Moraine Campground (CA)

Moraine campground was in great condition with all the restrooms and water spigots working perfectly. The campsites I saw were clear of debris and fully equipped with a fire ring, picnic table and bear box.
Friendly and helpful rangers checked in on us a couple of times during our stay and the store at Cedar grove was well stocked with provisions. Also the food at the snack bar was delicious.

nice site, It is further from the river than I expected. we had to walk down a pretty steep incline so we did not hang out by the river like you can at other campsites. There was a bear cub exploring on its own. It w2alked into a neighbor camp on night at 3 am, it walked into ours the next day around 4 PM as we were reading in a chair. we moved away pretty quickly and my brother grabbed the chips we were sharing, that was between the chairs. the bear sniffed around and headed off into the woods. :-)

There are bears running through the campground because people feed them. At night there is endless honking at the bears, so not stay here , I heard the next campground up the road is better

Beautiful campsite

My wife and I had a great time. It was our first time camping and we loved it.

Was nice to move to a quieter. More family friendly car camping environment... It reminded me of the old sentinel campground environment. A bit harder to access the river but Really enjoyed it! 😀

Great site.

Large, beautiful campground with excellent hikes nearby. I hugely recommend exploring Kings Canyon during the day! Just don't expect a good night's sleep there. Black bears have gotten bold about going after food in campsites and cars literally every night, so follow all food storage instructions and use the bear bins. And bring ear plugs! People set off car alarms throughout the night to ward bears off. Rangers went around saying car alarms don't do much and to shout and bang stuff instead. That helped for a night; then new people moved in and it was back to 10 car alarms a night. There's nothing quite like walking to the bathroom in the middle of the night when two car alarms go off right next to you warning of a bear. I did also see bears on trail, but they were much more wary and moved on when I made noise to make my presence known. "Keep calm and hike on."

First time camping at this location. I liked that they had a very nicely layed out campgrounds. We had 8 sites all bunched up and none of them felt close. The spacing was nice. The site was clean, restrooms were clean and well maintained. All the sites had functioning fire pits and thankfully each site had its own lock box for the food.
Rangers came by a few times to check on the campers, they were very friendly and knowledgeable about the grounds. Guided us to the safest river access and how secure our food in the lock box. Felt very welcomed by them.
We were impressed by the shower station nearby, we were not expecting it but we kinda liked a clean shower when being away from home. So many good things to say about this place, I really wasn’t expecting to write a review but I was very impressed. We’ll be adding this location to our list of good sites and will be looking forward to coming back.

1. Under-staffed at all levels which led to…
2. Lack of oversight of visitors which led to
3. Excessive numbers of people & cars on individual sites
4. Music being played at volume beyond the individual’s site
5. Trash receptacles overflowing and
6. Bathrooms used beyond their capacities.