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Sawmill Meadows Cg
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 37.76940, -118.67631
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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 Sawmill Meadows Cg
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 9,130 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Sawmill Meadows CgNIFC · 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 Sawmill Meadows Cg · Inyo National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- ShShower7 mi
- WWater11 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- GGrocery11 mi
- @Mail11 mi
- OOutfitter13 mi
- DDump14 mi
- LLaundry18 mi
- EVEV fast charger18 mi
- HHardware18 mi
- RxPharmacy18 mi
- MMechanic18 mi
- AAir-up21 mi
- +Urgent care46 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 11 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 — Sawmill Meadows Cg
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
9,130 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
37.76940, -118.67631
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Sawmill Meadows Cg · Inyo National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townBenton · ~10.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~11.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~14.1 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~11.4 mi
- PharmacyVons Pharmacy · ~18.2 mi
- HardwareHigh Country Lumber (Ace Hardware) · ~18.1 mi
EV charging — from Sawmill Meadows Cg · Inyo National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger18.0 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 reach3 within 25 mi · 12 within 50 · 102 within 100 · 311 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS18.1 mi — Mammoth Lakes, CA, Mammoth Lakes
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO32.4 mi — CalTrans - Bishop, Bishop
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)18.4 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 Sawmill Meadows Cg · Inyo National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSawmill Meadows Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHot Creek Interp Site · ~11.2 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTuff Cg · ~14.3 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCrowley Lake Cg -Vault Toilet #2 · ~14.4 mi S · BLM
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Other camps near Sawmill Meadows Cg
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Taylor Canyon Cg~5.3 mi
- Crooked Meadows Cg~10.1 mi
- Mono County~10.5 mi
- Granite Mountain Trail~11.2 mi
The unit that manages Sawmill Meadows Cg
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Sawmill Meadows Cg are set by Inyo National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Sawmill Meadows Cg
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-20: $23 per night, single site; $9 per night per additional vehicle. Inyo publishes no live page for this campground and it has no recreation.gov listing, so this comes from the Forest Service's own recreation-sites dataset (EDW layer EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02), read 2026-08-20. Source: https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0.
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 Sawmill Meadows Cg
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 — Sawmill Meadows Cg
Camping at altitude →When the high country opens →Water on public land →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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