Sierra National Forest
Western Sierra Nevada, Fresno and Madera Counties, California · National Forest
1.3 million acres of the western Sierra between Yosemite and Kings Canyon, from 900-foot foothills to 13,986 feet. Bass, Shaver and Huntington lakes and the Wishon and Courtright reservoirs sit below the Ansel Adams, John Muir, Dinkey Lakes and Kaiser wildernesses.
Current alerts
- Mammoth Pool Boat Launch Rehabilitation
- Wilderness Food and Refuse Storage
- Occupancy limitations
- 05-15-00-26-08 - Reopening Jackass Meadow
- Wilderness Use Restrictions
- Food and Refuse Storage
- Forest Order - Reopen Ross Crossing Dispersed Camping, Stevenson Trail bridge closure
- Forest Order - Reopening Kinnikinnick CG, Florence Lake Picnic Area
- Mammoth Pool Boat Launch Order Termination
- Safety Tips for Burned Areas: Garnet Fire Area
- Reopening 4 campgrounds, 89 campsites
Campgrounds
- Badger Flat Campground
- Badger Flats Group — 1 sites · 8,326 ft · Group camp · reserve
- Base Camp — Dispersed
- Bear Wallow Camping Area — Dispersed
- Big Sandy Campground
- Black Rock Campground — Closed · first come, first served · reserve
- Bolsillo Campground
- Bretz Mill Campground
- Buck Meadow Campground
- Catavee — 24 sites · reserve
- Cedar Bluff — 22 sites · reserve
- Chicken Rock Camping Area — Dispersed
- Chilkoot — 27 sites · 4,713 ft · reserve
- China Bar Camping Area — Dispersed
- Clover Meadow Campground
- College — 10 sites · reserve
- Crane Valley — 7 sites · 3,493 ft · reserve
- Deer Creek — 28 sites · reserve
- Dinkey Creek — 123 sites · 5,717 ft · reserve
- Dirt Flat — Closed (checked 2026-08-02) · 7 sites · 1,590 ft · reserve
- Dorabelle Campground — 64 sites · reserve
- Dry Gulch — Closed (checked 2026-08-02) · 5 sites · 1,613 ft · reserve
- Fish Creek (Ca) — Closed (checked 2026-08-02) · 9 sites · 4,640 ft · reserve
- Forks Campground (Sierra) — 26 sites · reserve
- Fresno Dome Campground
- Gaggs Camp
- Gigantea Campground — first come, first served · 6,326 ft · reserve
- Granite Creek
- Gravel Flat Camping Area — Dispersed
- Greys Mountain Campground
- Jackass Meadow — 40 sites · reserve
- Jerseydale Campground
- Kelty Meadow — 15 sites · 5,848 ft · reserve
- Kinnikinnick — 27 sites · 7,009 ft · reserve
- Kirch Flat Campground
- Little Jackass Campground
- Lower Billy Creek — 10 sites · reserve
- Lower Chiquito Campground
- Lupine — 51 sites · reserve
- Mammoth Pool — Closed (checked 2026-08-02) · 51 sites · 3,668 ft · reserve
- Mono Creek — 11 sites · 7,415 ft · reserve
- Mono Hot Springs — 23 sites · 6,553 ft · reserve
- Nelder Grove
- Onion Springs Overflow Camping Area — Dispersed
- Placer Campground
- Portal Forebay Campground
- Rancheria — 127 sites · reserve
- Recreation Point — 7 sites · 3,406 ft · reserve
- Rock Creek (Sierra National Forest, CA) — Closed (checked 2026-08-02) · 24 sites · 4,382 ft · reserve
- Sample Meadow
- Sawmill Flat Campground
- Smalley Cove Campground — 5 sites · reserve
- Soda Springs Campground
- Soquel Campground — 21 sites · 5,291 ft · reserve
- Spanish Lake Camping Area — Dispersed
- Spring Cove — 62 sites · reserve
- Summerdale Campground — 56 sites · 4,921 ft · reserve
- Summit Camp — Dispersed
- Summit Camping Area — Dispersed
- Sweetwater — Closed (checked 2026-08-02) · 12 sites · 3,857 ft · reserve
- Texas Flats — Closed (checked 2026-08-02) · 4 sites · 5,441 ft · reserve
- Upper Billy Creek Cg — 37 sites · reserve
- Upper Chiquito Campground
- Vermillion — 30 sites · reserve
- Wagner Campground
- Ward Lake Campground
- West Kaiser
- Whiskers Campground
- Whisky Falls Campground
- Wishon Bass Lake — 47 sites · reserve
Coordinates: 37.2929, -119.1758.
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