The Alabama Hills are located near Lone Pine, CA - west of US395. They have been seen in films since the early days of Hollywood. Over 400 movies have been made in The Hills. Large rocks dominate The Hills. The Sierra Nevada is the western background and the White Mountains border on the east.
The Hills are BLM land. You can park where ever you like. There are no amenities other than the splendid views.
Best time to visit, late Fall.
Our site and view
There are a labyrinth of roads that can explored by car or on foot
Film Festival – For film buffs, an annual film festival is held the first week of October. There is a museum in town chock full of memorabilia.
Hundreds of markers are placed in The Hills the week before the film festival, like the one above showing Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette in front of The Gene Autry Rock.
We try to be there the week before the festival. That’s when they do the annual road grating to accommodate the extra traffic. We have a fav location that is not too far down Movie Road. It’s a half-mile off the main road, so we don’t get any dust from the traffic and no one bothers us. Some nights we can see a fire from another camper in the distance. That’s our site and our view in the first pair of pictures.
Don & Dorothy
PS, the private CG’s are booked a year in advance for the film festival.Close to the wide open, park anywhere Alabama Hills is the Forest Service campground, Tuttle Creek.
Tuttle Creek campground in Lone Pine, CA.
In late September, the weather is perfect - warm during the day, cool in the evening. It's a beautiful desert setting with majestic mountains in the background. The area all along Hwy 395 in California is one of my favorites. There are lots of places to boondock, this is just one of many. Cost is $5/night, with Golden Age pass only $2.50. Water is available. The location: Latitude 36.565, Longitude -118.127 More information at the BLM website.
Nancy McKenna
We think US395 is the most scenic road in the country. In addition to Yosemite, there is Mono Lake, the June Lakes area, the Bristlecone’s in the White Mountains and Death Valley is just across two mountain ranges. Plus there are 4WD trails throughout the area,
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