Grandview Campground

Just go, the stars at night are intense, have way too the oldest trees on this planet

We stayed over Labor Day weekend but if we had not arrived at 8:00 am on Friday it would've been full! This is an outstanding campground for stargazers. Even with the naked eye you will likely see more stars than ever before in America... Really. The layout is nice and great for walks. Our experience with the toilets were that is was always clean, free of smell, and they added TP before it ran out.
If you are a tent camper, who is camping there for other reasons, those stargazers can be a hindrance to sleep. Normally quiet hours begin at 10 or 11 pm but the stargazers wait for various events and treat 3:30 am as if it were noon. Bring earplugs! ;)

Epic campsite in the gorgeous white mountains / inyo forest! Dreamy views and vibrations...

Beautiful campground located about 9,000 ft above sea level. Perfect campground for relaxing and viewing stars at night. Lots of shady campsites. Picnic tables and fire pits with grills are available. Only a couple minutes drive from the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest where Pine trees over 4,000 years old reside. This campground has no water and vault toilets but that was totally fine with us. This campground got really windy sometimes with gusts upto 40 mph!

Have always enjoyed staying at this campground in the White Mountains at 8,600 ft elevation. It is beautiful, with a view of the Eastern Sierra, quiet, with no noisey generators, sparsely used in late Oct., cool during the day, cold at night and an amazing night sky. We picked a site in the late afternoon, set out our chairs and small tables, took a walk up a road at the end of the cg to get a better view of the mountains, and upon return saw that our chairs/tables were gone. Walking around our site a bit more we saw significant microtrash, beer cans and bottles in the firepit, sawn off tree limbs for firewood, and animal parts (pelts, legs) scattered about. Disappointed to see this cg in this state caused by uncaring people.

Closed as of July 7th, 2020.

I've camped here 3x previously. Grandview is great for what it is, the closest (and only) campground for an early start on a full day of Bristlecone Pine adventures.

After being surprised at Grandview being closed, we ended up across the Owens Valley at Sage Flats, which is also a great campground.

Moral of the story: always check with the source, fs.usda.gov. Use but don't rely on yelp and other secondary sources.

This is a really great campground! Here's the catch. You've got to like a dry (no water available) camp, because it means there's fewer people that'll go there. My friends and I love this campground for the quietness and space. We've often been able to find a camp site with some space between you and the next camper. The mature pinons and junipers are really neat. Most camp sites have a picnic table and a fire ring. There are some that are more open, some are surrounded by trees, some that can accommodate medium sized RV's, some have more slope than others. So there's something for everyone. There's at least 3 vault toilets for the whole campground.

This is a high elevation camp. At 8,600 feet, the stars are closer as is the sun and occasional wind. Bring water, TP, and sunscreen. Anything you forgot is about 45 minutes away at Big Pine. Does that sound bad? Not if you consider that there are also no snakes, bears, and very few bugs!!

If you head west from the campground (on foot) you'll eventually get to the site of the old Grandview mine. There's some old equipment still lying around.

This camp is a great launch point to see the Bristlecone pines and surrounding area. We were just there and saw come beautiful aspens in full color at 11,000 ft.

We stayed at Grandview campground so that we could hike the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest & White Mountain, all nearby.

This campground is very bare. Bring ALL YOUR WATER. There is NONE here! We brought 3 gallons per person per night and managed fine.

Campsite was just a plot of land that was close to the One vault toilet available. Good thing it had 2-giant rolls of toilet paper since I didn't bring any. Always a good idea to bring your own though.

Lots of stars can be seen in the sky at night.

You'll need to pack out your Garbage so bring Garbage Bags! Closest garbage cans are near the Schulman Grove Visitor Center that's 5-miles away.

No bear bins so all food get locked up in the car. Had no problems with wildlife.

Voluntary maintenance fee of $3 per night.

Website:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/inyo/recreation/bristlecone/index.shtml

Avoid this place like the plague. So many flies. It's a dry campsite. Toilets were NASTY. Neighbors blasted music all night. Will not be coming back here.

Grandview is a really nice albeit dry campground.

Pros: "grand" views of the Great Basin and the Sierras, excellent visibility of the night sky, great stargazing, proximity to the ancient bristlecone pines at the Schulman grove, elevation, proximity to White Mountain (a 14er), quiet (most of the time), solitude (most of the time), birds, trees and shade, established fire rings, picnic tables, good tent sites, recycling pit toilets with Purell dispensers, educational presentations on Saturday nights, good paved roads in, few (no?) bears. Inexpensive-- small donations are requested from campers. Good bike riding trails (dirt roads) for beginners.

Cons: busy (Labor Day weekend), crowded (Labor Day weekend). Dry-- no water is available, so be sure to bring plenty with you! Also be sure to bring plenty of firewood, and plenty of water for extinguishing your fire! Also be certain to obtain a permit for your fire! Bring TP, in case the rolls in he toilets run out.

Usage note-- if you let the flies out of the toilet before settling down to business, the experience is much improved.

Check out the camp site on the way to the mine site; it has a "grand" view of the Sierras!