Free camping near Bridgeport, CA
Yes. 12 of the 36 camps within 25 straight-line miles of Bridgeport, CA are listed as free; 15 charge a fee and 9 have no price on record. The closest free one is USFS dispersed camp — Mono County, CA, 6.4 miles west, on U.S. Forest Service land.
All 36 camps near Bridgeport, CA
| Camp | Miles | Cost | Water | Nearest town | Season today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USFS dispersed camp — Mono County, CA | 6.4 | Free | Buckeye Creek (stream) | 5.5 mi to Bridgeport | — |
| Honeymoon Flat Campground | 7.1 | Fee | Labrosse Creek (stream) | 3.5 mi to Twin Lakes Estates | — |
| Buckeye Campground | 7.3 | Fee | — | 5.2 mi to Twin Lakes | — |
| Robinson Creek Campground | 7.7 | Unpriced | Labrosse Creek (stream) | 2.6 mi to Twin Lakes Estates | — |
| Paha Campground | 8.1 | Fee | Robinson Creek (stream) | 2.2 mi to Twin Lakes Estates | — |
| Crags Campground | 8.2 | Unpriced | Robinson Creek (stream) | 2.1 mi to Twin Lakes Estates | — |
| Crags Group Campground | 8.3 | Fee | — | 1.2 mi to Twin Lakes | — |
| Lower Twin Lake Campground | 8.5 | Unpriced | Robinson Creek (stream) | 1.7 mi to Twin Lakes Estates | — |
| Green Creek Group Campground | 11 | Fee | Green Creek (stream) | 4.1 mi to Virginia Lakes | — |
| Green Creek Campground | 11 | Unpriced | East Fork Green Creek (stream) | 4.1 mi to Virginia Lakes | — |
| East Lower Virginia Creek | 13 | Free | Dog Creek (stream) | 2.3 mi to Virginia Lakes | — |
| Obsidian Campground | 13 | Fee | — | 11 mi to Twin Lakes | — |
| Lower Virginia Creek Primitive Campground | 13 | Unpriced | Dog Creek (stream) | 1.4 mi to Virginia Lakes | — |
| West Virginia Creek | 14 | Free | Trumbull Lake (water) | 0.6 mi to Virginia Lakes | — |
| Upper Virginia Creek Primitive Campground | 14 | Unpriced | Trumbull Lake (water) | 0.7 mi to Virginia Lakes | — |
| Trumbull Lake Campground | 14 | Fee | Trumbull Lake (water) | 0.5 mi to Virginia Lakes | — |
| Chris Flat Campground | 16 | Unpriced | Grouse Creek (stream) | 4.1 mi to Fales Hot Springs | — |
| Sonora Bridge Campground | 16 | Fee | Junction Creek (stream) | 4.3 mi to Fales Hot Springs | — |
| Bootleg Campground | 17 | Fee | — | 7.2 mi to Walker | — |
| Bootleg Campground | 17 | Unpriced | Tollhouse Canyon (stream) | 5.6 mi to Fales Hot Springs | — |
| Leavitt Meadows Campground | 19 | Unpriced | Brownie Creek (stream) | 8.4 mi to Fales Hot Springs | — |
| Mill Canyon | 19 | Free | Tollhouse Canyon (stream) | 5.6 mi to Walker | — |
| Saddlebag Lake Cg | 20 | Fee | — | 5.5 mi to Virginia Lakes | — |
| Sawmill Walk-in Campground | 21 | Free | Lee Vining Creek (stream) | 1.5 mi to Bennettville | — |
| Warren Fork Th Cg | 21 | Free | Warren Fork (stream) | 2.1 mi to Bennettville | — |
| Sawmill Walk-In Cg | 21 | Free | Lee Vining Creek (stream) | 1.3 mi to Bennettville | — |
| Big Bend Cg | 21 | Fee | — | 4.4 mi to Lee Vining | — |
| Aspen Campground | 22 | Fee | — | 3.7 mi to Lee Vining | — |
| Ellery Cg | 22 | Fee | — | 6.8 mi to Lee Vining | — |
| Junction Campground | 22 | Fee | — | 7.1 mi to Lee Vining | — |
| Leavitt Lake | 22 | Free | Leavitt Lake (water) | 13 mi to Dardanelle | — |
| Cattleguard Cg | 22 | Free | Beartrack Creek (stream) | 1.9 mi to Lee Vining | — |
| Boulder Campground | 23 | Free | — | 3.1 mi to Lee Vining | — |
| Moraine Campground | 23 | Free | Lee Vining Creek (stream) | 2.8 mi to Lee Vining | — |
| Tioga Lake Campground | 23 | Fee | — | 7.5 mi to Lee Vining | — |
| Lower Lee Vining Campground | 23 | Free | Lee Vining Creek (stream) | 2.6 mi to Lee Vining | — |
Who manages the camps near Bridgeport, CA
Who manages them: 36 on the Forest Service.
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest — 23 camps: 5 free, 9 fee, 9 unpriced
- Inyo National Forest — 13 camps: 7 free, 6 fee
Season read for these camps, today
Our record has no season word for any of these 36 camps today. Call the managing office before you go.
Forecast near Bridgeport, CA
This is the Weather Service forecast for the town, fetched when the page opens. It is not a forecast for any camp in the table; ground higher up or in a canyon can run colder or windier. It needs JavaScript; without it, see weather.gov.
Camping near other towns close by
The nearest towns that have their own page, with the straight-line miles between the towns.
Every distance on this page is a straight line from Bridgeport, CA, not a driving distance — a camp four miles out across a canyon can be an hour of road. Cost is the audited three-state verdict on each camp's own record: free, fee, or unpriced where we could not confirm a price. A blank column is a gap in the record, not a statement that the thing is absent. Camps come from state and federal agency records, not from a visit, except the ones marked. Seasons, permits and fire rules change: confirm with the managing office before you go. Found a fee where we show free? Tell us on the contact page.