FS · Inyo National Forest

Onion Valley

Nothing here fits 30 ft of 29 sites

Longest for your rig: 25 ft
Booking: Reservable
Hookups: none
Entry: Back-in only
ADA sites: —
Elevation: 9,598 ft
Vehicles: 1 per site

Every site here is listed for one vehicle. Agencies differ on whether a truck and the trailer it tows count as one or two, so this may not affect a fifth wheel — but it does decide whether a second car can come. Worth a call before you rely on it.

At 9,598 ft, expect nights below freezing well into June, water systems shut off outside a short summer window, and a long climb to get here. Nothing published says when it opens — call before you tow.

Book on Recreation.gov →the official reservation system; we take no cut

Every bookable site

No site here takes a 30 ft rig. The layout, for what it is worth.

Too short for 30 ft — 12 sites

00325 ft limit · back · gravel 00925 ft vehicle · back · gravel 01025 ft vehicle · back · gravel 01125 ft limit · back · gravel 01225 ft limit · back · gravel 01325 ft vehicle · back · gravel 01425 ft vehicle · back · gravel 02025 ft limit · back · gravel 02725 ft limit · back · gravel 00216 ft limit · back · gravel 00416 ft vehicle · back · gravel 01516 ft limit · back · gravel

Tents only — no rig permitted here — 17 sites

fits 30 ft (0) too short (29) not published (0)Click a site for what it publishes and a way to book it. Positions are the agency’s across 3 loops; roads, water and terrain are not shown, so this says where the sites are and not how you drive between them.

Within 60 miles

Map marker#	Campground	Distance	Sites	Longest for your rig	Hookups
1	Grays Meadows CA	3 mi E	31	40 ft	none
2	Whitney Portal CA	14 mi SE	46	35 ft	none
3	Goodale Creek Campground CA	15 mi N	43	—	none
4	Lone Pine CA	15 mi SE	28	40 ft	none · pull-through
5	Sheep Creek Campground CA	17 mi W	107	97 ft	none · pull-through
6	Moraine Campground (CA) CA	17 mi W	117	66 ft	none · pull-through

this campground numbered to match the tableClick a marker for what it is and how far. Straight-line distances, not driving distances; the inset shows where this sits in the state. For directions, open this location in OpenStreetMap.

Everything else on record

Bookable sites: 29
Non-site records excluded: 1
Max occupancy per site: 6
Reservable sites: 29
Coordinates: 36.7747, -118.3456
Phone: 760-937-6070
Elevation: 9,598 ft

Sources

Recreation Information Database (RIDB) · fetched from https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1/facilities/232077 · retrieved 2026-08-11 · public-domain
USGS Elevation Point Query Service · fetched from https://epqs.nationalmap.gov/v1/json · retrieved 2026-08-11 · public-domain