Lodgepole Campground-sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park

Great campsites, don't forget you leveling blocks. There are clean showers and laundromat at Kings Canyon close to the lodge. Bathrooms in Lodgepole may need more attention but it is a very busy campgrounds.

Beautiful location, many flat spots for an RV and a fabulous place for tents. The only drawback is the cleanliness of the restrooms. Fabulous place to hike from. Friendly staff.

Campground needs a major overhaul. Bathrooms in terrible shape and messy campground area.

Overall, great campground and great park. Giving lower rating, however, due to extremely poor bathroom conditions and general lack of cleanliness in the park. I’ve visited over 20 national parks and the facilities here were simply unacceptable. No one seemed to care to clean the bathrooms and trash cans throughout the park were overflowing (even with active black bear sightings). Additionally, there were some park employees staying near us in the administrative sites that were driving aggressively through the campground, resulting in several other campers making comments about safety.

Great campsite next to bathroom and park ranger attendant.

Great campsite close to bathroom and park ranger attendant.

Only reason for the 4 stars instead of 5 was because there were so many yellow jackets that we were unable to sit/eat outside. Other than that, the campground was great. Centrally located for major sites. There was a nice hike to the waterfall directly from the campground and nightly ranger talks each evening which we thoroughly enjoyed. The campground was clean and quiet. There is a dump and potable water available. There is also a very nice visitors center and market with food service. Highly recommended.

We were two nights late due to mechanical issues, but thank goodness. The site the system allowed us to reserve for a 19' compact RV was so small we could hardly find the pad and were very close to the bear box. Thankfully the first night, it was a double site unbelievably, and our neighbors were two men with a tent and a small car that squeezed in next to us. This pair of spots should have been tents only except our side didn't have space for a tent. Why do they ask for size details and then disregard them?? The second night the tent guys were gone and after dark a huge Airstream and towing vehicle tried to get into that tiny space for nearly an hour, kept trying to our consternation! before the kind ladies in a tear-drop across the tiny narrow road offered to trade spaces with them! That trailer was WAY longer than what is allowed in Lodgepole in that area at least, and that area is WAY TOO crowded overall!
Just felt gypped of the experience we had long planned on.
On another important issue, the resrooms, two buildings with two seaters for a large and busy camp, were only half functional half of the time, and they were FILTHY all the time. We brought it up to the entrance ranger a couple of times and on the third day to one who was actually walking around, and NOTHING EVER HAPPENED! They were never cleaned up! And the rangers were not friendly. The blond lady ranger who checked us in on Oct 1 wasfriendly and helpful, but the male with very long blond hair was rude and uninterested. W spoke with him at least two times. The dark haired, long, male rancher we saw walking was also curt and responsive. Said the RR's were being cleaned then, and they never were.
The restrooms and showers at the commercial center were decent but they were a good half mile away with limited hours.
Visitor Center closed on Oct 1! With a full campground.
Our national Parks should be stellar, and they definitely need some park personell raining. I realize it has been a long ard summer.

It was a great place, October is a great time if you want to avoid the crowds but something to look into during this time is that a lot of the facilities are closed because it is off season. We stayed at the tent and RV site, for the RV site usually there is a noise curfew for the generators but someone had theirs on the entire night. Our spot was next to the river so it was super relaxing to hear that, the place was clean, except the bathrooms. The sink area to wash the bins smelled so bad we couldn’t stay in there for very long, we ended up washing our dishes at the next camping spot at a different park. No bears when we were there and we stayed in the middle of October. It was cold, no ice or anything, thank goodness lol checking in and out was super easy and quick. The rangers were nice and knowledgeable! Overall a great experience for it being our first time there.

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