Eshom Campground
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- Right now
- Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
- A night
- $36–$71Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 2417 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 5 notices
In the agency’s own words
Located in the Giant Sequoia National Monument at 4,800 feet in elevation, this facility is nestled among Ponderosa pine, Cedar,Giant sequoia and other conifers. This campground is part of the Hume Lake Ranger District in Sequoia National Forest. It is located approximately 80 miles northeast of Fresno, CA, and near Kings Canyon National Park Recreation Opportunities abound in this beautiful forest setting for hiking, biking and off-road exploring outside of the wilderness area. Trails lead into the Redwood Mountain/Whitaker forest grove of Giant Sequoias. Keep reading
Facilities
Eshom Campground is a developed facility with 23 multi-family sites. The campground has two sections, east and west. Vault toilets are provided. The west section is comprised of two loops, while the east section has a spur ending in a loop. In the west section, campsites 2 through 5 are best suited for slide-ins and tents; potable water spigots are available throughout the loops. Access to Eshom Creek can be found off the west section, where an old road is open to foot traffic only and leads to the creek. The east section is more rustic. Sites have irregular and informal parking aprons, stone fire rings and no grills. The facility amenities are favorable for a family destination.
Natural Features
Eshom is neslted deep in the heart of the Sierra foothills. This area is accessed via a winding road in a rural region of the Sierra foothills. The Sierra Nevada Mountains support populations of black bears, mule deer, and a variety of squirrels and other small mammals. Many bird species can also be seen. Eshom Creek runs adjacent to the campground, and many of the sites border the water.
Nearby Attractions
The entrance to Kings Canyon National Park is just over an hour away from the campground using Hwy 245, offering more chances to explore the natural beauty of the area. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (661) 702-1420.
What the agency tells you
RVs over 25' not recommended due to sharp curves and limited road signs to campground.
Be Advised: Do not follow GPS directions down Forest Road 14S45. This road is NOT PAVED, requires high clearance, and can be impassable in areas. Please see updated directions in the "Getting Here" section.
Learn more about Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument
Everything else this campground posts · 2
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.
Overnight camping fee includes 1 car or RV/Trailer with tow vehicle. There is an additional fee $8.00 for each vehicle per night of stay. If you have an extra vehicle, it must fit on the site parking spur.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 24 · 4 tent-only
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 35 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…has two sections, east and west. Vault toilets are provided. The west section is comprised of two…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…are best suited for slide-ins and tents; potable water spigots are available throughout the loops. Access…”
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, Creek
- Biking
- Birding
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Mountain biking
- Off Road Vehicle Trails
- Stargazing
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 843rd darkest of 1,201 in CA
- Bortle 4
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 17 of the 24 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
Watch for a cancellation
Full? Watch it.
One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
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One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
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We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 14
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $36–$71 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
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 · 5
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
24 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 17 mapped sitesAll 24 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. 17 of the 24 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 01 | type not stated | 30 ft | 533 ft | ||
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 02 | type not stated | 30 ft | 395 ft | ||
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 03 | type not stated | 30 ft | 315 ft | ||
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 04 | tent only nonelectric | 30 ft | 157 ft | 367 ft | $36 |
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 05 | tent only nonelectric | 30 ft | 86 ft | 516 ft | $36 |
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 06 | tent only nonelectric | 30 ft | 86 ft | 574 ft | $36 |
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 07 | tent only nonelectric | 30 ft | 94 ft | 503 ft | $36 |
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 08 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 94 ft | 410 ft | $36–$71 |
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 09 | type not stated | 30 ft | 305 ft | ||
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 10 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 120 ft | 317 ft | $36–$71 |
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 11 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 158 ft | 172 ft | $36–$71 |
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 12 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 89 ft | 240 ft | $36–$71 |
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 13 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 89 ft | 223 ft | $36–$71 |
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 14 | type not stated | 30 ft | 342 ft | ||
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 15 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 91 ft | 419 ft | $36–$71 |
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 16 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 91 ft | 510 ft | $36–$71 |
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 17 | type not stated | 30 ft | 642 ft | ||
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 18 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 151 ft | 574 ft | $36–$71 |
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 19 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 114 ft | 435 ft | $36–$71 |
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 20 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 114 ft | 331 ft | $36–$71 |
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 21 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 141 ft | 283 ft | $36–$71 |
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 22 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 141 ft | 147 ft | $36–$71 |
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 23 | type not stated | 30 ft | 197 ft | ||
| ESHOM CAMPGROUND | 24 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 565 ft | 120 ft | $36–$71 |
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
Sunset Campground (CA)Kings Canyon National Park · 3.4 mi
Azalea CampgroundKings Canyon National Park · 3.8 mi
Crystal Springs Campground (CA)Kings Canyon National Park · 3.8 mi
Crystal Springs Campground Mid-Sized Group SitesKings Canyon National Park · 3.8 mi
Ten Mile Campground (CA)Giant Sequoia National Monument · 5.3 miHorse Camp CampgroundGiant Sequoia National Monument · 5.8 miBe Advised: Do not follow GPS directions down Forest Road 14S45. This road is NOT PAVED, requires high clearance, and can be impassable in areas.
- From 180 East - Right on 245 (From 180 West - Sharp Left on 245)
- Left on Hogback Rd
- (Vehicles over 25' not recommended due to sharp curves and limited road signs to campground.)
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Hartland, CA
Typical weather
Typical October night 48°F, day 81°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 29°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
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
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Eshom 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 →