$14 - $19 / night

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Established Camping

Aspen Campground

9 Reviews

About

USDA Forest Service

The trailhead is a great starting point for hunters, hikers and horse riders that would like to explore the Strawberry Mountain Wilderness. This trailhead has a large parking area and offers undeveloped camping at trailhead and 6 horse tie-stall with manger and hitch rail.

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Location

Aspen Campground is located in California

Directions

From Hwy 395 approximately six miles West on Hwy 120.

Coordinates

37.93900001 N
119.18800018 W

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Access

Drive-In
Park next to your site
Walk-In
Park in a lot, walk to your site.

Stay Connected

WiFi
Unknown
Verizon
Unknown
AT&T
Unknown
T-Mobile
Good

Site Types

Tent Sites
RV Sites
Standard (Tent/RV)
Group

Features

For Campers

ADA Access
Trash
Picnic Table
Firewood Available
Drinking Water
Toilets
Alcohol
Pets
Fires

For Vehicles

Pull-Through Sites

$14 - $19

/ night

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General Info

Beth M.

Guide

Reviewed Oct. 11, 2023

Funky Camp in a Great Location

Aspen Grove Campground is in a pine and aspen forest on a lovely creek. Campsites are separated by trees and have a table, fire pit, and bear box. No potable water. Porta Potties. Near the east entrance of Yosemite, which makes it a good option for camping with day trips to Tuolumne Meadows since Yosemite doesn't have much for boondocking. Still open in October. Not much for a Verizon cell signal.

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Month of VisitNovember

Ian F.

Traveler

Reviewed Oct. 9, 2023

Yosemite - Tuolumne Meadows

Great campsite right along the flowing river. Not many bugs and not too wet. Great site and cool campground.

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Month of VisitNovember

Lisa

Guide

Reviewed Oct. 21, 2022

Nice fall camping spot near Yosemite and Mono Lake

Fall color and camping in the Sierra is what we we were after. This gem of a campground did not disappoint on the color and its location made it easy to explore the Mono Lake area since there's no camping in that area.

Beautiful aspens with rushing river surrounded by high peaks. Lots of fishers were taking advantage of the river.
Sites are very close and pretty small. There were a few sites that accommodated the few Class C and larger travel trailers that came through, but the turns in the loops were tight. Less experienced drivers might be challenged.
Many (most) sites are not very level and/or sloped.
Super quiet and dark at night. Star gazing was amazing.
Bears are very active. One camper had their car window broken and door frame bent because they had left something in the front seat. Another camper told us a bear walked through her site while she was sitting near the campfire but was easily scared off.
Not a lot of hiking without getting in your car but the dirt road connecting to the other campground (Big Bend) wasn't busy so served as a good walking trail to exercise our dogs.
Good location to access Lee Vining (groceries, fuel, restaurants, laundry) and explore the phenomenal Mono Lake area.
Water available but at a central spigot at the entrance.
No Verizon cell service but good signals down the road at the Mobil station and excellent free wi-fi at the Mono Lake visitors center both in Lee Vining.

Nice little first-come campground. It was almost full by 4 pm each night we were there. We'd consider it again but only in shoulder season. Getting a spot in peak season seems challenging.

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Sam J.

Traveler

Reviewed Jun. 8, 2022

love this place!

My second time staying at Aspen and it was just as beautiful as the first! There's water available at the entrance of the campground across the meadow so get it on your way in. Lee vining creek runs right through some of the campsites so there's a steady sound of water all throughout the day. Overall a very quiet campsite, especially if you're there during the week. Arrived on a Saturday morning and were basically alone by Monday afternoon. Great location, only about 10 minutes away from town & plenty of great fishing spots.

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Month of VisitJuly

preston

Guide

Reviewed Oct. 10, 2021

Wonderful campground

Had a great time staying here! This campground is very beautiful and all the sites feel quite spacious and not too close to the neighboring sites. It’s also in a great location very close to the entrance of Yosemite. Just make sure that if you’re planning on staying here in fall/winter with the intent of going into Yosemite to check if the road to the park is closed. The road to Yosemite closes just down a bit farther down from the campground a bit. I highly recommend staying here though; it’s definitely one of my favorites I’ve been to so far.

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Jordan R.

Ranger

Reviewed Sep. 1, 2021

Beautiful and great sites!

Bears are very active here. Make sure EVERYTHING is in the bear box.

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Bernardo B.

Traveler

Reviewed Aug. 7, 2020

Great option for walkins on your way to Yosemite

We got here after trying to secure a site at couple of the other more popular campgrounds close to the Tioga pass - yosemite entrance. The place is nice , no showers or toilets . Only some portapotties , all sites next to the creek are super nice and have good space . Deer came to visit our site and was nice to see , I’m sure bears are around too but we didn’t got to watch any . It’s only 15 min away from Yosemite park entrance and no reservations . I’d go back , site 23 is very nice too

Mary R.

Traveler

Reviewed Jul. 23, 2018

waterfall heaven

this is off of highway 120 by Lee Vining. has about 57 sites with lots of space. Only services are porta potty and one faucet for water. There is a creek that runs through this whole campground and at the end a waterfall. This is a very peaceful place and very clean. highly recommend

Amber D.

Ranger

Reviewed Aug. 9, 2016

Amazing spot outside Yosemite!!

Great campground tucked in an aspen grove on Tioga Pass 20 mins from Tuolumne entrance of Yosemite. Spacious spots and the ones on the water are amazing. Gas station/convenient store/food 10 mins drive away. Mono lake and June lake loop close by. Great spot for the Sierras. Got last site during peak season. Only $14 a night. Host was super friendly. Can't wait to go back.