Wheeler Gorge

Beautiful campground, nice hosts, and quiet evening.

Mostly quiet, zero cell service. It was hot, but the creek is lovely

There are a lot of great sites. Some not so private ones though too.

This campground is a hidden gem. It is my favorite place to camp in SoCal. The campground is beautiful, the restrooms are always well maintained, the camp hosts are always helpful, and it is such a family friendly campground.

We had an overnight stay here in site #47 and we liked the site.
The camp hosts were knowledgeable and friendly.
It was a family-oriented crowd and everybody we interacted with was personable.
The only thing that made this an okay experience was there was no running water. The spigots had been capped off and we didn't know we needed to pack in water. We had plenty for drinking but there was nothing to personal/ clean up use. We were told by the hosts that some years back it was noticed that the pipes were corroded and instead of changing them they were capped off. Not what we were expecting, especially when we pay the same for other locations that do have water.

I had a some high hopes for this campground reading reviews on here and other camping sites, but arriving at check-in, my site through a mistake not my own, had reserved was given to another camper. I was given a site directly behind the one I had reserved which was more slanted making sleeping in my vehicle a little uncomfortable. There was shade, but a lot of flies and some sites like mine are a little smaller. Overall, for a one night stay it was it was okay. It would've been nice to get notified that my original site that I booked got changed instead of arriving at the campground and finding out there.

Car alarm was off at night for almost 2 hours at night! It was ridiculous. Other people left the campground. Host didn't do anything to fix it. A bunch of trees have cut on site #12. There was pretty much no shade at that site. Ground was not flat to pitch a tent.

Stayed at 58 for 2 nights. Spacious site compared to some others we saw, right by creek, trees to hang couple hammocks and offered shade. Right by bathroom but didn’t smell the bathroom. Access to creek a bit steep but my 6 year old was able to get up and down just fine. Didn’t see poison oak around this site. Site didn’t offer too much privacy but I liked that it was not along the main road through the campground. Neighbor got a visit from the resident bear one evening. One downside is there’s no water at the campground. I got water from creek for washing and cleaning. Overall loved the site and had a great time.

The host is a kind woman. Site 35 is private, far from the highway and near the creek.
The fire ring is a little bit small and lots of ashes were retained inside.
BTW, we saw a black bear approaching twice. So be cautious at nightfall and avoid sitting back to the creek where I saw the bear climbing up.

DO NOT CAMP AT SITE #52.
We love Wheeler Gorge, but this site was horrible. No redeeming qualities. I'm surprised they pass this area off as a campsite! The entire spot is on a steep slope with large rocks jutting out, no access to the creek, no shade (except a 5'x5' area under bushes covered in bees and poison oak), the highway traffic is loud nearby, and the neighbors are extremely close.
I've camped at Wheeler Gorge before and loved it, but this site is awful. Avoid site #52!