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About Pineknot
Number of accommodations: 47
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2026 Season availability
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Pet friendly
Water and Hygiene
- 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
Christopher L
VerifiedJune 26, 2023 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: PINE
SITE 9
Pros:
- spacious, not too close to neighbors, and shaded. we fit a big 4-person car camping tent and 2 smaller 3-person backpacking tents. the site easily accommodates 6 people
- close to restrooms but campground layout means no one was coming into our site to get to the restrooms
- dumpsters immediately next to the site / in front of the restrooms made for easy trash disposal
- fire ring, grill, bear box provided. picnic table was also in good condition
- fire ring was located further from the tent area, so smoke can dissipate before reaching tents
Cons:
- slight slope
- backs against the forest service road, but honestly not a big deal
CAMPGROUND:
PROS:
- close to town (stores, restaurants, etc.)
- clean flush toilets
- firewood sold on site with host ($8 CASH)
- camp host is friendly and made rounds to check on campers. he even made balloon animals for a family with children!
- potable water
CONS:
- close to town so it doesn't feel as secluded as other sites
- could use more toilets
- no showers
- $8 CASH parking per day for 2nd car at each site
- some sites can be very close together
- most sites had some sort of slope
- site is dusty. there's no grass so loose dirty kicks up easily
- POLLEN!! At the end of June, pollen was very bad. We had a layer of green-yellow pollen blanket our cars, gear, everything. DEFINITELY bring allergy meds
Overall my experience was a 6 or 7 / 10 but we had 3 in our group of 6 rate this camp experience 8/10. I personally would prefer a more secluded campground but for people with less camp experience or who want to be able to skip cooking and eat dinner at a proper restaurant, this is a great campsite.
Richard B
VerifiedJune 26, 2023 • Stayed at: 020, Loop: PINE
Great location if you want to spend the day at summit. Camp host was very friendly and helpful.
Jeff T
VerifiedJune 26, 2023 • Stayed at: 040, Loop: PINE
I always enjoy the stay at Pine Knot. It's a quiet campground, with great tree coverage, and nice bathrooms. The location is great as well, close to the lake and Big Bear Village.
Denise F
VerifiedJune 21, 2023 • Stayed at: 033, Loop: PINE
We love Pineknot! It is our favorite local campground.
Paul M
VerifiedJune 19, 2023 • Stayed at: 047, Loop: PINE
Camp host keeps the campground clean especially bathrooms. He also keep order and is outgoing and friendly.
Elizabeth E
VerifiedJune 12, 2023 • Stayed at: 024, Loop: PINE
This location is our favorite. It is clean and the attendant was very kind and helpful.
Angelina F
VerifiedJune 5, 2023 • Stayed at: 010, Loop: PINE
We had an amazing time. The camp host, Sean, deserves a raise. He was amazing. We will definitely camp here again.
Nathan O
VerifiedMay 24, 2023 • Stayed at: 045, Loop: PINE
Camp host was super friendly and helpful. The area is beautiful and the temperature is perfect at that altitude. Sites are a little tight for a larger rv or travel trailer. The campground is on the site of the mountain so understandable how the layout is. Great campground!
thomas k
VerifiedMay 21, 2023 • Stayed at: 042, Loop: PINE
love all the big trees
Heather H
VerifiedNovember 7, 2022 • Stayed at: 021, Loop: PINE
campground was well maintained and clean...Shane does an excellent job as camp host. although the campground was full, with lots of families, everyone was respectful of quiet hours. close to amenities, yet felt fairly secluded. we spent our mornings and evenings relaxing at the campsite, and our days hiking all the beautiful trails nearby. with all the beautiful trees surrounding the campground, it made our late autumn tent camping trip even better - tons of leaf peeping ( :
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
