The Elbow Access
The Elbow Access
The Elbow access site offers primitive camping at Bighorn Campground with first-come, first-served sites featuring fire rings and picnic tables, plus vault toilets but no water hookups.
This remote section of the East Walker River is renowned for world-class fishing and provides day-use river access for anglers and paddlers seeking a rustic, undeveloped experience.
Access is via Sweetwater Road (a county-maintained dirt road) approximately 7 miles east from Highway 338.
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