My husband, friend and I stayed at this campground last weekend as a quick stop before we went backpacking in sequoia. I'd definitely recommend staying here if you are doing something similar! The campground has walk up sites. You'll park in a private parking lot and will walk to your site from there. All of the sites are pretty close to the parking lot - even if you have a lot of stuff, it shouldn't be a problem. Each site has a picnic table and fire pit. We stayed at site number 6, which was pretty huge. I'd definitely recommend this site, with my only complaint being that the lights to the karaoke bar shine in a little bit. One thing to note is that this campground is not for parties. It is definitely a campground where you'll want to talk in your "quiet" voice. Overall, I'd recommend this campground! read more

My friends and I stayed here one night for a trip to Sequoia National Park. We would stay here again on future trips, especially if you can't get a campground in the park. Here is some comments: Location: It is about 12 min to the front gate of the park, so super close. The campground is right by HWY 190. You can hear the cars but the traffic noise dies down to almost zero at night. There is restaurant/bar across the street which we found enjoyable especially since it was super hot outside! It had good food and drink. Price: It was very reasonably priced though you have to pay additional money for more than more car which it is due on arrival because you can't pay online for it. Staff/Facilities: The camp manager was very nice and welcoming. The bathroom and showers were clean and maintained. (Hot water too in shower!) Our campground was in the center next to others but we weren't disturbed. I included a camp map to help others with choosing a good spot. I would recommend 7/8 as they are in the back away from everything. Also, there is no potable water and while there is a camp store, it was closed when we were there. There are fire pits at each campsite. Overall, we had a good experience and this is a solid choice if you can't stay in the park. Just be prepared for some driving once you get in the park. read more

Kaweah Oaks Campground - Map of camping spots - Campgrounds Near Me - Three Rivers, California

Had a very nice and lovely stay for 3 nights over there. Campsite was nicely maintained and flat. Hot shower was adequate and I enjoyed its simplicity. It is close to local highway but I did not have any issue falling asleep and did not really notice noise that much. My whole family enjoyed it and we had fun visiting Sequoia National Parks and enjoyed the coffee shop, ice creams and the cool restaurant just within walking distance. As of now, I heard fire is ravaging the area and I really hope this campsite will survive. Hope to be back next Spring read more

Absolutely loved this campground. I took my two daughters as it was their first time camping and I didn't want them to be scared of bears. You don't have to worry about locking up your food or giant ants. The place was mostly empty which made me feel bad for the host but it was good for us because it felt like we had he campground to ourselves. It's at the bottom of the mountain which can be good or bad. I like to drive up for the day to hike and see the big tree and then back down at night. Not a problem for me. It was very clean except the bathroom could have been sprayed for insects. I actually drove to other campsites to compare and this definitely beats kaweah park resort which is disgusting, buckeye flats (which is so compact your next tent is 5ft away) And potwisha which is ridiculously unkept. Trash everywhere and brush needs to be trimmed there. Overall pros: very clean and we'll kept, stores within walking distance (gas,ice,candy store and ice cream shop) great for kids. Shower was very clean. Cons: bar across the street, bathrooms could be cleaner. Bring your own water but that's a given when going camping. read more

Kaweah Oaks Campground - Our camping spot #8 - Campgrounds Near Me - Three Rivers, California

Very much a roadside campground, but overall a nice stay. There is a restaurant/bar and an ice cream shop across the street by the river which is fun! Staff was very nice and helpful. Campsites were spacious with nice campground tables. It is a composting/pit toilet (think like anywhere in a National Park), but I think that's pretty standard - maybe a lot of the reviews complaining were expecting more. read more

If you're not a fan of paying hidden fees, stay clear of this campground. We were charged an extra $20 for not paying immediately upon arrival. As if that wasn't bad enough, the manager was extremely rude. Plus there is no clean drinking water available and the bathrooms were very dirty and infested with insects. read more

