BLM · Alabama Hills · California

Goodale Creek Campground

$7.00 per site per night. No reservations. Open all year. Goodale Creek Campground offers 43 RV/tent sites, with five 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 or dump station. Closest amenities are 12 miles north in Big Pine.

First-come, first-served43 sites

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Goodale CampsiteGoodale Creek Campground
Photos courtesy of Bishop Field Office-Bureau of Land Management · Recreation.gov
3fires
active
Grant Grove Fall Rx (prescribed burn) · 42 mi away
2 more within 50 miles
Incident details ↓

Site mix

Standard, no hookups43
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 Goodale Creek Campground40°50°60°70°80°90°January: 1.36 inches of precipitationFebruary: 0.93 inches of precipitationMarch: 0.74 inches of precipitationApril: 0.18 inches of precipitationMay: 0.13 inches of precipitationJune: 0.13 inches of precipitationJuly: 0.11 inches of precipitationAugust: 0.15 inches of precipitationSeptember: 0.11 inches of precipitationOctober: 0.24 inches of precipitationNovember: 0.47 inches of precipitationDecember: 0.87 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 43.8°F averageFebruary: 47.2°F averageMarch: 53.9°F averageApril: 60.0°F averageMay: 69.0°F averageJune: 79.2°F averageJuly: 84.7°F averageAugust: 82.9°F averageSeptember: 75.5°F averageOctober: 64.1°F averageNovember: 51.7°F averageDecember: 42.7°F average0 in0.5 in1 in1.5 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Independence, 14 miles from the campground at 3,950 feet, station USC00044232 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 5 inches a year.

Getting there

Coordinates36.9860° N, 118.2780° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Prescribed
    Grant Grove Fall Rx

    42 mi from the campground

  • Prescribed
    Grant Grove Rx Spring

    43 mi from the campground · 15 acres

  • Wildfire
    Land

    44 mi from the campground · 20 acres

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

Supplies & services

Dump stationDump station ↗24.3 mi
Outdoor gearMammoth Mountaineering Supply ↗26.7 mi

Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. Call ahead; hours change seasonally.

Explore

Video

Goodale Creek Campground (Bureau of Land Management) north of Independence, California

Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →
  • 3 mi
    Shingle Mill Bench
    2.5 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 3.2 mi
    Taboose Pass ↗
    7.6 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 3.3 mi
    Sawmill Pass ↗
    9.6 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 4 mi
    Armstrong Canyon Trail ↗
    4.8 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 3 more
  • 4.7 mi
    Sawmill to Birch Springs
    0.8 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike

Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.

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.

On the National Register nearby

On Register Atlas →

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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Goodale Creek Campground?

No. Goodale 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 Goodale Creek Campground have?

43 sites, including 43 standard sites without power.

Source: Site mix

What if Goodale Creek Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Big Pine Canyon (12.6 mi), Big Pine Creek Campground (12.9 mi), and Upper Sage Flat (12.9 mi).

Source: Campgrounds nearby