Eshom Campground

The lady who’s in charge there is very rude and she try to give us the wrong sites because other people pay her cash to have that site.

Been coming here for 3 years now, we always love it. The path to get here is very strange as for 99% of the drive it looks like you’re headed nowhere near the forest and then BAM, right at the end you’re suddenly among the trees. Sites are pretty spacious, a nice creek running through the campground as well. Very secluded, quiet and clean. Important to note that it is not a close drive to get into the National Park, don’t stay here if you’re planning on going back and forth. You can make the shorter drive (30 min) if you have a sturdy 4WD but regular cars won’t make it. First year, camp host was Steve, he was extremely diligent about rules for keeping bears away (rinse coolers/food boxes, all scented things into the car, no sleeping in clothes you cooked in etc), second and third years it was Kathy who made no mention of rules even when we asked. Sounds like bears have started to make their way into the campground again so when we went this year we stuck with our usual protocols and had no issues. Used ammonia sprays to make sure all scents of foods were gone and kept everything pristine. Love coming here every year.

Been coming here for 3 years now, we always love it. The path to get here is very strange as for 99% of the drive it looks like you’re headed nowhere near the forest and then BAM, right at the end you’re suddenly among the trees. Sites are pretty spacious, a nice creek running through the campground as well. Very secluded, quiet and clean. Important to note that it is not a close drive to get into the National Park, don’t stay here if you’re planning on going back and forth. You can make the shorter drive (30 min) if you have a sturdy 4WD but regular cars won’t make it. First year, camp host was Steve, he was extremely diligent about rules for keeping bears away (rinse coolers/food boxes, all scented things into the car, no sleeping in clothes you cooked in etc), second and third years it was Kathy who made no mention of rules even when we asked. Sounds like bears have started to make their way into the campground again so when we went this year we stuck with our usual protocols and had no issues. Used ammonia sprays to make sure all scents of foods were gone and kept everything pristine. Love coming here every year.

Nice campground and Camp Host worked hard to keep it nice. But there needs to be bear boxes and emphasize Pack it in, Pack it Out. Great location for Kings Canyon access.

Nice campground and Camp Host worked hard to keep it nice. But there needs to be bear boxes and emphasize Pack it in, Pack it Out. Great location for Kings Canyon access.

Great camp host, friendly and helpful. Bathrooms were very clean. Definitely would recommend taking the directions given by recreation.gov to access the campgrounds via Whitaker Forest Road and not google maps unless you are capable of doing some light off roading on a dirt forest road with some rocky sections. I decided to cut through the forest road on our second day and it's doable (I saw a couple mini vans and a Prius do it!) but I wouldn't recommend it with a vehicle fully loaded with camping gear and bikes. There is a couple of great light advanced single track trails accessible from the campsite that I rode on my mountain bike, these are found using Trailforks app easily. If you take the forest road up to highway 180, you go straight into the national parks bypassing the entry gate which is a $35 fee. We did this unknowingly the first day but went around the second and found out- it also saves you about 20-30 minutes in driving time given you have a vehicle that can make it up the road. Overall great experience and would visit again if campsites with showers were not available.

Great camp host, friendly and helpful. Bathrooms were very clean. Definitely would recommend taking the directions given by recreation.gov to access the campgrounds via Whitaker Forest Road and not google maps unless you are capable of doing some light off roading on a dirt forest road with some rocky sections. I decided to cut through the forest road on our second day and it's doable (I saw a couple mini vans and a Prius do it!) but I wouldn't recommend it with a vehicle fully loaded with camping gear and bikes. There is a couple of great light advanced single track trails accessible from the campsite that I rode on my mountain bike, these are found using Trailforks app easily. If you take the forest road up to highway 180, you go straight into the national parks bypassing the entry gate which is a $35 fee. We did this unknowingly the first day but went around the second and found out- it also saves you about 20-30 minutes in driving time given you have a vehicle that can make it up the road. Overall great experience and would visit again if campsites with showers were not available.

Beautiful, spacious campground with nice sized sites. A great place to get away and relax. Note that if you are looking to visit the parks you either need to drive for some distance or have a car that can handle some rough road. The campground itself is beautiful.

Beautiful, spacious campground with nice sized sites. A great place to get away and relax. Note that if you are looking to visit the parks you either need to drive for some distance or have a car that can handle some rough road. The campground itself is beautiful.

Site host was super nice and helpful. It was clean, quite, spacious, very remote and beautiful. The issue is getting to Eshom, better off packing mules and trekking up the mountain side. We had two nights booked only stayed one because we weren't going back up the path google took us to get there. And we had a van, I couldn't imagine if you had a camper van or anything other than a small vehicle. The road was so narrow and it was all switchbacks. We stayed here because Sequoia campgrounds were full, it was an hour drive after leaving the campground to get to sequoia so that's another reason we opted to not go back.