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Pleasant Valley Pit Campground

$7.00 per site per night, card transactions only. No reservations. Pleasant Valley Pit Campground offers 74 RV/tent sites, maximum recommended RV length is 30 feet. Sites include a fire pit and lantern holder. No hook-up, potable water or dump station. 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. Seasonal fire restrictions may prohibit campfires during periods of high fire danger. DIRECTIONS: Travel 8.5 miles north on U.S.

First-come, first-served78 sites

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Site mix

Standard, no hookups78
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

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Weather by month near Pleasant Valley Pit 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, 9 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

Coordinates37.4010° N, 118.5110° W · Directions ↗

Good to know

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

Supplies & services

Outdoor gearMac's Sporting Goods ↗6.8 mi
Dump stationDump station ↗11.1 mi

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Pleasant Valley Pit Campground, CA

Public land it sits in

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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 Pleasant Valley Pit Campground?

No. Pleasant Valley Pit 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 Pleasant Valley Pit Campground have?

78 sites, including 78 standard sites without power.

Source: Site mix

What if Pleasant Valley Pit Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Horton Creek Campground (4 mi, first-come), Bitterbrush Campground (8.3 mi, first-come), and Big Trees Campground (10.1 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby