Openings · last 7 days
23
Booking reality
Campsite Sniper detected 23 site openings here in the last 7 days
01 · Detected Opening History · the openings record · file CS-232396
When East Fork Campground – Inyo National Forest (CA) reopens
East Fork Campground – Inyo National Forest (CA)'s openings record: every site-date Campsite Sniper detected turning available, logged and time-stamped. Refreshed hourly.
Openings · last 30 days
86
Openings · last 90 days
95
Weekday pattern
Detected openings by day of week · 90dSunday accounted for the largest share of the openings Campsite Sniper detected. 26 of 95 openings detected in the last 90 days occurred on a Sunday (27.4%), with Thursday (16) and Wednesday (15) next in line.
Hour-of-day pattern
First detected by hour · local time · last 90 daysThe largest concentrations of detected openings were first detected during the 18:00 and 21:00 local-time hours. Those hours contained 40 of 95 detected openings (42.1%). Hours show when Campsite Sniper first detected each opening, in Pacific Time, not when the change was made upstream.
Lead-time profile
Days before stay date · percentilesHalf of the openings Campsite Sniper detected appeared at least 15 days before the stay date; the middle 50% land 8–27.5 days out. Set an alert if you want Campsite Sniper to monitor future openings.
Highest-churn sites
Most openings · 90d| Site | Openings | Share of all openings |
|---|---|---|
| 035 | 6 | 6.3% |
| 046 | 5 | 5.3% |
| 004 | 5 | 5.3% |
| 104 | 5 | 5.3% |
| 024 | 5 | 5.3% |
Site 035 had the most detected openings in the last 90 days: 6. One free watch covers every site here.
02 · Availability Outlook · Sep 18 – Oct 3, 2026 · of 71 monitored sites
Of the 1,136 tracked site-nights (Sep 18 – Oct 3, 2026): 288 open for online reservation · 658 reserved · 190 on sites not offered for online reservation (first-come, first-served or administrative). Of the facility's 71 monitored sites, 64 can be reserved online and 7 are first-come, first-served.
Where the open windows are
74.6% of tracked site-nights are not currently open for online reservation. 288 of 1,136 remain open; here is where they are.
Load status
Sep 18 – Oct 3, 2026Not open online74.6%
Open site-nights288 / 1,136
Reserved (of online inventory)658 / 946
Weekday openings238
Weekend openings50
Of the open site-nights on mapped sites, 238 fall on weekdays and 50 on weekends (Fri–Sun).
Open dates by month
Sep 2026 – Oct 2026September holds the most room. 232 of 923 site-nights are still open there.
Holiday windows
Sites open per night · of 71 sites| Window | Night | Sites open | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labor Day | SAT Sep 5 | 0 | None open |
| SUN Sep 6 | 0 | None open | |
| MON Sep 7 | 0 | None open |
Labor Day: no online availability on any tracked night.
Best-availability sites
Most open site-nights · tracked window| Site | Open site-nights |
|---|---|
| 025 | 10 |
| 030 | 10 |
| 046 | 10 |
| 022 | 9 |
| 023 | 9 |
The 5 sites with the most open site-nights in the current snapshot. Pair a bookable date with a free alert to cover everything else.
Next windows
As of Sep 18, 2026 snapshotNext open dateTue · Sep 22
Next open weekendFri · Oct 2
The next bookable night is Sep 22; the first open weekend starts Oct 2. Campsite Sniper can watch later dates for you.
Stays and site detail
288 open site-nights across 53 sites at East Fork Campground – Inyo National Forest (CA), from the same hourly snapshot as everything above.
Multi-night stays. 79 2-night, 55 3-night, 6 7-night openings where a single site is free for every night, per Campsite Sniper's current snapshot — soonest Sep 22 at site 001.
RV length. Longest recorded site here is 65 ft. 53 sites take 25 ft, 28 sites take 35 ft, 19 sites take 40 ft. 3 sites of 71 have no recorded maximum and are not counted.
