Tuttle Creek Campground

This is our 3rd time camping here at Tuttle Creek and as the past 2 times it was almost perfect, this site was almost level close to the creek which you can hear from your site, we had some friendly little critters scampering about and were frequented by a small covey of quail daily... The weather was great not to cold at night mid 30's and prefect during the day low 70's... For the most part our neighbor's were nice, polite and most important they were quite except for this one ahole in a class A who would run his generator at all hours of the day and night we could just barely hear it from our site but others closer to him were quite annoyed especially after him running it at 3 am in the morning so they complained to the camp host after getting nowhere asking him not to run it at night.. He stopped after the camp host explained camping etiquette and the camp rules....

Walked the entire Campground and found it to be clean along with its upgraded vault toilets placed around each of the 3 loops containing over 80 sites. Most are large enough for 30 ft trailers and suv although may not be very level. Bring those blocks and you'll be fine. About 20% of the sites were tent users. This first week in October found it to be half full on a Thursday night. For those not willing to pay the $10/night would say there's a few BLM sites east of the campsite road we came in on along with a few east of Movie road and a few along a stream bed North of Lone Pine Campgrounds. Just use Google satellite view to search them out along with the BLM map overview on this website 😀
Has small creek running through it.

I arrived around 1AM after work on Friday and settled in at site #23. It took a while for me to angle the trailer just the right way in the moon light but once I had it just right I was rewarded in the morning with a beautiful view of the mountains and the sun rising. First day was perfect nice and warm with minimal flies. The second day we had consistent 15-20 mph gusts. It was rough to sit outside without getting sand blasted. Instead I opted to eat dinner inside the trailer.

This was our second stay here and when we arrived, we both said we had forgotten how beautiful the views are! Last time we stayed in a pull-thru site on the lower section on the South side of the creek. This time we drove up a bit past the camphost to a back in site against the creek. Nice little spot to let the dog get her paws wet and beautiful views of the Eastern Sierra. Long enough site to not un-hook and level enough. A bit close to the site above us, but we just randomly grabbed one. Site 8 is probably my favorite!
Love the senior discount and love that they have a dump station here - which we gladly paid the $5 fee.
Nice to have trash receptacles too.
Really love this place!

Gorgeous (in a primitive way) location with panoramic views of Mt. Whitney and surrounding peaks.
We went "in-between storms in the Sierra" in mid-April and expected the place to be nearly empty so we were starting to panic when we arrived after an 8-hour drive to find the first loop completely full! Fortunately, we found a dozen or so sites still available in the other two loops. There were hurricane-force winds on 395 that day so maybe more people than normal pulled in to get away from it (needless to say, the campground, which is completely open was also extremely windy for 2 of our 3 days there.)

The sites are all decently sized, but some are more level than others.

There were some reports that the road into the park was of concern... not really. True, it's like a mile of 1-way road, but there are a few turnouts and, more importantly, as the road is simply crossing the desert, the entire expanse is in sight the whole time so you have plenty of warning if someone is coming. It's not like you're going around blind corners on the side of a cliff. The numerous, aggressive speed bumps are much more of a nuisance than the narrow road.

The vault toilets were very clean and not once did I even get a whiff of foul odor. The whole campground was exceptionally clean (if dirt can be clean!). It seems the people that come here tend to be very responsible and respectful. We saw no loud or obnoxious campers (but then, it was so windy, it would be hard to tell!)

Water is rare. There is a faucet at the entrance by the dump station but I didn't check to see if it was potable. Our loop had one faucet and I expected to see a "don't fill your tanks" sign on it, but there wasn't, so we quickly stopped and grabbed 15 gallons or so.

The surrounding Alabama Hills are ruggedly beautiful, especially during the golden hour. The dirt roads are in good condition and just about any car should be able to go to the Arches trailhead off of Movie Rd. (Though many of the side trails require a higher-clearance vehicle)

The town of Lone Pine is only a 10-minute drive away. The Movie Museum was fun. Gas and food were on the expensive side, but I've seen worse. The Park Service visitor center outside of town is very nice. Manzanar is a must-do historic site about 20 miles from camp.

Whitney Portal Rd is right next to camp and leads you up to the trailhead and other interesting attractions up Mt. Whitney, but both times we tried to go, the road was closed for work. The guy said to come back after 3:00 - we came back at 4:15 - he was gone, but the road was still closed. Drat. Major disappointment there, but at least I still came home with some great photos of other things.

I got basic LTE on my Sprint-based phone but my wife got nothing on her Visible (old Verizon network based).

It's hard to give a primitive camp a full 5-stars, but it probably deserves it for the scenery and low cost.

Alabama hills is undergoing some restoration and the lone pine campground wasn’t open when we pulled up, so checked out Tuttle Creek and glad we did. For only $8 you get a nice sized site, fire pit and table. Solid Verizon cell service throughout. We arrived 4/1 and the weather was perfect, a little windy but nice most of the time. Views are awesome and my dog loved playing in the little creek running through the campground. I was concerned at first about neighbors feeling close but it was honestly so peaceful and the sites each maintained a nice level of privacy. Everyone else camping there were very quiet and nice. Would definitely return!

Site 11 is plenty deep for most any rig. My 33' moho + Ranger p/u had 10' to spare. Very unlevel side to side and back to front. Most sites I saw were not much better. Take your time and find one that is good for your rig. I had plenty of solar on the 1 clear day with portable 2 100w panels. and don't forget to find Lathe Arch just past (going ccw) the Mobius Arch.--a cute little thing :) Lots of vacant sites mid week, but Fri PM they all filled up. It looks like one of the Pay to Dump fixtures has been added to the dump station. It was covered up when I left--so I can't be sure. Water flow was being tested--but I don't think it was left on. There are signs at the frost-frees that it is non-potable water! My stay ended on a Fri, so I needed to leave Sat AM. A BLM Ranger advised me to be out of the c/g by 7am to avoid folks entering with an RV. The road in is very narrow with few pullouts. No way can 2 rvs pass in most places, and with a towed I could not back up. Minus 1 star only becuz of the narrow road.