Nice place, friendly staff. I called late and they answered. We had been driving 6 hours and needed a place to stay and they were very accommodating. Fire pit, quiet, and did I mention the staff were very accommodating? 20$ a night in early march. read more

Just spent two nights at Kaweah Oaks Campground. Due to limited National Park options, this was a lucky find. It is near the park entrance and to Mineral King Road. The manager Jeff was friendly, very helpful and flexible on accommodations and sites. The campsites are spacious. Some more private than others. Bathrooms and showers were simple, adequate and clean. There is a communal area with an electric outlet. Parking outside the camp area at first seemed odd but hand trucks are available for your equipment and no cars driving around is worth it. Cooking and cleaning, bring your own water. For early to bed hikers with early starts, the road side noise and a restaurant/cantina across the way created a bit of disturbance. It eventually quiets down. Campground noise was handled gracefully by the manager. This is an orderly campsite in close proximity to the National Park run by a genuine helpful person Jeff. Good place for staging your park activities. read more

Jeff was really nice, and answered my questions about the site. I was staying there by myself so I was more careful than usual. When I got to Kaweah Oaks, I found a pleasant and shaded parking space, with flowers and trees, generous information about campground facilities and layout and Sequoia NP on a large message board. I did not use the bathroom, so I cannot comment on its state but the water supply was easy to access. The campsites are peaceful and quiet. I would definitely stay here again! read more

We found this location by pure luck! We had reservations at Three Rivers Hideaway for 3 nights. Unfortunately Three Rivers Hideaway did not have acceptable accommodations. We decided to look around and stopped at several sites with river access and all were booked up. We stopped by Kaweah Oaks and the host, Nikki was super helpful, and the price was extremely fair. This location does not allow the car to pull into the camping area, but they do provide dollies for your convenience. This is as close to forest camping as you can get off of the main street. No water access, but not too far from Slick Rock which is great! You can hear the river from this camp site. The bathrooms were always clean. There were some moments that you could get a foul whiff of it while passing by, but while inside there was no odor whatsoever. I'm very picky about bathrooms and will almost always refuse a public bathroom and had no hesitation about using the bathroom here when needed. We had site #9 and LOVED it! The space was ample and the sound from the street was minimal. Yes, there's some kind of bar or restaurant that had a band playing on the weekend and it was cool -- didn't bug us at all. Nikki was always busy keeping the facility up without being intrusive. Jeff was also a great help while we were checking in. The shower was clean and not completely cold. The earlier you shower the warmer the water. I loved the cooler water after a hot day on the river. We definitely would stay here again without hesitation. I can't thank Jeff and Nikki enough for their awesome hospitality and efforts in keeping this camp site up and running in such a smooth fashion. We'll be back!!!! read more

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If only I could give negative stars... The WORST part was arriving back from a drive and finding out that there is a BAR across the street with a LIVE, LOUD, BAD cover band (they ruined so many of my favorite songs...). there was also a crowd cheering very loudly. This was such a bad experience that we put out our campfire at 10:30 pm (somewhere between Moves Like Jagger and Beat It, ugh - my bleeding ears), packed up our stuff and drove an extra 2 hrs, late at night until we found a campground in the park with open space. SO other "JOYS..." Next to the highway so highway noise. NO drinkable water at the campsite (they will GLADLY sell you water at 2.5 times the normal price.) NO bear food safe storage. There was a pond with lots of singing frogs which I liked, but I did not like the FLIES and MOSQUITOES (there is not enough deet in CA). It is also a walk in, but the owner did bring our stuff in using a small 4 wheel drive. Also, the campsites are rather large and it is relatively close to the park. read more

Almost an hour away from Sequoia NP. Had only one bathroom and one shower and the bathroom was absolutely disgusting. Walk in (the campsites are hundred feet away from the parking). Disappointing for a private campground. Noisy bar across the street. Jeff was nice! read more

