About Headquarters
Number of accommodations: 40
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2026 Season availability
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This campground is open year round, providing flexibility for your stay.
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Reviews (531)
What Guests Are Saying
Headquarters Campground boasts a fantastic location next to the river, providing a beautiful and peaceful setting for campers. Visitors praised the cleanliness of the facilities and the friendliness of the camp hosts, who were helpful and accommodating. While some mentioned minor issues, such as closed restrooms and the need for trash cans, the overall experience was positive, with many expressing intentions to return.
What Guests Are Saying
Headquarters Campground boasts a fantastic location next to the river, providing a beautiful and peaceful setting for campers. Visitors praised the cleanliness of the facilities and the friendliness of the camp hosts, who were helpful and accommodating. While some mentioned minor issues, such as closed restrooms and the need for trash cans, the overall experience was positive, with many expressing intentions to return.
Review Summary
Kyle S
VerifiedMay 9, 2021 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: Yurt
I thought there would be a check in process prior to you being able to set up. In reality you just find your spot and then later on the camp host comes around later that night.very smooth process, just not any signs so we just had to guess a little.
Pamela L
VerifiedMay 6, 2021 • Stayed at: 031, Loop: Yurt
Camp host was friendly, knowledgeable and reasonable. The site was excellent. We have stayed before. This time we stayed in a yurt, just for the fun novelty. It worked out well. Very good camp ground.
Anita S
VerifiedMay 6, 2021 • Stayed at: 011, Loop: C
Site 11 is close to the toilet, and the odor and flies are noticeable. Not much screening vegetation between sites at this part of the campground. Road noise was also nearby. Host was very kind and gave me driving directions. Bird life in the campground was exceptional. Bear box was too hard for me to open- I am 69 and my hands didn't have the strength to pull the lever; seems like a bad design.
Pamela L
VerifiedMay 6, 2021 • Stayed at: 031, Loop: Yurt
Camp host was friendly, knowledgeable and reasonable. The site was excellent. We have stayed before. This time we stayed in a yurt, just for the fun novelty. It worked out well. Very good camp ground.
Anita S
VerifiedMay 6, 2021 • Stayed at: 011, Loop: C
Site 11 is close to the toilet, and the odor and flies are noticeable. Not much screening vegetation between sites at this part of the campground. Road noise was also nearby. Host was very kind and gave me driving directions. Bird life in the campground was exceptional. Bear box was too hard for me to open- I am 69 and my hands didn't have the strength to pull the lever; seems like a bad design.
Alfredo L
VerifiedMay 3, 2021 • Stayed at: 013, Loop: C
Headquarters CG is an easy to find, close to town type of camping area, that sits on the beautiful Kern River.
You get to experience the sun setting behind the monstrous mountain and waking to the sun rising over a boulder-like hill.
Stargazing is fantastic, it's quiet and relaxing. I did not get the Host's name, but He was awesome.
We'll be back in the Summer.
-A
Alfredo L
VerifiedMay 3, 2021 • Stayed at: 013, Loop: C
Headquarters CG is an easy to find, close to town type of camping area, that sits on the beautiful Kern River.
You get to experience the sun setting behind the monstrous mountain and waking to the sun rising over a boulder-like hill.
Stargazing is fantastic, it's quiet and relaxing. I did not get the Host's name, but He was awesome.
We'll be back in the Summer.
-A
Kayla M
VerifiedMay 2, 2021 • Stayed at: 015, Loop: C
Awesome campground! Very clean and the river is beautiful!
Kayla M
VerifiedMay 2, 2021 • Stayed at: 015, Loop: C
Awesome campground! Very clean and the river is beautiful!
Jerene D
VerifiedApril 29, 2021 • Stayed at: 035, Loop: B
We loved staying at Headquarters Campground. It was beautiful and quiet.
Location Headquarters
Address:
Po Box 1640
Kernville, CA, 93238
United States
Latitude & Longitude: 35.7963 / -118.45
Elevation: 850 feet
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Last updated: June 4, 2026
