp hosts who enhance the camping experience. The location is praised for its beautiful surroundings, proximity to town, and access to trails and fishing areas. While there are some concerns regarding restroom conditions and occasional bear activity, the overall sentiment is positive, with many campers eager to return.
Review Summary
James D
VerifiedJune 26, 2021 • Stayed at: 027, Loop: SHER
Our campsite was perfect for our annual weekly fishing trip. The camp host came by Dailey to clean the rest rooms and check on the campsites. Water and dump sites were available and accessible.
Marshall B
VerifiedJune 23, 2021 • Stayed at: 053, Loop: SHER
Campsites were very pleasant and clean. For pit toilets they were clean. Campsites were far enough apart to feel uncrowded. We got to see a mama bear and her cub walk right through camp so heed the warnings. Camp host was very friendly. Just a short drive into town.
Daena M
VerifiedJune 22, 2021 • Stayed at: 042, Loop: SHER
Amazing Campground and experience
Brenda W
VerifiedJune 21, 2021 • Stayed at: 028, Loop: SHER
It is a very nice wooded area. The sites are clean and accessible.
The hosts do a great job.
Heather C
VerifiedJune 21, 2021 • Stayed at: 029, Loop: SHER
The description of this campground is not accurate. These sites are small and not set up for bigger travel trailers. There are a lot of trees that make turns impossible. The camp host was not the friendliest.
Coral E
VerifiedJune 21, 2021 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: WALK
Campground is perfect for the "hike in" experience without having to carry your gear. We used the walk in campsite - amenities are limited. Bear locker, fire ring, and picnic table at the site, vault toilet shared among the campground. The creek was lovely and a good source of water for dousing the fire, but there's also a pump near the toilets. trail adjacent and close enough to town to be convenient but still remote. Camp host was great, sold firewood and took care of bears. Looking forward to staying here again!
Denise A
VerifiedJune 21, 2021 • Stayed at: 070, Loop: SHER
We went to the campground and had a very hard spot to park in. Our trailer is only 30’ long. Our friend, on the other hand, has a longer trailer and couldn’t fit anywhere. She had previously called to make sure her trailer would fit and they (recreation.gov) confirmed she would have space. That was not the case. We traveled 5 hours to get there with 6 other trailers and we had to move from the campground, luckily we found a campground that had spots. The Camp host was very rude and not helpful at all. We called recreation.gov to see if we could get some money back for the days we weren’t staying there anymore and they said we had to talk to our host. They said he would have a phone number to call to help us. He told us, “you don’t deserve a refund, it’s your fault you don’t fit.” I thought he could have been so much nicer when he talked to us. The night we were having a hard time parking, we knocked on his door to see if our friend could stay in an opened spot (not a marked site) until the morning to move, he opened the door in his underwear in front of my friend’s 13 year old daughter, and said “this better be good!” Such a horrible experience!
Ted S
VerifiedJune 18, 2021 • Stayed at: 086, Loop: SHER
Far from lakes town and roads are not paved
Melissa M
VerifiedJune 16, 2021 • Stayed at: 037, Loop: SHER
The camp host kept the restrooms clean, which is great. Unfortunately, there were some drunk people in the campsite next to ours which awoke us around midnight. I was unsure if I should notify the camp host at that hour.
Kyle P
VerifiedJune 8, 2021 • Stayed at: 055, Loop: SHER
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.
Latitude & Longitude: 37.6289 / -118.938
Elevation: 2314 feet
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: June 4, 2026
