RATING: ♦♦♦
- Dates: Apr 26, 2019 – May 5, 2019
- Length of stay: 9 nights.
- Cost per night: $14.
- Discount: None.
- Hookups: None. Only a vault toilet and dumpster.
- Site number/quality: #59. Wide, level site right next to the Owens River below the Pleasant Valley Dam and Reservoir.
- Park Quality: This is part of the Inyo County park system. Very pretty location in the Owens River Gorge, but the sites and roads in the campground are poorly maintained. It’s also too expensive for what you get. No fresh water or dump station. We had to go back into Bishop for both.
- Access: One and a half miles off US-395 on Pleasant Valley Dam Rd (paved) about 12 miles north of Bishop.
- Connectivity: Verizon-None, AT&T-OK, T-Mobile-None.
- Return yes/no?: Not this campground, but definitely hope to return to Bishop.
- Notes: We love the town of Bishop, and enjoyed hanging out. On one of our explorations, we discovered the Horton Creek BLM Campground only a few miles out of town. If we’re ever back in the area, we’ll try to stay there. It has fresh water and a dump station and much cheaper (only $4.00/night with our Senior Pass).
- Website: Pleasant Valley Campground
