Tuff Campground, Mammoth Lakes, CA

Tuff Campground is located in the White Mountain Ranger District, Inyo National Forest (4 hrs 37 min northeast of Clovis, CA) with an elevation of 6,965 feet. There are a total of 34 campsites. The campground is normally open from mid April to the end of October. Sites can accommodate RVs and trailers between 25 and 45 feet. All sites are currently reservable. Reservations can be booked up to 6 months in advance. There is a fee of $30.00 per night. Activities include fishing, hiking trails.

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Campsite Reviews (74)

4.5 out of 5

5 star		70%
4 star		19%
3 star		1%
2 star		4%
1 star		3%

@LanceG9DA66DE9 · Camped on Oct 17, 2024 at Campsite #15

This was my first stay at Tuff Campground and I enjoyed it very much. The campground host kept the restrooms spotless, stocked, and even added air fresheners in each of them. Water is conveniently located in each loop allowing for easy RV fill up when you arrive, or for carry container fill up. Cellular service is excellent with a cell tower serving all three carriers located nearby. There are walking trails along Rock Creek allowing for access for stream fishing. It appears that CA Fish and Game stock Rock Creek since fishing was excellent. Please note that it can get dusty at times. I would recommend this campground as an alternative to the busier campgrounds in the Mammoth Lakes area.

@JamesD3491200 · Camped on Sep 12, 2024 at Campsite #20

Beautiful campground close but out of sight from the 395. Stocked creek running through the facility with easy paths to prime fishing spots! Rock Creek (upper ) trail heads , pack station , OHV, Crowley lake , And numerous geological attractions surround Tuff. Maria (camp host) was friendly and professional without getting in the way of your enjoymentshes a treasure in herself. Will be coming back

@JoshuaG3099120 · Camped on Aug 7, 2024 at Campsite #13

So this was my second time going here with my family and i loved all of it the fishing and the stars were perfect. We did have one problem which was on lot 13 there was two scorpions that appeared during the night time, it was the Deathstalker (Leiurus quinquestriatus). That made the nights uncomfortable, so dont book this lot 13.

@RobertH1222975 · Camped on Aug 4, 2024 at Campsite #26

Nice location for a car-camping base. I stayed here for a week and made day trips to Mammoth Lakes, Devil's Postpile, June Lake Loop, Sherwin Creek, and even went down the hill to Millpond Recreation area in Bishop.

@TimL9352546 · Camped on Aug 3, 2024 at Campsite #32

very nice campground, clean, quiet, host very helpful.

@ScottC8975217 · Camped on Jun 30, 2024 at Campsite #19

Had an awesome time at Tuff campground. Our site 19 was perfect. Fire pit, table, restrooms, creek and the scenic back drop. We would stay here again. Did I mention the trout fishing? Caught our limit.

@SheilaR9563770 · Camped on Jun 30, 2024 at Campsite #15

We had such a nice time at this campground! The host was great and accommodating. We had a pretty large group and had about 8 spots between our families. Its right across the street from Toms Place /Rock Creek area. Mammoth is right up the road about 20 minutes and Bishop is down the road about 20 minutes. The bathrooms at the camp group are really clean just like others have said. Cell service was great too! We have TMobile. We were there June 30,2024-July 5, 2024. After a couple days there was a bear in camp that got into our cooler two nights in a row and stole a raw steak lol. The camp host said there hadnt been a sighting in awhile so we were kinda relaxed about it and didnt use the bear box like we should have . She was shocked when we told her one showed up lol so she told others about our experience to warn others. We ended up using the bear box the remainder of the time there and had no other issues. All in all Id definitely recommend the campground. Beautiful creek and fishing spots . All of our families hung out in the creek and shade to keep cool and it was really nice :)

@SamuelH5405425 · Camped on Jun 20, 2024 at Campsite #14

Been coming for years, great campground. Clean, well kept. Campsites are spacious.

