Best Campgrounds near Ridgecrest, CA

We stayed near the entrance on a Sunday night because we were losing service deeper down the road. Plenty of great dispersed camping options, we stayed in our ford transit. There were a few other stacked RV’s with big campsites down the road, but you can just drive until you find a spot.

The Campsite is near Lake Isabella, along the Kern River. We visited on a non Holyday April week day and it was pretty empty so it was quiet and peaceful. The campsite is in a canyon surrounded by mountains and trees. There are fire rings, tables and grills and fore most spots you park next/near to your tent. There are also toilets. We really enjoyed climbing rocks along the river.

Overnight stay driving through. Easy access. Level parking areas. I stopped close to 395 & had no noise from road. Slept well with strong night winds.

Is quiet up the hill about a half mile from where GPS said to stop. It’s on the right just past the rocks

Quiet place, we only saw one other set of campers. The warm sun the next morning was beautiful but there is next to no vegetation. Additionally, this campsite has nothing so take what you need and leave no trace! It worked for a night. The road in is kind of weird as it runs parallel to another road similar, we drove along one and would alternate to try and avoid bad potholes. Some are inevitable and I would imagine high clearance is needed to access.

Translation: Cheap, very friendly welcome, simple, park dispersed, on the edge of the lake with a view of the mountains. No electricity but toilets and water. Dump station a few miles away for $20.

Pas cher, accueil tres gentils, simple, park dispersed, au bord du lac vue sur montagnes. Pas d'électricité mais WC et eau. Station de vidage à quelques miles pour 20 $.

The dirt road is worrisome, but it worked out fine with my Tesla model Y. Lots of great sites overlooking an alien planet landscape. I felt safe as a solo female camper. No AT&T service within a 10 mile radius.

This is a nice and flat area just off the 395 freeway plenty of room for large rigs. I set up and was at the base of the old volcano. I was only there for one night got super windy around 1 AM and never stopped the entire evening other than that there are some pretty unique views.

Had a nice evening right next to the Pinnacles. Easy drive in. Had my F150 and my teardrop trailer. Easy walking along with some stunning views. Worth spending a night. Found a really neat spot right in a little bowl surrounded by pinnacles. A little kitfox even wandered into my camp.

If you like to be off the grid amidst the trees this is the place for you. We like to camp next to the creek. Fishing is plentiful and the air is great as long as there’s no fires near.

We are full time RVers and stayed here 1 night after boondocking a week and heading to our next boondocking destination. This is a perfect stop to dump, fill water, do laundry and just do an overall reset of our RV. I was able to deep clean and get rid of trash. The only thing they didn't have was propane and gas but they had everything else we needed.

Booking & Space: Was easy online. $35 for pull through site for capacity up to 42'. Sites are close together but still far enough to have all slide outs out and room to walk between.

Amenities: Big trash and recycling bins were a bonus. We did 9 loads of laundry, can only load them half way and the washing drum is a little small. 3 washers, 3 dryers. All of the units used the Payrange app except 1 dryer is quarters only. The dryer drums are pretty large so we were able to just split the 3rd load between the 2 dryers that use the Payrange app. It was easy to download the app, add funds, scan the barcode of the machine, set the settings on the machine and start. The washers recommend not to use powder detergent and half the amount of liquid detergent. No coin machine for breaking down change. Also no laundry supply stuff for purchase. Overall our stuff cleaned and dried without problems. The door does get stuck and seems locked after entering the code correctly.

Check-in was easy. Just pull into our site and hook up. Check in is after 2 PM and checkout before 2 PM.

Hookups: Water pressure was good. Electrical has a meter but there's no additional charge for it. Black/Grey water dump and water spigot at each site.

Area was very quiet. No road noise and campers were also quiet. It is very well lit all night and cameras are everywhere.

Bathrooms were clean and well stocked. 3 stalls in the women's and the 3 showers for additional no charge. Each shower had 3 hooks and a seat. There is no bench or seating outside of the showers.

We will definitely be back. Thank you for a great experience.

We pulled off on the closest part to the road which was quiet all night really. There were other parts further up.

35.08627305276245,-117.54092669125416 Great space. Easy to find. Away from highway enough. Very windy. Great sunset and sunrise.

Very beautiful sight of the lake and mountains. Easy access from the road. Had a ton of wind and thunder so hard to move further up and away from the lake so we wherent up against the wind. Close to the road so a little noise from it, but thats what made it easy accessible as well. All in all a very nice campsite.

This place is really cool to explore. Nice star gazing too. We took our www.hitched4fun.com RZR out on the many dirt roads in the area too. Had a blast 💥.

We love lake Isabella and just discovered this free camp spot right on the beach…