Visiting National Forests

Outdoor recreation can be beneficial for your health but must be practiced safely. Please avoid visiting national forests if you are sick and/or experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. Follow CDC guidance on personal hygiene and social distancing before and during your visit to the forest.

We recommend exercising close to your home and complying with local and state guidance for not traveling for your recreation needs. Stay safe. For more on avoiding COVID-19, visit www.coronavirus.gov.

We continue to recommend that you recreate locally--  here are current conditions for the Inyo.

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Visitor Centers are offering virtual service this year. Wilderness permits are online only! Pick up instructions

New: Inyo National Forest forest order for stay limits. including Exhibit A

Watch Experience Inyo—a video to help orient you to this beautiful forest

Popular Recreation Activities

Recent News

• Extension of Scoping Period for Long Valley Exploration Drilling Project

  Release Date: May 4, 2021  

• Prescribed fire planned near Sunny Slopes/Tom’s Place

  Release Date: Apr 30, 2021  

• South Tufa boardwalk closed this week for rehab work

  Release Date: Apr 26, 2021  

Features

Leave No Trace

Leave No Trace principles on Mt. Whitney require additional measures because of the trail's popularity.

The 7 Principles of Leave No Trace

These are principles that you should be thinking about when you visit Wilderness anywhere.

Spotlights

Land Management Plan

Revising the Inyo National Forest's 1988 land management plan (forest plan) because economic, social, and ecological conditions have changed and new scientific information is available.

Bishop Creek Recreation: Web Survey

 Bishop Creek Recreation: Web Survey, Operations and Maintenance Assessment