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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
Diana H
VerifiedJuly 4, 2024 • Stayed at: 039, Loop: SHER
We hiked up to Sherwin Lake and then Valentine Lake. It was absolutely gorgeous!!!! We saw three people the entire hike up so we had the whole lake to ourselves to fish. The fishing was awesome. So many brook trout. I want to come back here every summer.
Megan G
VerifiedJuly 3, 2024 • Stayed at: 017, Loop: SHER
Love that this campground is close to town but not “in” town. Sites are spaced apart nicely and well kept. We love camping (almost) yearly here.
Jonathon H
VerifiedJuly 2, 2024 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: WALK
Always love this Campground. Stream running through just truly makes it.
Marla F
VerifiedJune 28, 2024 • Stayed at: 021, Loop: SHER
Our party booked a few campsites (19, 21, 24, 28, 29, 30). All great - except for 24 which was a bit slanted and would suit a smaller vehicle, but still beautiful!
Set in a forest of tall, plentiful pines (and summertime biting insects). Be prepared to keep your campsite/vehicle clean and free from temptation to “Kevin the Bear” and its friends. Seriously.
Sites had a metal ring fire pit w/metal grate for cooking, a small, standing grill, picnic table, and large metal bear proof food storage locker. Trash is picked up frequently from the nearby dumpsters/recycling bins.
Several spigots to fill up water are available. FYI: For a small fee, there is a RV dump station in town at the sanitation dept. Also fresh water fill at that county spot.
A reviewer mentioned motocross during June/July. Mammoth Motocross is a large race drawing in the top MX racers, mostly Western U.S. riders, that have qualified to race it. It is an event that feeds the local economy during their offseason. Look it up if booking in the summer. It’s weather dependent. So if the snow hasn’t melted on the track, it may be pushed to July or August. Good idea, in general, to look up local events beforehand. Especially if you’re sensitive to outdoor sporting event sounds.
Tony & Debbie are the best camp hosts ever! They run a tight ship, but aren’t intrusive, are super friendly, fun, and offer firewood for sale, too! Great experience!
ATT: We had 1 bar of service, if that. Not having WiFi and such was a bummer, but also a blessing as we spent more time offline. Very little ATT cell service in most of the Mammoth area for us.
Steve L
VerifiedJune 23, 2024 • Stayed at: 072, Loop: SHER
site is steep and very narrow. Not good for a motorhome. However, beautiful campground
Kestrel C
VerifiedJune 22, 2024 • Stayed at: 056, Loop: SHER
very beautiful campground and has super friendly hosts.
Catarina G
VerifiedJune 12, 2024 • Stayed at: 055, Loop: SHER
This was such a great campground!! Love how we were surrounded by trees and got to walk to the creek. Also loved how each site had a bear box included!
Amanda C
VerifiedJune 12, 2024 • Stayed at: 059, Loop: SHER
The pictures of this campground absolutely do not give it justice. Just driving to the campground was amazing but actually seeing our site in person really made it. I can’t stress enough how nice the camp hosts were to us. Came and said hello right when we got there, always had a smile every time they pasted by us. The bathrooms were clean for what you can expect for a vault toilets and the dumpsters were close but not too close. The creek is walking distance and my husband actually caught a brown trout out of it. Overall the whole experience far exceeded our expectations and we will be camping at Sherwin Creek every time we head up to mammoth.
Annette B
VerifiedJune 2, 2024 • Stayed at: 053, Loop: SHER
To reiterate there are no showers and no electricity and pit toilets!
Decent cell service to make calls
Loved the ability to get away
Had an amazing stay, the hosts were very friendly, trail head nearby!
Great brewery basicallly down the street
The river nearby is very therapeutic
But potential for a lot of RVs/Trailers meaning generator noise…
Joan E
VerifiedJune 1, 2024 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: WALK
#6 is spacious
Nice campground and next to creek.
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
