Brown's Town Campground

Historical plaque inscription: Schober Lane Campground. When purchased by the City of Los Angeles in 1927, this property was an irrigated pasture of native grasses and clover. Prior to European settlement, however, the site was a small part of an area known as "pitana patu," a highly-developed Paiute system of irrigated vegetation. Unique in North America, pitana patu was often referred to as "irrigation without agriculture." Each year, the tribe chose one man for the highly-honored position of "Head Irrigator" to maintain a dam on Bishop Creek to the west, a three-mile-long main ditch, and several smaller ditches used to irrigate numerous plots of wild food plants. In 1960, the Department of Water and Power leased this property to the County of Inyo for use as a roadside park and campground. In 1982, the County sub-leased the site to a concessionaire to operate and maintain the campground facility. This land provided for your enjoyment by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

We stayed (1) nite on 11-5-25. $40. Extra $10 if your want to dump water. Store is closed during winter. You put cash in envelope & drop in the slot. A guy is driving around in golf cart to keep everyone honest. No reservations. Just drive in & find a spot. Lots of pull throughs.

Overall great place to stay. They have spaces for RV's or tents only with bon fire pits. Customer service was great and the small store up front is open long hours. Showers and restrooms are clean. The only small concern is the showers being able to keep up with the hot water demand. Might need to time your shower for off hours.

$40 electric. $35 tent. Nice quiet campground. Lots of mature trees for shade. Would request a grass site if you have kids or dogs. Our dogs dragged in an inordinate amount of dirt and sand and rocks. A bit of pavement or cement might help. Bathrooms ok. Cleaned just before I looked and smelled of bleach. Showers were a definite NO GO. Gross. I was just on the road for 3 weeks, prob 10 Rv or campgrounds and that was the worst. Dirty moldy old ick. And you have to pay for tokens which is fine but others say the token machines don’t work?

This campground has been wonderful. We always enjoy our stay. We have been coming here for over 5 years. My in-laws have been coming here much longer. Things here are clean and well managed. Marshall is a grounds keeper here and he does EXCELLENT! He keeping the bathrooms and showers orderly. He’s very attentive to all that he does. Brownstown is very lucky to have him. Thank you to Marshall and all who work there.