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Camp Three Campground

CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND

About Camp Three Campground

Camp Three Campground is set amidst oak and locust trees at an elevation of 2,800 feet on the Upper Kern River, offering countless recreational opportunities for visitors.

Number of accommodations: 51

Seasonal information

2026 (Current year)

2026 Season availability

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Currently closed - Opens on May 8

Sites & Availability

52 Sites Available

Site
Price
🚐 003, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 004, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 005, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 006, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 007, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 008, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 009, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 010, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 011, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 012, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 013, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 014, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 015, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 016, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 017, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 018, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 019, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
020, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
6 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 021, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 022, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 023, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 024, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 025, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 026, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 027, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 028, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 029, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 030, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 031, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 032, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 033, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 034, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 035, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 036, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 037, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 038, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 039, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 040, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 041, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 042, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 043, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 044, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 045, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 046, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 047, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 049, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 050, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 051, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 052, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$36.00
/ per night
🚐 GROUP 1, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
No Hookups
$154.00
/ per night
GROUP 2, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
30 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
$154.00
/ per night
GROUP 3, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND
30 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
$154.00
/ per night

Reviews (125)

What Guests Are Saying

Camp Three Campground offers a fantastic location near the Kern River, with clean facilities and friendly, accommodating hosts who enhance the camping experience. Campers appreciate the beautiful views, privacy, and well-maintained restrooms, although some sites lack shade and easy river access. Overall, visitors enjoy the peaceful environment and express a strong desire to return.

Review Summary

4.2
125 reviews
5
56.8%
71
4
24.8%
31
3
7.2%
9
2
5.6%
7
1
5.6%
7

Sioux S

Verified

September 10, 2020 Stayed at: 028, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND

5

Fantastic campsite. Always clean, can definitely get busy/booked out on the weekend. This spot #28 (along with #27 & #29) are pretty rocky, we barely fit two tents in the spot and one had a corner over a boulder in the ground. Bring tubes, the best spot is to go by group camp site 1 and start your river float all the way down the camp site, takes about 40 minutes, some fun little falls; nothing dangerous but will spill your beer

Heidy P

Verified

September 6, 2020 Stayed at: 038, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND

4

Always nice and clean and the campground grounds keeper was very courteous and helpful. The only issue w as the smog from the wildfires.

Miguel T

Verified

September 5, 2020 Stayed at: 046, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND

3

Camp host Linda was very rude to us the minute we got there. Felt like we weren't welcomed there and like if we were being watched all the time because we didn't agree with her irrational demands. It got to the point in where her supervisor had to be called. Throughout the weekend the restrooms were continuous dirty and without toilette paper. Her supervisor Aguilar made it all better for us. She accommodated us with a better campsite and showed us great spots at the river. Other than the camp host, everything else was good. The campground has been one of our favorites and the river is always fresh.

EVER V

Verified

September 3, 2020 Stayed at: 034, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND

3

Camp site was nice my family loved it..unfortunately wrong timing we woke up coughing to the smoke of the fires that were near but the site was still nice and clean

Amber C

Verified

August 30, 2020 Stayed at: 042, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND

5

Linda is the bomb!

Juan V

Verified

August 28, 2020 Stayed at: 042, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND

2

I had a mediocre experience at Camp Three, which is extremely disappointing because i had such high expectations. The site was full of trash in the fire pit, around the table and throughout site. Other campers did not respect the ‘quiet time’ and played their music loudly until the early morning (2-3am) with the camp host not doing a thing about it. Very lackluster time at Camp Three.

Bang P

Verified

August 27, 2020 Stayed at: 018, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND

5

Good campsite

Karissa T

Verified

August 23, 2020 Stayed at: 035, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND

1

This camp site needs a booth to actually check people in and out of their camp sites. Showed up to my camp sites with people still camping my check in was at 2pm showed up at 4pm. Took the people 2hrs to leave. Very disappointed in the camp site hosts this time around.

Taylor I

Verified

August 18, 2020 Stayed at: 025, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND

5

Site 25 was fantastic, very spacious and good evening shade as well as fairly easy access to both the river and the toilets. Would love to come back and stay at the same site.

JOHN B

Verified

August 16, 2020 Stayed at: 029, Loop: AREA CAMP THREE CAMPGROUND

4

This site has a table and fire ring near the campsite parking area in direct sunlight. But a short way past the table is a great shaded area with plenty of room for a tent and a large screen tent that I think is essential for cooking to keep what I call grease bees at bay. Water faucet is close and the management group that runs the campground does a nice job maintaining the restroom. I've been coming to the upper Kern for 50 + years my recommendation is stay away from the place on weekends as it becomes party central for the younger crowd who have little regard for anyone but themselves. Weekdays are generally quiet and stress free.
Also in the past 3 years the skunk population has exploded and they really aren't bothered to much by us humans. They're annoying more than anything but can carry diseases such as plague and rabies.

Location Camp Three Campground

Address:
Po Box 1640
Kernville, CA, 93238
United States

Latitude & Longitude: 35.8093 / -118.454

Elevation: 868 feet

Policies & Rules

Category About
General

There are no electric hookups

General

Swimming in the river is dangerous due to strong currents and other hazards.

General

Click here for more info about the Sequoia National Forest

General

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. For current fire conditions or weather closures contact the Kern River Ranger District (760) 376-3781.

General

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.

General

Glass containers are prohibited in Kern Canyon and Isabella Lake Glass Container Prohibition Area

General

There is an extra vehicle fee of $8.00/night on the 2nd vehicle in each single campsite and on the 3rd & 4th vehicle in any double campsite, provided these vehicles are not joined to the 1st vehicle by a hitch and towed onto the site. In the case of motorcycles, the 1st and 2nd are considered to be one vehicle and the 3rd and 4th are also considered to be one vehicle. So the fee would be a single $8.00/night of stay for the 3rd/4th motorcycle.

General

Dogs must be kept on a leash at all times. Owners must keep their dogs under control at all times or they may be asked to vacate the premise.

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