Belknap Campground
2Heads up2 fires, nearest 38 mi
- Right now
- OpenListed open; its database flags it not open
- A night
- $34From, per site
- Season
- April 15 – November 15Open April 15 through November 15
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
Located 19 miles east of Springville , California , take State Highway 190 to the community of Camp Nelson . Turn onto Nelson Drive and follow the signs through town. Elevation is 4,800 feet. Open from April 15 - October 31 depending on weather conditions. The campground has 15 single family units. No trailers or RVs allowed. Vault toilets, potable water, tables, and BBQ stoves are provided. Nearby hiking trails pass through giant sequoia groves. Belknap Creek runs through the campground and the Middle Fork of the Tule River is within walking distance. Keep reading
Fishing is available year around in the Tule River Drainage with a valid CA Fishing License. Consult CA Dept of Fish & Wildlife for specific regulations. Supplies are available at Camp Nelson and Pierpoint Springs located within 2 miles of the campground. Campfire permits are required for campfires, barbeques, and camp stoves. Permits are available at your local Ranger Station or online at Campfire Permit - Ready for Wildfire . ExplorUS All developed campground areas on the Forest operate under a concessionaire permit with ExplorUS. For additional information, please visit About Explorus - Hospitality Management (goexplorus.com) , or call their home office at 661-429-1599, or their Lake Isabella office at 760-376-1269.
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…units. No trailers or RVs allowed. Vault toilets, potable water, tables, and BBQ stoves are…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…trailers or RVs allowed. Vault toilets, potable water, tables, and BBQ stoves are provided. Nearby hiking…”
- Store
- Nearby
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Creek
Phone before you drive
recreation.gov publishes no availability for a campground you can’t reserve, so there’s no thirty-night reading to draw here. The season bar above is what the agency does publish.
Every line of the receipt · 6
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the lowest per-night amount the agency’s fee record states ($34), and no booking fee, because this campground takes no reservations. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
How we know this receipt · 5
record Aug 24, 2026 · How we know all this
Getting there
the map and the coordinate
Where it is
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Springville, CA
Typical weather
Typical October night 53°F, day 79°F.
Coldest night of the open season: typical November night 44°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or moreOutside the published season
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Belknap Campground is in California’s 20th congressional district. Its representative, Vince Fong (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →