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Chimney Creek Campground is located within Chimney Peak Recreation Area and is cherry stemmed out of Owens Peak Wilderness. The campground contains 36 sites and is nestled among beautiful pinyon pines, grey pines, and oaks along Chimney Creek at 5,700 feet in elevation. Each site in the campground has a picnic table and fire ring. Potable water is available during the summer months near the very end of the campground loop at site 36. During the summer, days can be warm and dry. The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail crosses Canebrake Road just south of the campground. Chimney Creek Trail, a primitive route along Chimney Creek, starts at the cattle guard a half mile from the start of the campground road.
Follow highway CA-178 approximately 30 miles east of the town of Lake Isabella and turn north onto Canebreak Road. Follow this graded dirt road approximately 9 miles to the prominent junction of Canebrake and Long Valley/ Chimney Basin Roads and continue straight (right fork). The campground will be on the right in an additional 2 miles. The campground road includes spurs to numerous sites. Potable water during the summer months is located at the very end of the campground road (1 mile).
Looks like BLM has ignored this place. Only users are probably thru hikers and deer hunters. It was a perfect getaway.
I had an amazing memorial day weekend here with some of the best people, and it was just being done out of the kindness of there hearts, beautiful campground I will be back
Free, primitive campground. I went there on a Tuesday in late July and only saw one other person pass through in a truck. It was a little too lonely for me so I left and went to Kennedy Meadows. The campground is made up of a series of clusters of camp sites spaced out along the creek. There’s plenty of shaded spots and it’s a very beautiful setting. I checked out the creek for a second. Heads up, lots of ticks and mosquitoes. This would be a great spot to camp with a group of people in smaller trailers.