All 53 sites with current availability
| Site | Max RV | Hookups | Open site-nights | Longest run | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 025 | 22 ft | None | 10 | 7 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3 |
| 030 | 23 ft | None | 10 | 7 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3 |
| 046 | 33 ft | None | 10 | 7 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3 |
| 022 | 35 ft | None | 9 | 7 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3 |
| 023 | 22 ft | None | 9 | 7 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3 |
| 026 | 28 ft | None | 9 | 6 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3 |
| 031 | 20 ft | None | 9 | 6 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3 |
| 036 | 26 ft | None | 9 | 6 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3 |
| 016 | 30 ft | None | 8 | 5 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1 |
| 019 | 20 ft | None | 8 | 5 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1 |
| 024 | 36 ft | None | 8 | 6 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3 |
| 032 | 21 ft | None | 8 | 5 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3 |
| 002 | 30 ft | None | 7 | 4 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1 |
| 004 | 30 ft | None | 7 | 4 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1 |
| 018 | 30 ft | None | 7 | 7 nights | Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3 |
| 020 | 23 ft | None | 7 | 4 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1 |
| 040 | 34 ft | None | 7 | 3 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Oct 2, Oct 3 |
| 128 | 40 ft | None | 7 | 5 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1 |
| 033 | 30 ft | None | 6 | 3 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Oct 2, Oct 3 |
| 037 | 21 ft | None | 6 | 3 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30 |
| 038 | 42 ft | None | 6 | 4 nights | Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1 |
| 053 | 25 ft | None | 6 | 3 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29 |
| 113 | 40 ft | None | 6 | 3 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29 |
| 127 | 50 ft | None | 6 | 4 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30 |
| 017 | 30 ft | None | 5 | 3 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 28, Oct 1 |
| 021 | 40 ft | None | 5 | 3 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3 |
| 034 | 18 ft | None | 5 | 3 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28 |
| 035 | 25 ft | None | 5 | 3 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 30, Oct 1 |
| 042 | 35 ft | None | 5 | 3 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Oct 2, Oct 3 |
| 047 | 28 ft | None | 5 | 3 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 30, Oct 1 |
| 050 | 18 ft | None | 5 | 3 nights | Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29 |
| 117 | 38 ft | None | 5 | 3 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 28, Sep 29 |
| 119 | 38 ft | None | 5 | 2 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 27, Sep 30, Oct 1 |
| 124 | 55 ft | None | 5 | 4 nights | Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30 |
| 003 | 30 ft | None | 4 | 3 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Oct 1 |
| 027 | 38 ft | None | 4 | 3 nights | Sep 24, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30 |
| 041 | 34 ft | None | 4 | 3 nights | Sep 23, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29 |
| 043 | 22 ft | None | 4 | 3 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 30 |
| 044 | 25 ft | None | 4 | 2 nights | Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 30, Oct 1 |
| 054 | 25 ft | None | 4 | 2 nights | Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 29, Oct 1 |
| 125 | 35 ft | None | 4 | 3 nights | Sep 22, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30 |
| 129 | 42 ft | None | 4 | 3 nights | Sep 24, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30 |
| 001 | 20 ft | None | 3 | 3 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24 |
| 045 | 18 ft | None | 3 | 2 nights | Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 30 |
| 048 | 26 ft | None | 3 | 2 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 29 |
| 051 | 30 ft | None | 2 | 1 night | Sep 23, Sep 27 |
| 104 | 23 ft | None | 2 | 1 night | Sep 23, Sep 30 |
| 115 | 44 ft | None | 2 | 1 night | Sep 22, Sep 29 |
| 123 | 55 ft | None | 2 | 2 nights | Sep 22, Sep 23 |
| 102 | 30 ft | None | 1 | 1 night | Sep 23 |
| 103 | 40 ft | None | 1 | 1 night | Sep 22 |
| 111 | 50 ft | None | 1 | 1 night | Sep 30 |
| 114 | 40 ft | None | 1 | 1 night | Sep 28 |
About East Fork Campground – Inyo National Forest (CA)
Overview
East Fork Canyon is in a beautiful wooded section of Rock Creek Canyon, near Lower Rock Creek. Anglers, hikers and photographers enjoy this scenic location in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.
The facility is large and accommodating, with several loops of campsites.Opening and closing dates for the season are dependent on weather.
Recreation
Rock Creek and other waterways in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains are known for their exceptional trout fishing. A catch from the creek may include brook, brown, rainbow and stocked Alpers trout, while anglers in the backcountry are treated to populations of golden trout.
The area's majestic scenery and challenging trails are an obvious draw for hikers and mountain bikers. There are several trails in and around Rock Creek Canyon, some of which meander around high-elevation alpine lakes.
