Camp at Pleasant Valley Pit

Bishop, California

3.5/5

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Added by Bureau of Land Management - California

Enjoy camping outside of the town of Bishop, CA just off Buttermilk Road.

Pleasant Valley Pit offers 75 sites, fires outside camping area need a permit, a dumpster is in the campground, 4 vault toilets, no water, some tables, fire rings. To get here, head 0.5 miles off of the Pleasant Valley Road.

$2 per vehicle. Learn more at blm.gov

This campground is dog-friendly, but dogs should be on-leash at all times.

Thinking about bouldering, check out this adventure.

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Jon Schwedler

Camp at Pleasant Valley Pit

12/26/19

Two of the photos are of the Volcanic Tablelands, north of Bishop. There is camping there, too, but not the Buttermilks, which are west of Bishop.

3.0

Andreas Slette

Camp at Pleasant Valley Pit

05/24/17

nice place, nice views, if you like to pay but not much then this place is good when dry. watch out for rainy and wet days/nights, thats when it becomes the unpleasant pit.

4.0

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