This campground is good for a couple of days but not for longer as there is only one shower with cold water and 2 toilets (one Dixie toilet and another one But also with no flushing water and smells pretty bad). I would not recommend the campsites right next to it as you can probably smell the restrooms from there. It's fairly small - I think 15 campsites or so and you'll need to carry your things inside as the parking is outside the fenced area where all the campgrounds are. It's also fairly loud - at least when we were there as there is a bar across the street which has live music. It's nice but can be annoying if you want to sleep. It's close to the road so you'll also hear the traffic. Didn't keep me from sleeping though. Else each campsite is fairly big, some more secluded than others. I took some pictures. We were in campsite 9 which is somewhat in the middle. Most spots have shade so that's great as it can get pretty warm in The Valley- be sure to bring thick cloths if u plan on visiting the park. It's much cooler there due to the elevation, which I didn't realize (should've checked the temps...). Overall I'd go back as it's just 10 minutes or so to the park but to get to the attractions in the park (Sherman tree for example) it's about an hour drive with no traffic. read more

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AVOID. No potable water and the staff was nowhere to be found the next day to give us any. We came to the campsite late and missed their instructions with how to check in, expecting that we'd do so in the morning. Mind you these instructions were not at all obvious. They then marched out to our campsite to charge us an extra $20 for this crime. To make matters worse, the guy who came out was rude and assumed that we were intentionally camping without paying, saying "we take it on good faith that people will pay". Clearly not because you were lying in wait with a $20 fee for us when we missed check in. Overall terrible experience. read more

We arrived here late and as same as others already mentioned the host welcomed. She has hospitality mind. It was so helpful. I recommend here if you did not have reservation. There was not far from Sequoia National Park. read more

Cute little campsite off the road. Great for a little overnighter by the lake. It is across from a restaurant bar and you can hear road noise but I'm a light sleeper and I had no problem. Each site has some shrubbery as dividers making them slightly private but not completely and each had fire pits. It has portables for both bathroom and shower. Nothing luxurious about it , but you're camping and it does its job! We enjoyed our stay! read more

Love this place! Big camp sites. And for the people complaining about no potable water, really?! Who doesn't bring there own water while camping?! Pretty dumb of you ask me. This place is super cozy right across the street from an ice cream shop and on the parking lot is a jerky stand with lots of yummy flavors! Can't wait to come back and camp here! read more

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Love this campground! Beautiful private sites. Plenty of room and close to everything! Love that we can have fires! The campground is like a little forest to adventure in. read more

This campground was just great, my husband and I stayed here the night before and the night after a back country trip in Sequoia. Nice spacious campsites with well maintained grounds (most sites appear to have hard packed sand so no fighting through rocks to put in stakes). Many of the campsites have large vegetation walls that separate the sites for privacy and noise reduction. Camp owners/front-desk were friendly and allowed us to check in very late one night with no fuss. Had a very clean pit toilet, running water sinks outside, and a port-o-shower as well! Pro's: 1. Very clean and well maintained 2. Nice staff, a good price for firewood, as well as a jerky stand! 3. Good amenities and right off the main road to Sequoia (Three Rivers Entrance), its probably 10 minutes from the Foothills Visitor Center in Sequoia. 4. Beautiful vegetated campsites and singing frogs at night. 5. Lots of animals to be seen (we saw a deer, a family of quail including chicks, bats, and a raccoon who did not disturb us at all) Con's: 1. This is a pretty weak con but it is across the street from a karaoke bar in town (mentioned by another reviewer) but we camped there on a Friday night and were unbothered by the small amount of noise that occasionally made it into the campground. 2. Their sinks didn't have potable water but they gave us a 2.5g jug of fresh water for free at checkin, so again I'm hesitant to mark this as a con. read more

Gorgeous little walk in campground. Truly a hidden jewel. The campsites are HUGE very private and very green. I love walking through there feeling like I'm in the woods and not a campground at all. The prices are very affordable. One shower and two toilets are more than I would get camping in the wilderness so both are appreciated. Campfires are a must when camping and you can do that here. Not in the park. Firewood was only $10 for a very generous amount. Love this place. read more