Facilities
The campground has four loops. Some campsites are close together, and some sit along the banks of the creek. There is a mix of sun and shade.
Firewood is available for purchase on-site.
Bears inhabit the area; bear-proof lockers for food storage are located throughout the campground.
Natural Features
This beautifully wooded area is dense with pine and fir trees, with aspens that turn golden and shimmer in the fall. Sitting at an elevation of 8,900 ft., East Fork offers views of the taller mountain peaks that surround it.
The campground is adjacent to the clear, cold and cascading Rock Creek, which originates in the John Muir Wilderness and runs for 22 miles through the bottom of Rock Creek Canyon.
The area is home to abundant wildlife, including black bear, mountain lions, mule deer, pine marten, pika and many species of fish and birds.
Nearby Attractions
For campers interested in local events, Mule Days are held in nearby Bishop over Memorial Day weekend, and the Mammoth Jazz Jubilee is hosted in Mammoth in mid-July.
71 monitored sites7 FCFS sitesRVs up to 65 ftNo hookups42 shadedPets OKFire pitsMax party 6
Getting there
From Bishop or Mammoth Lakes, California, follow U.S. Highway 395 (about 30 miles north of Bishop). Take the Tom's Place exit and go 6 miles on Rock Creek Road.
Inyo, CA760-935-4825
CampingFishingHikingHorseback RidingPicnickingWildlife Viewing
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03 · Field Photos · roll CS-232396 · facility
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FAQ
How do I get a reservation at East Fork Campground – Inyo National Forest (CA)?
Reservations for East Fork Campground – Inyo National Forest (CA) are made through Recreation.gov. 74.6% of tracked site-nights are not currently open for online reservation; 288 of 1,136 remain open. Campsite Sniper has also detected 95 site openings here in the last 90 days, so further dates may appear. Pick a site on the map to see its calendar, or set a free Campsite Sniper alert. You complete the reservation yourself on Recreation.gov.
Does Campsite Sniper book this campground for me?
No. Campsite Sniper sends alerts and direct Recreation.gov links. It never books, pays for, holds, hoards, or resells reservations.
How current is this availability data?
Campsite Sniper re-checks public Recreation.gov availability for this facility every hour and republishes whenever anything changes. This facility's data last changed at Sep 18, 2026 16:19 UTC; an older timestamp means nothing has changed since that time, not that checking stopped. Always confirm final availability on Recreation.gov when you book.
How often do new openings appear at East Fork Campground – Inyo National Forest (CA)?
Campsite Sniper detected 23 site-date openings at East Fork Campground – Inyo National Forest (CA) in the last 7 days, 86 over 30 days and 95 over the last 90.
Which day of the week had the most detected openings at East Fork Campground – Inyo National Forest (CA)?
Sunday accounted for the largest share of the openings Campsite Sniper detected in the last 90 days: 26 of 95 (27.4%). Days reflect when Campsite Sniper first detected each opening, not when the change occurred upstream.
Can I get a multi-night stay at East Fork Campground – Inyo National Forest (CA)?
55 three-night openings are showing, counting only runs where the SAME site is free for all three nights. The soonest starts Sep 22 at site 001. Confirm and book on Recreation.gov.
Which sites at East Fork Campground – Inyo National Forest (CA) fit a 35-foot RV?
28 of the 71 sites that support RV analysis have a recorded maximum of 35 ft or more; the longest recorded is 65 ft. 68 of those 71 sites have a recorded maximum length and 3 do not; they are not counted as fitting.
Which month has the most availability at East Fork Campground – Inyo National Forest (CA)?
September 2026, with 232 open site-nights in the current snapshot of 923.
How far ahead of a stay do openings appear at East Fork Campground – Inyo National Forest (CA)?
Half of the openings Campsite Sniper detected appeared at least 15 days before the stay date; the middle 50% landed 8-27.5 days out. Campsite Sniper can monitor future changes for dates you select.
When is the next open date at East Fork Campground – Inyo National Forest (CA)?
As of the Sep 18, 2026 snapshot: the next open date is Tue, Sep 22 and the next open weekend starts Fri, Oct 2. Detected openings can add earlier dates at any time; a free Campsite Sniper alert catches those the moment they appear.
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