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.
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
Barbara J
VerifiedSeptember 1, 2025 • Stayed at: 077, Loop: SHER
We love this campground. We stayed in #77 again, as we did a few years ago. Right near the creek, neighbors are far apart and the back of the site is forest. You can hear the creek from site. Friendly, helpful campground hosts. Clean, great location. We will definitely be back again!
Neva J
VerifiedAugust 29, 2025 • Stayed at: 053, Loop: SHER
Beautiful campground.
Nairin Z
VerifiedAugust 27, 2025 • Stayed at: 078, Loop: SHER
We stayed at site 78, amazing site, huge, very close to the creek, you can hear the creek running behind you all day and night with is amazing, camp host was amazing, very close to the town, I have at&t and had service and internet all the time, we had a big bear visit us the second night, they said the bear activity is realy high so make sure you have bear spray and spot light
Dustin M
VerifiedAugust 26, 2025 • Stayed at: 022, Loop: SHER
Debbie the camp host is the most rudest camp host I have ever experienced in my 26 years of coming to Sherwin Creek. If she is a representative of USFS, California Land Management, Vista or USExplore she is doing a disservice to outdoor recreation. She threatened us with citations and gladly expressed she would use our extra vehicle money at the casino in Bishop. She single handedly ruined our trip with her bad attitude, harassment and bullying.
Victor V
VerifiedAugust 25, 2025 • Stayed at: 052, Loop: SHER
I was in site #52, which was excellent. It was towards the far end of the campground and it seemed a quiet corner of the grounds. The campground hosts are some of the best I've come across. They're easy to find and run a good camp compared to other places I've stayed at. I didn't hear a sound from anyone around me, and there were no RVs running their loud generators nearby. My visit on 8/10 was my second visit. I stayed once during the pandemic and while that visit was enjoyable, it was in a more crowded area of the grounds (I think maybe site #82). I will definitely stay here again. It's close to town so buying supplies is easy, as is going out for dinner if I don't want to cook. On this trip I did BBQ a ribeye steak on the bbq pit, which was separate from the nearby fire pit.
Eric K
VerifiedAugust 24, 2025 • Stayed at: 077, Loop: SHER
During our visit in Mid August, we didn't see a single off road recreation vehicle and the weather was dreamy. Yes it was dusty, but nothing out of the ordinary in CA. While we were in site 77, we were able to hear the creek running throughout the day when our neighbors generator wasn't running. We would camp here again!
Ned M
VerifiedAugust 22, 2025 • Stayed at: 054, Loop: SHER
Awesome, large site. Quiet. The camp hosts were great.
Thank you!!!
Ronald J
VerifiedAugust 20, 2025 • Stayed at: 087, Loop: SHER
Paved road leading into the campground has some potholes that you must avoid.
Dirt in campground has black volcanic dust mixed in.
Julie H
VerifiedAugust 19, 2025 • Stayed at: 033, Loop: SHER
The bathrooms were exceptionally clean all the time, staff were very friendly. Stayed for 3 days . Nice wooded area.
James C
VerifiedAugust 16, 2025 • Stayed at: 040, Loop: SHER
The location is good and the Jeffrey Pine Forest provides shade and cover. The loops are easily accessible and the sites have ample room. If you are tent camping beware of the large trailers and behemoth RVs- they can ruin your experience: loud and noisy at times. The 10 pm quiet time means nothing and is never enforced.
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
