Inyo National Forest campsites, sold out? Here's how spots come back.

How booking at Inyo National Forest works

Reservations for Inyo National Forest are made through Recreation.gov. In peak season, the most popular campgrounds are typically claimed within minutes of each release — which is why the park reads as "sold out" for most of the year.

Sold out is not final, though. People book far ahead and plans change, so cancellations return to the official calendar throughout the season — with no announcement, at any hour. A cancelled site is bookable by whoever sees it first.

Booking facts

Managed by	USDA Forest Service
Book through	Recreation.gov
Campgrounds	39
Official listing	Recreation.gov

Campgrounds in Inyo National Forest

Set a watch on the whole park, or go straight to the campground you want — each one has its own availability and cancellation pattern:

Oh Ridge	143 sites
East Fork Campground – Inyo National Forest (CA)	134 sites
Four Jeffrey	106 sites
New Shady Rest Campground	94 sites
Twin Lakes Campground	94 sites
Sherwin Creek	85 sites
French Camp	84 sites
Coldwater Campground - Inyo NF (CA)	74 sites
Silver Lake Campground June Lake (CA)	63 sites
Grays Meadows	53 sites
Convict Lake Campground	48 sites
Lake Mary Campground	48 sites
Whitney Portal	47 sites
Old Shady Rest Campground	45 sites
Tuff Campground	34 sites
Big Pine Creek Campground	30 sites
Onion Valley	30 sites
June Lake	28 sites
Lone Pine	28 sites
Mcgee Creek	28 sites
Forks Campground (Inyo)	27 sites
Rock Creek Lake (Inyo National Forest, CA)	26 sites
Bishop Park Campground (CA)	21 sites
Upper Sage Flat	21 sites
Pine Glen	18 sites
Reversed Creek Campground	16 sites
Agnew Horse Camp	14 sites
Gull Lake Campground	11 sites
Agnew Meadows Group Camp	4 sites
Pumice Flat Group Camp	4 sites
Cedar Flat Group Campground	3 sites
Big Pine Canyon	2 sites
Aspen Group (Inyo)	1 sites
Bishop Park Group	1 sites
Obsidian Flat	1 sites
Palisades Group Campground	1 sites
Rock Creek Lake Group Camp (Inyo National Forest, CA)	1 sites
Saddlebag Lake Trailhead Group Camp	1 sites
Table Mountain (Inyo)	1 sites

How itOpened watches Inyo National Forest

We scan the official Recreation.gov calendar for Inyo National Forest around the clock. The second a site that matches your dates and equipment opens up, you get a text with a direct link to that exact site. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell anything — monitoring is all we do, and it's what your fee pays for. Openings are first-come, so a text beats an email every time.

Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Availability facts come from the official directory listing for Inyo National Forest; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.