Crags Campground

A fantastic campground overall. If you go up to the higher sites, you get a great view. Huge trees with mountain views. Well maintained. Closes on October 15th, which makes it a late site for this region. No cell signal whatsoever.

Our early fall adventure in the eastern Sierra was coming to a close and many of the campsites were closing down for the season. We stopped at the ranger station outside Bridgeport to get the lowdown and found out our first choice had just closed but got recommendations for other nearby campgrounds. 

We ended up at Crags Campground which is actually 2 loops. We stayed in the Matterhorn loop after seeing that Crags was mostly big RVs with generators. Most of the primo sites were double sites (at double the price). We ended up in site #20 which was next to the empty camp host site. 

• Beautiful, high desert scenery, surrounded by granite peaks
• Great star gazing
• Dog friendly 
• Very clean vault toilets (public campgrounds in this area are managed by a third party vendor) 
• Great hiking nearby. Our campsite neighbors shared an 8 mile hike to Barney Lake that delighted us with fall color, a stunning lake view and moderately easy hiking (there was some easy elevation gain). The trailhead was a short drive away.
• We needed to dump and shower and were able to get both at the Twin Lake store for small fees. There was also a nice, clean laundry facility next to the showers open to the public. 

We definitely will be back to this area and explore this and other campgrounds.

Crags is one of the campground in this area that has adequate services for the camper. Water is available at several spigots around the campground. It is just at the line so there are sparce Ponderosa pine trees with the remainder being low scrub brush. The sites are well spaced. The creek is a short walk and is delightfully cold. There are fish in the creek. Not far away are Twin Lakes. Very enjoyable camping. Each site has a bear box for food.