Camp Four and Half Cabin
2Heads up2 fires, nearest 14 mi
- Right now
- Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 15:20 UTC
- Sites
- 1In the agency’s record
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 11 notices
In the agency’s own words
Camp Four and a Half Cabin is located along the Kings River above Pine Flat Reservoir at an elevation of 1,100 feet in Sequoia National Forest. The cabin sits within the Giant Sequoia National Monument, about 60 miles east of Fresno, California. The cabin was built in 1957 as a residence and office by Forest Service rangers and their families until the early1980's. Dedicated volunteers and employees restored the cabin and converted it to an overnight rental for the public. Cooridinates: 36.86237185800359, -119.12235193122501 Recreation Guests can fish, swim, kayak or whitewater raft in the Kings River. Keep reading
The river is swift and cold and can be dangerous at peak flows in April through June. Enter the river at your own risk. The river becomes tranquil in late summer and fall. The section of the Kings River from Garnet Dike to Pine Flat Lake is open to fishing year round with a two fish limit. A California fishing license is required. There are trails on both the north and south side of the river for hiking and horseback riding and roads for off-road vehicles. The area is great for wildlife viewing, bird watching, star gazing, and artistic pursuits such as painting and photography.
Facilities
A generator provides electricity for the cabin. It is equipped with a heater and swamp cooler for temperature control. The two-bedroom, one-bath cabin sleeps six people. There are two twin beds, a queen and a double hide-a-bed, all with pillows. The kitchen has a propane stove and refrigerator, kitchen table and benches and dishes, pots and pans. The living area offers a couch and rocking chair. There is a tub/shower combination and toilet in the bathroom. Toilet paper, kitchen soap and garbage bags are provided. Outdoors there are five lawn chairs, a grill and picnic table. There is also room outdoors to pitch tents for additional guests. Guests should bring linens, towels and all food items.
Natural Features
The cabin sits along the beautiful Kings River. In the spring, the region is ablaze with wildflowers and high water attracts whitewater boaters. The Kings River is classified as a Wild and Scenic River, and is within the spectacular Kings River Gorge, one of the deepest canyons in the United States. The cabin is also far away from the lights of any city or town, offering a dark and starry night sky. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (559) 338-2251.
Nearby Attractions
Pine Flat Dam, Bear Wallow and Granite Dike Trailheads, Kings River National Recreation Trail.
What the agency tells you
Guests are expected to clean the entire cabin upon departure; all cleaning supplies, including a vacuum, are provided. Please bring your own dish soap and sponges for cleaning your dishes.
The cabin is locked with a combination lock; guests should call the Hume Lake Ranger Station at 559-338-2251 five days before arrival for the cabin door combination
Guests pack out all garbage
Everything else this campground posts · 8
Absolutely no pets.
No additional RVs can be parked at the cabin.
This cabin is to be used as a Recreational Rental Cabin for families and friends. It is not intended to be used by large groups, or as a base camp for reunions, meetings, or receptions.
The cabin is not close to either of the National Parks or any of the Giant sequoia groves within the Giant Sequoia National Monument. It is secluded, quiet, and next to the lower portion of the Kings River.
Contact the Ranger District before arrival to confirm that there are no conditions, such as fire or weather, that might affect their visit
This is bear country and food must be stored properly; (learn more about bear and other safety precautions)
Learn more about the the Sequoia National Forest and Sequoia National Monument
Don't Move Firewood: Protect California's forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. For more information visit firewood.ca.gov.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 1 · 1 cabin
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 22 ft
- Accessible sites
- 1
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- FLUSH TOILETS on 1 of 1 campsite records
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- Shower/Bath Type states a shower on all 1 of this campground's campsite records
- Drinking water
- Yes
- DRINKING WATER on 1 of 1 campsite records
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake, River
- Biking
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Historic site
- Hunting
- Off Highway Vehicle Trails
- Picnicking
- Scenic drives
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 883rd darkest of 1,201 in CA
- Bortle 4
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Every line of the receipt · 11
What you actually pay
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 4
Why this page can’t say why
recreation.gov lists every site at Camp Four and Half Cabin closed this Friday and Saturday night. The U.S. Forest Service has published no closure notice we hold, so this page can’t say why, and it won’t fill the gap with a guess. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one: the reservations its record still carries were taken before the sites were closed.
There’s no notice to quote and no reason to argue with, so this page offers you the watch and the list below, and no letter.
Open within 60 miles · 4
The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.
- Gravel Flat Camping AreaSierra National Forest · 0.5 mi · walk-up
- Bear Wallow Camping AreaSierra National Forest · 1.8 mi · walk-up
- Kirch Flat Group CampgroundSierra National Forest · 1.9 mi · 1 site
- Kirch Flat CampgroundSierra National Forest · 2.0 mi · walk-up
recreation.gov availability, read 15:20 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
1 sites · the site map
All 1 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 1 of the 1 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| AREA CAMP FOUR AND HALF CABIN | 001 | cabin nonelectric | 22 ft | yes | 139 ft | $100 |
OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Kirch Flat Group CampgroundSierra National Forest · 1.9 miKirch Flat CampgroundSierra National Forest · 2.0 miFrom Fresno, California take Highway 180 to Academy Avenue. Turn left (north) and proceed one mile to the intersection with Belmont Avenue. Turn right (east) on Belmont. Proceed east on Belmont which turns into Trimmer Springs Road. In about 13 miles you will pass through the tiny community of Piedra, your last opportunity to purchase supplies and gas. This store is only open during the day. After about 42 miles you will cross the Kings River bridge and continue onto paved Forest Service Road 12S01. The road turns to dirt after a mile, and the cabin is located nearly a mile further down 12S01.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Squaw Valley, CA
Typical weather
Typical October night 53°F, day 79°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 38°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
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
Roadless country, and what’s coming for it
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Camp Four and Half Cabin 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 →