DANGEROUS! DON'T STAY HERE: Camping comes with many understandable risks, but staying at Kaweah Oaks Campground has been the most dangerous thing I have done in my life! It was my best friend birthday, and since we love nature and exploring, so we decided to spend the weekend exploring Sequoia. Staying here seemed like a good option to spend the night. We drove more than 4 hrs to get to the campground, so when we got there it was late. We set up our tents and lit a fire to cook and eat dinner. Then, a really mean guy came to us yelling because we were being too loud and he was trying to sleep. He said he was a friend of the owner, and that he had stayed there for three days because he needed peace. As you can read in many other reviews, there is a loud bar right in front of the grounds, and the camp is also right next to the noisy highway, so we were really surprised to have a guy yelling at us when it was really loud across the street. Why didn't he go yell at them? Our group was made of two girls and two boys. My best friend and I went to sleep early. Only my boyfriend and her boyfriend stayed up talking. We got up around 7:30 a.m and as we were carrying everything to the car (as you can read in other reviews, you park far away from the camping zone and you carry everything), the owner approached us out of nowhere saying: "You guys were really lucky I was not here last night. I would have called the cops and get you arrested. I want you out of my property!" I explained to him that last night the lady in charge came to us, explained all the rules (in a really nice way), and she said that it was okay to just be talking. We followed everything she said. I asked him to go and talk to her. It was the owner who approached us yelling, and then we just walked away repeating "these young people know nothing about respect." As we were putting everything in our car (and with my bad luck), my plastic bag ripped and I had to pick everything up and put it in another bag. He came back and said, "Hurry up and get the hell out of my property. I will call the sheriff and get you arrested!" I felt so humiliated. He was yelling and treating us like if we were worse than criminals. So I yelled back "That's enough from you. It has been established that we will not come back, so you can just stop harassing us and yelling at us." He left yelling other things about us, and when he and his friend from last night came back, they were VISIBLY CARRYING THEIR GUNS!!! GUNS! What type of people go get their guns after an argument? We were leaving!!! We were just carrying everything to our car. Two girls and two boys. The owner and his friend were HOVERING like vultures over a dead animal! Thinking about it gives me the chills. The really nice lady who spoke to us the night before came to us as we were driving out of the parking lot. She apologized about everything and said that she was going to speak to them. Still, I would never go there again! read more

Went here by complete chance because the lame Government shut down. We were trying to go to Sequoia National Forest but when an armed police guard at the front gate turned us away we were lucky to find this place just right back in town. Yes there is a bar across the street but it is not that loud and hell we went there the first night for a couple beers, very convenient; we just walked across the street and we were back at the camp site. The man running the camp was very friendly! He told us a few places we could get to the river that only locals know about. Also, even though this camp site usually caters to people on bikes it was no problem that we had a car. He also sold some amazing local beef jerky and I love good jerky. We were just going to stay one night but ended up staying two because it was so great. There was so much wild life everywhere! We saw a bobcat, a fox, a cougar/ mountain lion,deer everywhere and a few Blue Herons. One flew right over us as we sat on a rock in the sun in the middle of the river drinking a few beers. There were signs of bear everywhere but we did not see one. We are definitely going back next time we get a chance and when the park is open. P.S. On our way out he told us about a little breakfast place called "We Three". The food was some good ol' home country cooking at a great price and very tasty. We also got some of their pastries for the road that were to die for, freshly made there and at 2 bucks for a cinnamon bun the size of your head how can you go wrong!!! We loved this little town and the people we friendly and laid back. P.S.S Last time I checked FLIES and MOSQUITOES live outside! You camp outside in there habitat, dangerous lethal chemicals were not sprayed to kill everything for your convenience. Your visiting, they live there. Be respectful and a little prepared and you will be fine. This is not Yosemite, bears will not break into your car for food so it is a great bear food safe storage. Pack it in Pack it out. Have fun!!!! read more