Campground
Convict Lake Campground
Mammoth Lakes, California
Lakeside camp under red-and-grey peaks, a few minutes from Mammoth with a walkable loop trail around the lake.
- Price
- About US$35 per night
- Booking
- Best to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
- Sites
- 48
Convict Lake sits at about 7,600 ft at the foot of a dramatic ridge in the Eastern Sierra. The campground is Forest Service run, has about 48 sites, and the lake has a loop trail and good trout fishing. Mammoth Lakes and the Hot Creek area are close.
Good to know
- Walk the lake loop at dawn when it is calm
- Combine with Hot Creek and the June Lake Loop
- Bear boxes at every site
- Best time
- Late spring to early autumn
- Open
- Late April to October
- Getting there
- Paved side road off US-395
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
Facilities
- Fire pits
- Picnic tables
- Toilets
- Drinking water
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