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209 reviews
Fairview Campground offers a beautiful setting next to the Kern River, with clean facilities and friendly camp hosts. Many campers enjoyed the spacious sites and proximity to fishing and swimming, as well as the convenience of nearby amenities like McNally's restaurant. While some noted issues with noise and wasps, overall experiences were positive, with many guests planning to return.
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January 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.
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January 17, 2020 Stayed at: 003, Loop: A
Clean campsite, bathrooms.
It got pretty noisy when more campers arrived, but that's to be expected.
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January 24, 2020 Stayed at: 012, Loop: A
Beautiful location on the rivers edge
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January 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!
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January 25, 2020 Stayed at: 009, Loop: A
Don’t go here it’s all bad
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January 25, 2020 Stayed at: 028, Loop: C
Great Location! McNally's is a great store!
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July 12, 2020 Stayed at: 032, Loop: C
The groundskeeper is wonderful and this sight offers a cute little store and burger place with kind employees. Oir family loves this Campground
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July 20, 2020 Stayed at: 020, Loop: C
We go to Fairview at least once a year and love it! Some other campers do not know how to follow direction though and this year in the campsite next to us they burned a huge fire several times ignoring the fire restrictions.
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July 28, 2020 Stayed at: 011, Loop: A
Fairview is a solid campground and it's proximity and access to Kern River is wonderful. If you get a site along the water it can be magical and have the opportunity to let the rushing water lull you to sleep at night. My biggest gripe about this campground is its overall maintenance. We've only visited twice, but each time there was a considerable amount of trash/litter at the campsites, several dumpsters overflowing with garbage (which gets really smelly on hot summer days), and pit-toilets that didn't seem like they were emptied in a very long time (which also gets really smelly). I understand that this may be a staffing and resource issue but it does affect the quality of stay at the campground. This campground can be really exceptional if there were resources to properly care for it.
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July 30, 2020 Stayed at: 030, Loop: C
The campsite was very noisy, with screaming and partying until 12am. Difficult with young children. Very surprised the host did not ask them to be quiet. We didn't ever see the host, not even to be check in. Other than that the campsite was great.
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Po Box 1640, Kernville, CA 93238 United States
Elevation: 1,086 ft
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 mi to ...
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 mi 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.
The closest entrance is: Ash Mountain Entrance Station
Approximate drive: 52.5 mi · over 1 hr (90 min)
Last updated: November 3, 2026
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Population: 857
Nearby city: Porterville, CA
Approx. 31 mi away (straight-line distance)
Elevation: 2,661 ft
Best Season: Spring, Summer
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