Sunset Campground (CA)

Great campground. Had some confusion with which site I booked because I didn't take a screenshot before hand. Beautiful setting, clean bathrooms and fresh water.

Overall good campsite. Very busy camping area, but we were able to sleep through most of the night. Fairly flat campsite.

Overall good campsite. Very busy camping area, but we were able to sleep through most of the night. Fairly flat campsite.

Not just understaffed but witnessed total disregard for enforcing basic campground regulations. Generators, music and a big-screen video/outdoor movie running until 10:45 pm. Did not see a ranger, volunteer or camphost for the first 48 hours of my stay. The last 2 days of my stay I saw 1 ranger drive through the campground and he never stopped his vehicle or got out of his vehicle = never engaged with public at any time and totally ignored open bear boxes and food sitting on tables that were not attended. Drove through another campground in Canyon View area and witnessed same sloppy campground conditions.
Spent 6 days in Yosemite the previous week and experienced an excellently managed campground with rangers or volunteers or wildlife division staff frequently monitoring ALL their campgrounds multiple times each day and tactfully enteracting with campers and requiring that campground rules be followed.
Who ever is responsible (supervisor) for campground management and enforcement protocol in Kings Canyon should be embarrassed AND replaced. Can't blame everything on staff shortages as everyone experiences that and still finds a way to professionally manage a National Park campground. Your Nayional agency should be setting the standards rather than being a poor example.
I spent 42 years directing a County natural resource agency that managed both wildlife areas and high use public recreation areas ‐ we would never allow our services to dip to level I experienced at the Kings Canyon campground facilities.

Not just understaffed but witnessed total disregard for enforcing basic campground regulations. Generators, music and a big-screen video/outdoor movie running until 10:45 pm. Did not see a ranger, volunteer or camphost for the first 48 hours of my stay. The last 2 days of my stay I saw 1 ranger drive through the campground and he never stopped his vehicle or got out of his vehicle = never engaged with public at any time and totally ignored open bear boxes and food sitting on tables that were not attended. Drove through another campground in Canyon View area and witnessed same sloppy campground conditions.
Spent 6 days in Yosemite the previous week and experienced an excellently managed campground with rangers or volunteers or wildlife division staff frequently monitoring ALL their campgrounds multiple times each day and tactfully enteracting with campers and requiring that campground rules be followed.
Who ever is responsible (supervisor) for campground management and enforcement protocol in Kings Canyon should be embarrassed AND replaced. Can't blame everything on staff shortages as everyone experiences that and still finds a way to professionally manage a National Park campground. Your Nayional agency should be setting the standards rather than being a poor example.
I spent 42 years directing a County natural resource agency that managed both wildlife areas and high use public recreation areas ‐ we would never allow our services to dip to level I experienced at the Kings Canyon campground facilities.

This is not our first time at this campground and it will not be our last time. Great location almost at the park entrance and right next to Grant Village for any quick grocery/eats. This site was cramped and we just about fitted a medium sized tent into it. Our neighbors were struggling to find a flat spot for a smallish tent and we saw some sites where I could not imagine anybody other than a single person fitting in.

Toilets are serviceable, dishwashing is easy with a steel sink and we had a drinking water faucet right opposite to our site.

Overall we had a good time and plan to be back some time.

Beautiful!!

This is not our first time at this campground and it will not be our last time. Great location almost at the park entrance and right next to Grant Village for any quick grocery/eats. This site was cramped and we just about fitted a medium sized tent into it. Our neighbors were struggling to find a flat spot for a smallish tent and we saw some sites where I could not imagine anybody other than a single person fitting in.

Toilets are serviceable, dishwashing is easy with a steel sink and we had a drinking water faucet right opposite to our site.

Overall we had a good time and plan to be back some time.

Beautiful!!

Very nice, clean campground with many sites that offer some seclusion from neighbors. As the name implies, the sunset view is great from several sites.