Established Camping
Aspen Campground
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.
Access
- Drive-InPark next to your site
- Walk-InPark in a lot, walk to your site.
Stay Connected
- WiFiUnknown
- VerizonUnknown
- AT&TUnknown
- T-MobileUnknown
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
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.
Yosemite - Tuolumne Meadows
Great campsite right along the flowing river. Not many bugs and not too wet. Great site and cool campground.
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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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