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Edison Ferry Pickup
Hike-in · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 37.40649, -118.94161
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Edison Ferry Pickup
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,664 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Edison Ferry PickupNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Edison Ferry Pickup · Sierra National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- LLaundry4 mi
- ShShower4 mi
- WWater12 mi
- DDump14 mi
- FFuel16 mi
- EVEV fast charger16 mi
- GGrocery16 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- OOutfitter17 mi
- @Mail17 mi
- MMechanic17 mi
- +Urgent care18 mi
- AAir-up29 mi
- PPropane60 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 16 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Edison Ferry Pickup
Access
Hike-in
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,664 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
37.40649, -118.94161
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Getting in
Park at Bear Ridge Trailhead · ~3.36 mi in a straight line (trail will be longer)
Nearby & resupply — around Edison Ferry Pickup · Sierra National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureMono Creek (river) · nearby
- Nearest townMono Hot Springs · ~6.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelShell · ~15.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~14.0 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~11.9 mi
- PharmacyVons Pharmacy · ~16.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicMammoth Hospital · ~16.4 mi
- HardwareYoung's Shaver Lake Hardware · ~29.3 mi
EV charging — from Edison Ferry Pickup · Sierra National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger15.9 mi straight-line N — Mammoth Lakes, CA - Old Mammoth Road - Tesla Supercharger (at a municipal building) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 12 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach4 within 25 mi · 17 within 50 · 135 within 100 · 393 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS16.5 mi — Mammoth Lakes, CA, Mammoth Lakes
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO30.2 mi — CalTrans - Bishop, Bishop
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)15.9 mi — Mammoth Lakes, CA - Old Mammoth Rd - Tesla Destination · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 321156 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Edison Ferry Pickup · Sierra National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletVermillion View · ~3.3 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMono Creek · ~3.5 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBear Ridge Cutoff · ~3.9 mi SW · USFS
- RestroomMono Creek Overflow · ~4.1 mi SW · USFS
Open Edison Ferry Pickup elsewhere
Other camps near Edison Ferry Pickup
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Mono Creek Overflow~4.1 mi
- Vermillion~4.4 mi · fee
- Mono Creek~4.6 mi · fee
- Mono Hot Springs~6.9 mi · fee
The unit that manages Edison Ferry Pickup
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Edison Ferry Pickup are set by Sierra National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Edison Ferry Pickup
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
Listed website
climber.org — the page the mapper cited for this site. Not a land manager; read it as one more opinion.
How it was placed
auto: hike (road/trail right there)
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Edison Ferry Pickup
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Edison Ferry Pickup
When the high country opens →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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