Reviews

Elizabeth Stewart

5 star experience for those who look for wilderness with a clean toilet and running water!! Middle of nowhere before the Kings Canyon entrance. --We came from the south, heading northeast on CA-198 E. We took the CA-216 W to Dry Creek Dr. and stayed on that to Eshom Valley Dr. This was a long, narrow, windy road. Then Wortman Mills Rd to the campground entrance. I had downloaded offline maps and had no problem navigating. --It was so quiet, and if you didn't breathe too loud, you could hear the creek from our campsite. Isolated dark skies and a million stars! The large meadow at the end of the campground was lush in August. I did not see any cows :( The creek was within walking distance of almost all the sites. We tried traipsing along what we thought was a trail we found at the end of the campground, but it's overgrown and dead ends at the meadow fence. There are bear boxes, fire rings, and tables on each site. The bathroom was clean and the spigot was close. We collected loose wood at the entrance for firewood and swept the campsite for kindling. Nature provides :) A great tranquil campground! A few other groups were camping but it felt like we had the whole place to ourselves! --I highly recommend if you have time to commute to and from the park entrance. It's as close as you can be to the park without being in with the crowds. It took about 45 minutes on forest roads to get to the Big Stump entrance where 180 forks. --Wortman Mills Rd turns left and becomes Forest Rte 14S75. Then a couple miles on 14S43 and 14S45, which ends at the General's Highway 180. -The forest service roads are mostly compacted and smooth, with tree canopy and breathtaking vistas, but a few deeply rutted areas made me glad we brought my husband's Chevy Silverado and not my Subaru Forrester.

Outdoors “Outdoors” beyond nature1980

Hello friends on this trip I explored Eshom Campgrounds, but was unable to stay long due to a prescribed burn of the of eshom forest, so I made my way to Hartland Christian Camp Whitaker Forest Rd where I stop and prepared a meal with tea. There are giant Sequoia trees near Eshom camp.

April Dawn

Go near mothers day the lady bug migration is such a sight. An the air an all the fresh green grass an new leaf's its just so wonderful there loved it. You can never go wrong with this beautiful area.

Elizabeth Silva

It was beautiful and the kids loved it dont forget to take bugs spray for mosquitoes

M Montes

Love it here. A little off the beaten path but very quiet and peaceful. The campground manager steve is super nice and he keeps the vault toilets very clean. It is a bit of a drive to the center of the park, but we dont mind the drives through the forest.

Jennifer Posusta

Large campsites and the CLEANEST vault toilets I’ve come across in a campground. However, was a nightmare to try and get there. GPS couldn’t find it and the directions from rec.gov were marginal

melody melendez

Beautiful place to camp, great campsites and a beautiful flowing creek that runs through the campground. Two things that can be improved is that there are many cows and bulls that get out into the campsite and will wake you up early in the morning. The other thing is the vault toilets smell pretty bad. I asked the host how often they get cleaned out she said every year. Other than that beautiful place.

Tanner Hirakida

This campsite is off the beaten path, but once you’re there, it offers large sites, clean bathrooms, and a small creek running through the campground. My only minus for the site was the distance that you have to travel to get to the National Park. If you book here, be sure to read the directions carefully, or you’ll find yourself on a bumpy road!

Ryan Rezaei

Great experience overall. Steve the host is knowledgeable, helpful and funny. It is kind of far from the actual sequoia national park attractions but a quiet place to spend a couple of nights....