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Horton Creek Campground

$12.00 per site per night. No reservations. Open May - October. Horton Creek Campground offers 49 RV/tent sites, with four pull-through trailer spaces, maximum recommended RV length is 30 feet. All sites include a fire pit, picnic table and a lantern holder. No hook-up. Potable water is available. Dump station fee is $12.00, no passes accepted. Closest amenities are 12 miles south in Bishop. Camping for a period longer than 14 days at any one campground, not to exceed 28 days per calendar year for all Bishop Field Office campgrounds, is prohibited without the written permission from the Field Office Manager.

First-come, first-served49 sites

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Photos courtesy of Bishop Field Office-Bureau of Land Management, blmcalifornia (Public domain) · Recreation.gov
2fires
active
Grant Grove Rx Spring (prescribed burn) · 49 mi away · 15 acres
1 more within 50 miles
Incident details ↓

Site mix

Standard, no hookups49
No reservations, so arrive before checkout on a weekday, usually 11 a.m. to noon, and take what is open. In season, weekends fill by Thursday. The first-come playbook

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Horton Creek Campground30°40°50°60°70°80°January: 1.14 inches of precipitationFebruary: 0.89 inches of precipitationMarch: 0.55 inches of precipitationApril: 0.22 inches of precipitationMay: 0.23 inches of precipitationJune: 0.13 inches of precipitationJuly: 0.18 inches of precipitationAugust: 0.07 inches of precipitationSeptember: 0.11 inches of precipitationOctober: 0.35 inches of precipitationNovember: 0.31 inches of precipitationDecember: 0.66 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 39.9°F averageFebruary: 42.9°F averageMarch: 49.2°F averageApril: 55.2°F averageMay: 63.5°F averageJune: 72.5°F averageJuly: 78.2°F averageAugust: 76.0°F averageSeptember: 68.6°F averageOctober: 57.5°F averageNovember: 45.6°F averageDecember: 38.3°F average0 in0.5 in1 in1.5 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Bishop AP, 12 miles from the campground at 4,102 feet, station USW00023157 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 5 inches a year.

Getting there

Travel 8.5 miles north on U.S. Highway 395 from Bishop to Sawmill Road and turn left, take an immediate right onto South Round Valley Road and travel 3 miles, campground is on the left.

Coordinates37.3800° N, 118.5780° W · Directions ↗

Good to know

  • A California Campfire Permit is not required for fires within established fire rings in developed campgrounds.

Fire nearby

  • Prescribed
    Grant Grove Rx Spring

    49 mi from the campground · 15 acres

  • Prescribed
    Grant Grove Fall Rx

    49 mi from the campground

Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.

Supplies & services

Dump stationDump station ↗9.1 mi
Outdoor gearMac's Sporting Goods ↗10.1 mi

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Horton Creek Campground - Bishop, CA

Public land it sits in

On Wilderness Atlas →

This campground sits inside Inyo National Forest.

Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.

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Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Horton Creek Campground?

No. Horton Creek Campground is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.

Source: How first-come camping works

How many sites does Horton Creek Campground have?

49 sites, including 49 standard sites without power.

Source: Site mix

What if Horton Creek Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Pleasant Valley Pit Campground (4 mi, first-come), Bitterbrush Campground (6.5 mi, first-come), and Big Trees Campground (7.9 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby