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Onion Valley Campground
Independence, California
High campground at the end of Onion Valley Road, a trailhead for Kearsarge Pass.
- Price
- Check Recreation.gov
- Booking
- No need to book
Onion Valley is at the end of a steep road above Independence, with creek-side sites and trailheads for Kearsarge Pass and Robinson Lake. Sites are primitive, with vault toilets and bear lockers you must use. There is no water.
Good to know
- No water; bring all you need
- Trailers are not recommended, but tent trailers are allowed
- Bear lockers are required for all food
- Best time
- Summer to early autumn
- Open
- Roughly May-October
- Getting there
- Steep, winding paved road
- Vehicles
- No campervans
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
Facilities
- Toilets
Data: Roadtrip. Things change: check opening times, prices and rules before you go.
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