Potwisha Campground

Things were great for me at Potwisha. I felt sorry for people driving through the campground and weren't able to get a site on the spot. So many empty campsites.

Look forward to camping again once the weather is clear for the camp sites!

Rangers were extremely helpful, the site was clean and had great amenities.

Loved it even though most of the park was closed due to extreme winter weather.

We had reservations May 17 for 4 nights. Got home a day early from Potwisha Campground in Sequoia National Park. 95% of the entire National Park is closed due to rock slides and washed out roads and hiking trails. From Visalia  you cannot get past Hospital Rock, so the only thing you can do on that side is the Paradise trail, but you can't even hike the entire trail because it is washed out.
From Fresno on 180 you cannot get past Grant Grove Visitor's Center, which is really the beginning of the entrance.
The entire Northeast Generals Highway that wraps around East, then down Southwest is completely closed, along with connecting roads and trails. Dozens of attractions were inaccessible!
I made my reservations in January and I got an email from National Parks.Gov reminding me of my reservations, almost weekly, but my email never mentioned the washed out roads that happened over a month ago. We had no idea when we showed up, and if we were informed, we would have canceled the reservations, as almost all of the attractions were closed.
I did an email search and didn't find any information regarding the closure. I started asking other campers and they said they were never notified either. Such incompetence! We were told by parks services that we could cancel online or via phone, but we had no service. We went to visitor's center to see if they could cancel for us, but they advised using their WIFI, which was not working. Between fuel and overnight accommodations we are out hundreds of dollars and we were bored out of our minds. It would be nice if we could get credited for our nights, considering nobody notified us, and we didn't have wifi or any reception to cancel. I will be waiting to see if NPS does thr right thing for us.

Had a great star here for 3 nights 4 days at the end of April 2023. We were in site 22 which is large and private on 2/4 sides. It backs onto the river, which was beautiful to sit by and watch the high spring flow. Four deer walked by our site each day, but were never aggressive and kept an appropriate distance. The bathrooms and garbage bins were close to our site and always well maintained. The wash sink was easy to locate and had very strong water pressure. It is important to not though that this campground has NO showers and the park rangers were unable to provide us with a location we could go to shower during the time we were there. SO be prepared to was down with a bucket and baby wipes if you are staying long. Additionally, there was no ranger stationed at this campground, so if you have an issue you would need to go to the foothills visitors center during their specified hours of operation. This campground was close to 3 beautiful hikes (1. Marble Falls, 2. trail to Hospital Rock, 3. trail across bridge at Middle Fork Kaweah River). The first trail was a strenuous hike with beautiful views of the Marble river and falls. The later two were easy and great for an afternoon walk. The campground was also a short drive from multiple tourist sites, including Hospital rock, tunnel rock, foothills visitors center and the town of Three Rivers. Even with the recent flooding and landslides, all roads and sites were well maintained. The roads work that was taking place never added long delays. The Generals Highway north of Hospital rock was closed at this point, so I cannot speak to the drive from the campground to General Sherman or the other features in that area. Overall, we had a great time! The area was beautiful and worked great for us!