About Fairview Campground
Number of accommodations: 53
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Reviews (176)
What Guests Are Saying
Fairview Campground offers a stunning location with spacious and clean campsites, many right next to the river, perfect for family activities like fishing and tubing. The camp amenities, including clean bathrooms and friendly hosts, enhance the overall experience. However, some visitors reported issues with wasps and minor inconveniences with campground management, but these did not significantly detract from the enjoyment for most guests.
What Guests Are Saying
Fairview Campground offers a stunning location with spacious and clean campsites, many right next to the river, perfect for family activities like fishing and tubing. The camp amenities, including clean bathrooms and friendly hosts, enhance the overall experience. However, some visitors reported issues with wasps and minor inconveniences with campground management, but these did not significantly detract from the enjoyment for most guests.
Review Summary
Joe S
VerifiedJanuary 25, 2020 • Stayed at: 028, Loop: C
Great Location! McNally's is a great store!
Nick G
VerifiedJanuary 25, 2020 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: A
Don’t go here it’s all bad
Tamytha S
VerifiedJanuary 25, 2020 • Stayed at: 010, Loop: A
the campsite was clean and had room for our large tent and then some, i would say the only issues is that we had to clean out our fire pit as it looked as if it hadn't been cleaned in a good while. will have to look up more hikes next time we go!
Casey O
VerifiedJanuary 24, 2020 • Stayed at: 012, Loop: A
Beautiful location on the rivers edge
Steve A
VerifiedJanuary 17, 2020 • Stayed at: 003, Loop: A
Clean campsite, bathrooms.
It got pretty noisy when more campers arrived, but that's to be expected.
Justin S
VerifiedJanuary 17, 2020 • Stayed at: 007, Loop: A
Fairview Campground is a beautiful, quiet campground. It has ample fishing holes nearby and offers quite a few spots right on the river. I have made four separate trips to the campground and will continue to return in the future.
Amanda C
VerifiedJanuary 16, 2020 • Stayed at: 030, Loop: C
The camp site was pleasant, but very narrow and rocky. Not good for more than one tent. There were other, broad and flat campsites however. There were also many, many wasps that came out in the morning when we were cooking. They weren't much of a problem in the evening however.
Garry M
VerifiedJanuary 16, 2020 • Stayed at: 051, Loop: B
Our family has been coming to the Upper Kern River to camp since the mid 2000's & Fairview is one of our favorite pay campsites. If you are looking to camp with the family & have a good time at the Kern this is one of the best sites to do it at. Just remember to respect the river & do as much research as you can before entering the water.
William S
VerifiedJanuary 16, 2020 • Stayed at: 038, Loop: B
People with generators and bright lights and a lot of people in their camps is really distracting. One family had about 30 people at three campsites — it was just too much, people tromping around and using the facilities. On the other side was a family that had a flood light directed at our campsite at night. We had to leave our campsite to relax — ended up spending too much time at the restaurant nearby to get away. I even turned on the brights on my car and just let it shine on their camp in return so they would know how annoying it was, but it didn't bother them. We loved this campsite, but the people there were the most disrespectful I've encountered at any campground. I think there should be a bit more vigilance from the rangers or a few more rules. We also had a camp on a hill so that could have added to the annoying neighbors. Next time, we will definitely get a more secluded camp or just not go at all.
Nina G
VerifiedJanuary 11, 2020 • Stayed at: 041, Loop: B
We Love Kern River we go every year. The people are amazing and friendly. The kids have the best times there. The memories we make are priceless..
Location Fairview Campground
Address:
Po Box 1640
Kernville, CA, 93238
United States
Off of Highway 99 in Bakersfield, California, take Highway 178 east to Lake Isabella.
From Lake Isabella take Highway 155 around the west side of the lake to
the town of Kernville. From Kernville go north on Sierra Way/Mountain 99 for
16 miles to the campground.
Fairview Campground is accessible via Highway 99 and Highway 178. From Highway 99 in Bakersfield, travel east on Highway 178 to reach Lake Isabella, then take Highway 155 around the lake to Kernville.
Latitude & Longitude: 35.9286 / -118.491
Elevation: 1086 feet
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Last updated: June 4, 2026
