Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Little Hot Creek
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 37.68934, -118.86092
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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 Little Hot Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,293 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Little Hot CreekNIFC · 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 Little Hot Creek · Inyo National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater3 mi
- ShShower6 mi
- DDump6 mi
- LLaundry6 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- OOutfitter6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- EVEV fast charger6 mi
- HHardware7 mi
- @Mail7 mi
- RxPharmacy7 mi
- MMechanic7 mi
- AAir-up14 mi
- +Urgent care36 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 6 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
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 — Little Hot Creek
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
7,293 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
37.68934, -118.86092
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Little Hot Creek · Inyo National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLittle Hot Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townWhitmore Hot Springs · ~4.7 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~2.7 mi
- FuelFuel · ~6.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~5.7 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~6.4 mi
- PharmacyVons Pharmacy · ~6.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicMammoth Hospital · ~6.4 mi
EV charging — from Little Hot Creek · Inyo National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger6.5 mi straight-line SW — Mammoth Lakes, CA - Tesla Supercharger (at a municipal building) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach4 within 25 mi · 15 within 50 · 124 within 100 · 409 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS6.6 mi — Mammoth Lakes, CA, Mammoth Lakes
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO34.4 mi — CalTrans - Bishop, Bishop
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)6.9 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 102039 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Little Hot Creek · Inyo National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletHot Creek Interp Site · ~2.7 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSherwin Creek Cg · ~5.8 mi SW · USFS
- Flush restroomPine Glen Group Cg · ~5.9 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBig Springs Cg · ~6.0 mi NW · USFS
Open Little Hot Creek elsewhere
Other camps near Little Hot Creek
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Mono County~3.3 mi
- Mono County~3.4 mi
- Laurel Ponds~5.0 mi
- Sherwin Creek Cg~5.8 mi · fee
The unit that manages Little Hot Creek
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Little Hot Creek are set by Inyo National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Little Hot Creek
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
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.
How it was placed
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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 Little Hot Creek
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 — Little Hot Creek
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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