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Onion Valley Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 36.77148, -118.34051
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. 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 Onion Valley Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 9,191 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Onion Valley CampgroundNIFC · 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 Onion Valley Campground · Inyo National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater3 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- ShShower8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- EVEV fast charger13 mi
- DDump19 mi
- AAir-up19 mi
- HHardware19 mi
- LLaundry19 mi
- OOutfitter19 mi
- MMechanic20 mi
- +Urgent care39 mi
- RxPharmacy40 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Onion Valley Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
9,191 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
36.77148, -118.34051
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Onion Valley Campground · Inyo National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureIndependence Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townSeven Pines · ~2.8 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~2.9 mi
- FuelValero · ~8.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~18.6 mi
- GroceriesCedar Grove Market · ~18.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicSouthern Inyo Hospital · ~19.2 mi
EV charging — from Onion Valley Campground · Inyo National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger13.3 mi straight-line NE — CalTrans - Division Creek Safety Roadside Rest Area, Independence, CA (at a rest stop) · Non-Networked · CHAdeMO, CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-01-09 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 9 within 50 · 129 within 100 · 265 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)19.4 mi — Lone Pine, CA - Tesla Supercharger, Lone Pine
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)34.2 mi — Gateway Restaurant and Lodge - Tesla Destination, Three Rivers, CA · 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 196266 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Onion Valley Campground · Inyo National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletOnion Valley Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletOnion Valley/Kearsarge Pass Th · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGrays Meadow Campground · ~3.2 mi E · USFS
- RestroomCemetery Vault Toilet · ~10.4 mi E · NPS
Open Onion Valley Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Onion Valley Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Grays Meadow Campground~3.2 mi · fee
- BLM dispersed camp #6 — Inyo County, CA~13.1 mi
- BLM dispersed camp #5 — Inyo County, CA~13.2 mi
- Whitney Trailhead Walk In Campground~13.9 mi · fee
The unit that manages Onion Valley Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Onion Valley Campground are set by Inyo National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Onion Valley Campground
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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
auto: drive (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 Onion Valley Campground
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 — Onion Valley Campground
Camping at altitude →When the high country opens →Finding water out here →Picking a spot →All field notes →
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