Inyo National Forest Oh Ridge Campground

Best view of June lake. We loved the beach (a walk away from our site)

Nice campground and amazing location to June Lake! We got a great spot with the best view of the lake! Our loop didn’t have a bathroom so we had to walk to the next loop which was a bit of a walk, not one I want to take in the middle of the night alone. Busy site, they were pretty close together. We had some very loud kids a few spots over that liked to yell over each other and they pushed the quiet hours boundary a bit, not really respectful of others and never heard an adult tell them to turn their volume down. Not the sites fault but there’s not much trees or space to cut down your neighbors noise. The view and location makes it all worth it though!

We found this campground available after a day in Yosemite. 30min from the Park Entrance. Clean bathrooms but no showers that I saw or were open. We got in at dusk and left early morning.

We stayed here in early summer on a trailer camping trip through the Sierrra's, this was our 4th night on our trip and this campground was a surprise and honestly, I wish we would have booked more nights. We had a site up towards the back of the campground, but that gave us territorial views and allowed for some privacy. The campground is surrounded by wonderful mountains and there is a lake down below that was nice and refreshing. We tried our hand at fishing and also rented kayaks and paddled around for a bit.

One of the kids favorite spots. It’s absolutely gorgeous and deer are running free everywhere. This site was awesome, it overlooked the entire lake with a 2 minute drive down to the parking lot.

Pro tip: before you go through the ranger station, make a right onto the dirt road. Go down to the round about and park there. No one is on that side of the lake!

Only 3 hours from Reno, you can’t beat the June Lake area. Stayed in the Fish Loop with 8 other rigs. 10 minute walk to June Lake, general store, 10 minute drive to town, and 30 minutes to an hour to tons of other awesome alpine lakes, hot springs, and Mammoth. Had 3 water faucets per loop, cleans restrooms, fire pits, and picnic tables.

I’m spending a full 7 nights here in my Airstream 22FB to relax for my birthday, and couldn’t imagine a better way to spend it... Even with three days of cooler weather and rain, it’s still as picturesque of a spot as it gets. I got lucky with a lakeview sure (#44) in the Squirrel loop when almost all the other similar sites were booked. Really looking forward to exploring this and the rest of the June Lake Loop.

Oh Ridge Campground • June Lake, Inyo National Forest • Site 147 - Gull Loop.

Fees Vary

If there is full 4g wifi available is it really camping? Is something you’ll have to ask yourself when you pull off June Lake’s South Loop entrance to Oh Ridge Campground. Oh Ridge is a site you come to for one reason one reason only, June Lake. As blue as any Caribbean Sea and as crystal clear as water melting directly off a glacier this lake is beautiful. Surrounded by snowcapped Eastern Sierra Mountain peaks and a half dozen campgrounds June Lake is a popular spot for families and random travelers who spot it on the map. This is the kind of place a reservation goes a long way since they rarely have openings during the summer. That said, even if the sign says “Campground Full” stop and ask. They may just have one site left stashed away somewhere for you.

The camp has flush toilets and there is a camp store just outside the gates with survival amenities like ice cream bars, souvenir straw hats, maps, beer and pay showers. Each site comes equipped with a grill, fire ring with grate, bear box, patio table (in varying shades of disrepair) and flat to nearly vertical spot for your car, rv or tent. Every several sites has a wind shield wall. There doesn’t seem to be a pattern to their placement, but if you can get one it sure comes in handy. The winds come in over the mountain range to your west in the early afternoon and get gusty.

Your views from your site will vary. You’ll partially see rocky mountain peaks in the distance and forested areas to the left and right. Scrub brush and green going up the hill behind you block any views of the road or highway. More immediately you’ll be looking directly at your neighbors SUV or RV or Tent or dog. There is little to zero separation. This isn’t a wilderness retreat.

But it is a great camp in the vacation with the family sort of way. The June Lake swimming area is nestled in the camp. There are kayaks and paddle boards to rent and the sun and scenery is incredible. For a week with your kids (if you have them) or a night passing through on a roadtrip this is a great spot. It is also within a half hour of the Eastern Yosemite Entrance at Tioga Pass making it a good location for exploring this side of Yosemite without risking not getting a site closer or in the park itself.

If you’re looking to interact with nature a little more privately and with a few less noisy plague infected chipmunks this might not be the place.

Oh Ridge gets 2 3/4 Tent Stakes of Awesomeness for location and incredible lake. It gets docked for privacy, wind and worn out sites. But really, location and lake will win out 4 out of 5 times.

Pro-Tip #1: Bring your tent down to the lake and set it up. It will help with the wind and the sun. Just be sure to stake it down.

Pro-Tip #2: Car or Van camping works well here because the ground isn’t great for tents. Rock and sand with a slant.

Pro-Tip #3: The back sites, Owl & Deer Loop, have better views but almost zero shade. Not worth it.

This review is also available on the One Wild Life Field Journal.

Our group stayed in a tent campsite for one night in August 2016. We stayed in the bear loop site 8. We had a great view of the lake and mountains right from our site but we were quite far from the bathrooms (10 min walk). We actually noticed other campers in our loop driving to the bathrooms. Bathrooms were clean and stocked with toilet paper, no soap (like most campground bathrooms we visited).

We drove down to the beach which was the best part of this campground. Beautiful, clear water and you could walk out quite far because it wasn't very deep. Some of the beach is pretty rocky so sandals or beach shoes might be helpful.

There were lots of deer! Which was fun to see.

Our only issue is that the people staying in the sites on either side of us were a little.... rough. Lots of drinking and some obvious drug use, some loud fighting and noise in the evening, but overall friendly with us and they were relatively quiet overnight.

great trip overall, stunning views adequate camp space. best part about it is the access to june lakes beach. definitely stop by Ohana's & june lake brewing