Grandview Campground is nestled in low hills covered with Pinyon and Juniper. A large open area in the middle of the campground gives a truly grand view of the night sky. The combination of 8,600 foot elevation and no intrusive city lights make this a popular site for star gazers and astronomy groups. Campers are asked to minimize their use of generators and lights so everyone in camp can enjoy a peaceful night of stargazing. Grandview is also the nearest campground to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, just 5 miles to Schulman Grove. The campground has 23 sites spaced on two loop roads. Most sites are flat and sandy with ample shade. Each site has a table, fire ring, and parking for one or two vehicles. Firewood sources are limited. Do not collect wood from live or standing trees.

Grandview Campground

Basic forest service campground. Pit toilets, fire rings. Trees for shade. Good site separation. Open all year.

Quiet, great for stargazing.

With amazing views of the Sierra Nevadas, and lots of exploration potential in the Inyos, this is a wonderfully situated campground. The campground itself is nice, with your standard vault toilet, and great sites! There are lots of trees for shelter, which is handy as it did get a little windy. 

Beautiful part of the world

This is your basic campsite. It's only open when there's not snow on the ground. I live at sea level so I don't sleep wonderfully at this kind of altitude, but that isn't the fault of the campground. It's quiet and on a clear night you can see a bazillion stars.

You have to do the Methuselah hike. It's short and there's not a lot of elevation gain but I did it on the first day at altitude so it was more challenging than expected. We were fine, but we passed a lot of complainers. It's worth listening to the ranger's talks at 11 and 2pm.

I came to see the old trees. 

Awesome campground located outside of the bristlecone pine forest visitor center. Plenty of stars and fresh air. Nice campground with gravel road. Getting to this spot was a series of ribbons of roads and somewhat challenging in a 25"rv. Well worth the effort this campground offers great views and plenty of trails to discover old mine equipment and history. Breathtaking views.

Amazingly Dark Night Sky* 

Nice and quiet campsites at over 8,000 ft elevation. Worth the drive up some windy roads to wake up close to the ancient bristle cone forest. 

Methuselah mission

Up in the mountains, between the Death Valley and Lone Pine. We spent five days here in June and loved it. The campgrounds consist of two loops, one being much smaller than the other. Moderately treed with scrub brush. Many sites can hold multiple vehicles and or tents, there are picnic tables , fire rings (bring your own wood, locally sourced please), and pit toilets. No water available so bring your own. Gorgeous night skies for star watching. Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest is close by or take a drive down to the old mining area, but I would suggest a four wheel drive, mountain bike or good hiking shoes drive for this. Wild flowers abound on the drive up here when we came in June of this year. Definitely the place to be if you want little traffic and plenty of space between sites.

Awesomely quite!

I was cruising up 395, wanting to see the Ancient Bristlecone Pines, but really thought they were still gonna be snow-bound.  In Big Pine, I saw it was OPEN...so up I went.  As a motorcycle traveler, 168 is some serious fun, but watch out for the 'tar-snakes'.  I arrived at this dry-camp, set up camp, then continued up the road to the Schulman Grove.  Absolutely Amazing.  And the little gem is that there is cell service at the magnificent vista point.  Back in camp, however, wonderful off-grid solitude.  The magic happened after dinner, while walking around the little vale, enjoying a cigar, I met a member to the White Mountain Astronomy Club.  With him was a 18" reflecting telescope.  I was invited back and saw amazing celestial objects (Leo Trio, several Messier galaxies &amp; Ring Nebula)

There are NOT enough stars for this review......

Perfect midway stop for us on a drive from Vegas to Reno. Nothing for miles… so quiet, picturesque and serene. $10 in the Ranger box at the front. Decent amount of first-come, first-serve sites but I think we snagged the very last one (on a Wednesday evening in June). The sunset was breathtaking and we really enjoyed riding our bikes on the service roads around the campground. Fire rings and picnic tables at each site. We slung up the hammock and fell asleep under the INSANE stars. Like the angels kicked over multiple bottles of glitter. AH! In the morning, we loved checking out the bristlecones and looking over the ridge at the dry lake in the distance. Spacious sites- enough that even with every site occupied it was still an incredibly quiet and peaceful night. Vault toilets, no sink.

Perfect Stop Between Vegas & Reno

Really lovely spot. Bring all you need - this is leave no trace camping. No water or garbage service. Great base camp for White Mountain adventures!

Beautiful and quiet

Claimed a spot early in the day on our way to the Bristle Cone Schuler Grove.  

Campground pretty basic, essentially a place to camp that does include outhouse (seems like only 1 was open), tables, and a fire pit.

Quiet, not crowded, clear skies and lots of stars.

High elevation.  One of 4 nights in a row for us where we camped between 8500 and 10000 ft.

Plenty of room and quiet

Great campground.  No fee, but they request a $10 donation.  Zero cell reception in this entire area.  Vault toilets at campground, and you pack out your trash to the dumpsters off of Hwy 168. 

We made it up here in our 26ft RV fine. Note that there are few/no places to pull over to let people pass along hwy 168, so I was glad traffic was very light for us.  The road up is winding and narrow and steep, but all paved and doable in an RV.

None of the sites at this campground were level. The sites are in a big loop and they are sloped slightly downward towards the center of the loop.  

Nice hiking trails in the area, and it's very quiet and peaceful. We were there midweek and there were only a couple of other campers but it started to get busy by Thu. 

Overall a nice place to go to get away from the heat at lower elevation and to visit the cool bristlecone forest. The visitor center was nice and had several interesting hiking trails.

Good For Tents, Vans, and Adventurous RVs

Nice campsites on either side of a small "meadow" (for lack of a better word). Peaceful, clean, nice tables, fire ring. 

  

Would stay here again and again.

Beautiful place to camp among the trees!

This campsite sits below one of the most magical places, the Ancient Bristlecone Forest. On the way up, there is an awesome vista where you can watch the sunrise in the South Sierra. There is a good Verizon cell signal there and an even better one at the pullout just past the vista point. Both are flat and have good parking. There's endless dispersed camping on the road.