@GlennF2715441 · Camped on Jun 6, 2024 at Campsite #30

Nice place to stay for a few nights. Friendly camp host.

@MarcL8507337 · Camped on May 13, 2024 at Campsite #19

Great little fishing spots along the creek, pretty big camp sites and the host was very gracious.

@DennisP9096753 · Camped on May 7, 2024 at Campsite #17

camp host was great, rest rooms were clean and the fishing was great.

@WilliamH158481 · Camped on Apr 26, 2024 at Campsite #34

our campsite manager was confused and disorganized

@Christoph19649 · Camped on Oct 6, 2023 at Campsite #21

It was a nice campground with a nice creek

@AmeliaTF036693 · Camped on Sep 17, 2023 at Campsite #30

Bob & Stevie the camp hosts were more than accommodating and helpful in the whole camping experience. The campground and restrooms were well maintained. Looking forward to our next camping visit to Tuff Campground.

@SharonC8354847 · Camped on Sep 12, 2023 at Campsite #20

Tuff is a favorite of ours. The camp host is great. It's quiet, great fishing and so relaxing.

@FernandoB555B8 · Camped on Sep 4, 2023 at Campsite #22

Had a great experience, campgrounds were very clean. Bathrooms were well kept and not far from campsite. One of the nice features was a nice flowing stream right across from sight, and there plenty of trails for exploring.I would definitely return in the future, loved the peaceful atmosphere.

@DeborahS476998 · Camped on Aug 27, 2023 at Campsite #22

Campsite 22 was terrific. Loved the way the Aspen trees quaked! Beautiful weather. Clean pit toilets. River ran just a few feet from our camp. We will stay there again!

@SanazS1686DD0D · Camped on Aug 25, 2023 at Campsite #20

Stayed here for a long weekend and it was great! Convenient location right off the 395 @ Tom's Place. There was a mix up with my reservation, but the camp host got me a better spot than I had initially booked so that worked out pretty nicely. The creek is so pretty, with lots of places to sit near it. I saw a number of trout in the creek, I don't eat fish so it was fun just to see them and sit alongside them for a while. Nights were peaceful and days were sunny. Clean and fresh smelling pit toilets. No shower, that would have made it a bit better. But no complaints at all and will definitely stay here again!

@BrianH4556502 · Camped on Aug 3, 2023 at Campsite #16

Our camp host Bob was amazing, very friendly and helpful. Always saw him out and about checking on people and facilities. Everything in general was great, the only thing that was an inconvenience was having to drive the trash to the campground entrance to dispose of multiple times a day. Most campgrounds we have stayed at have multiple bear resistant trash receptacles. We will definitely stay at Tuff again, it's short distance to Convict and Mammoth was convenient and the creek through the campground was great kids even managed a few trout out of it.

@MikeR7257230 · Camped on Jul 24, 2023 at Campsite #14

Great fishing and a friendly camp host!

@MicheleH882182 · Camped on Jul 22, 2023 at Campsite #28

Love this campground. The camp host was great.

@MarkR9967928 · Camped on Jul 15, 2023 at Campsite #17

Great campground overall. Host was helpful and friendly. Really would be good to have a campground map available online. I could not find anything, anywhere that showed the basic layout - which can be very helpful for planning with other parties, scoping sites with a larger RV etc. All said, we plan to go back to Tuff campground. Overall its a great spot!

@AmyD6769657 · Camped on Jul 13, 2023 at Campsite #27

Always a great time at Tuffs. Fish were biting well too. Cant wait for next year.

@SamuelH5405425 · Camped on Jun 19, 2023 at Campsite #22

What another great camping experience here at Tuff Campground. The Camp host Bob was the best and very polite. This campground always very Quite, Peaceful and Clean. We love it see you soon again.

@HollyM4524340 · Camped on Sep 25, 2022 at Campsite #14

Pretty good campground. No dump, but there is one across the 395 in a campground that is easily accessible. This site was large and you did not hear the highway noise much. Nice stream close by. We would stay here again.

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