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About Pineknot
Number of accommodations: 47
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2026 Season availability
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Pet friendly
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- Potable Water
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- Pet friendly
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Reviews (453)
What Guests Are Saying
Pineknot Campground offers a beautiful, well-maintained setting with friendly hosts, making it an enjoyable experience for many campers. The sites are clean, spacious, and mostly shaded, with convenient access to nearby attractions and hiking trails. While there are minor concerns such as noise from neighboring sites and the absence of showers, overall, visitors appreciate the campground's cleanliness, management, and friendly atmosphere.
What Guests Are Saying
Pineknot Campground offers a beautiful, well-maintained setting with friendly hosts, making it an enjoyable experience for many campers. The sites are clean, spacious, and mostly shaded, with convenient access to nearby attractions and hiking trails. While there are minor concerns such as noise from neighboring sites and the absence of showers, overall, visitors appreciate the campground's cleanliness, management, and friendly atmosphere.
Review Summary
Christine M
VerifiedJuly 16, 2025 • Stayed at: 030, Loop: PINE
Beautiful campground and convenient location. Site 30 was big enough for 3 tents and trees for our hammocks. The camp host was so nice and attentive.
Michelle G
VerifiedJuly 14, 2025 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: PINE
Very peaceful, clean, lots of shade we lived this campground, just no showers
John K
VerifiedJuly 13, 2025 • Stayed at: 030, Loop: PINE
Beautiful campsite. Good facilities. Camp was full but didn't feel too crowded.
Lysa C
VerifiedJuly 10, 2025 • Stayed at: 034, Loop: PINE
Location was great, experience not great. Understaffed!
Catarina N
VerifiedJuly 10, 2025 • Stayed at: 045, Loop: PINE
Loved it BUT there was a family of coyotes at the top of my site (45). Luckily my 22lb dog was alright… I didn’t leave her out of my site but I definitely heard the coyote pups and saw two big adult coyotes.
Paul M
VerifiedJuly 8, 2025 • Stayed at: 003, Loop: PINE
I always have a good time at this campsite. Make note that there are no showers so I bring my own. The bathrooms are usually very clean. You are still able to have a campfire in the provided rings. The bear boxes are very helpful as there is wildlife. The camp host usually has the site prepped and cleaned for Check in. Currently there is a interim camp host who leaves at 5 PM, so be sure to get your firewood prior to.
Celeste D
VerifiedJuly 8, 2025 • Stayed at: 030, Loop: PINE
Really quiet peaceful camp site, close access to local businesses and the lake! Were able to walk down to the lake from the site
Beautiful park and friendly camp hosts.
Many clean bathrooms (no showers)
Coral E
VerifiedJuly 7, 2025 • Stayed at: 043, Loop: PINE
This campground is always great. A bit noisy/crowded but is an equivalent exchange for being adjacent to the mountain resort and Village. Village is walking distance along a wooded trail (Towne Trail) or by road. Good cell service and amenities. Camp hosts are friendly and sell firewood bundles they will bring to your campsite for $10 a bundle.
Curt P
VerifiedJuly 7, 2025 • Stayed at: 037, Loop: PINE
Our stay at Pineknot Campground was excellent. The campsites were wonderful, the bathrooms were clean, and the location within Big Bear is perfect!
Nici H
VerifiedJuly 4, 2025 • Stayed at: 020, Loop: PINE
We stayed at site #20. Close to restroom, but also a lot of evening noise from some unsupervised teenagers who seemed to go back and forth several times. Really close to the MTB park. Would LOVE a shower, but getting to Serrano to take one wasn't too difficult. Convenient to get to town and other activities.
Location Pineknot
Address:
P O Box 365
Fawnskin, CA, 92333
United States
From I-10 in Redlands, take Highway 330 to Highway 18 in Running Springs. Continue east on Highway 18 at Big Bear Lake Dam, go straight at the dam and follow Highway 18. Turn onto Summit Boulevard and continue to a block wall. Turn left into the campground.
Pineknot is located near State Route 38, which provides access to the greater highway network. It is approximately 10 miles from Interstate 10 to the south.
Elevation: 2123 feet
6 mi drive to downtown Fawnskin (about 14 min)
Policies & Rules
General
- In accordance with standard industry practices, Mountain Top Recreation will be assessing a $8 additional vehicle fee on the second vehicle in each single family campsite, and on the third and fourth vehicles in any double family campsite, provided these vehicles are not joined to the first vehicle by a hitch and towed onto the site. In the case of motorcycles, the first two are considered to be one vehicle and the third and fourth are also considered to be one vehicle. No additional vehicle fees are collected for bicycles. The fee will be collected at the Campground.
- RV Length: Limited turnaround space restricts RVS longer than 25 feet.
- Click here for more information on the San Bernardino National Forest
- Don't Move Firewood: Protect California's forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. For more information visit firewood.ca.gov.
- Fire restrictions may be imposed at any time due to hot, dry weather conditions, at which time campfires and charcoal fires may not be allowed
- Recent bear activity in this campground. You are rquired to put your food in the bear box we provide. Do not leave any food in your tent.
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Last updated: September 9, 2026
