Kinnikinnick
2Heads up2 fires, nearest 13 mi
- Right now
- Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 16:03 UTC
- A night
- $47–$92When it reopens, per site
- Sites
- 27In the agency’s record
- Season
- June 1 – September 30Open June 1 through September 30
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 7 notices
In the agency’s own words
Kinnikinnick Campground is located across the street from Huntington Lake near the Kaiser Wilderness. The location makes it possible to discover all the activities and attractions at Huntington Lake, and it's an excellent base for further exploration of the Kaiser Wilderness. Keep reading
Recreation
Many hiking trails are in the area, including Rancheria Falls, Indian Pools and Black Point. Hikers and horseback riders can access the 12-mile Kaiser Loop Trail, which connects to a network of trails within the Kaiser Wilderness. Huntington Lake swimming, sailing, boating, canoeing, kayaking, fishing and water skiing. Additionally, California Land Management sponsors a variety of interpretive programs and nature walks throughout the summer at several locations within the area.
Facilities
Each site has a paved parking spur, picnic table, campfire ring and grill. A pay phone, drinking water and accessible flush toilets are provided.
Natural Features
The campground sits under a dense canopy of fir and pine within the Sierra National Forest, on the western slope of the central Sierra Nevada. The area is known for its spectacular mountain scenery and abundant natural resources. The terrain includes rolling, oak-covered foothills, heavily forested middle elevation slopes and the starkly beautiful alpine landscape of the High Sierra. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (909) 638-6117.
Nearby Attractions
The 84-mile Sierra Vista Scenic Byway (Highway 168) makes a great day trip from the Huntington Lake area.
Charges & Cancellations
Rules & Reservation Policies As you make travel plans that include reservations on Recreation.gov, there are standard policies that apply to most locations of which you should be aware. Do keep in mind, however, that there are many exceptions, so it is best to review reservation information listed on individual facility pages for those policies and procedures that pertain to your specific locations. Any location or activity requiring a permit or lottery will have unique requirements and policies. Please check individual facility pages for pertinent information for those sites. Booking Window For most locations, you can reserve six months in advance of your stay for individual sites and 12 months in advance for group sites. There are some exceptions, so it is best to check with each facility. Change and Cancellation Policies and Fees Overnight and Day Use Facilities: To ensure fairness, reservation arrival or departure dates may not be changed beyond the booking window until 18 days after booking the reservation. Camping / Day Use: A $10.00 service fee will apply if you change or cancel your reservation (including campsites, cabins, lookouts, group facilities, etc.). The $10.00 service fee will be deducted from the refund amount. You can cancel or change reservations through Recreation.gov or by calling 1-877-444-6777. Tours & Tickets: You may request changes to tour dates at no cost before the arrival date. If you cancel before your tour date, you may be eligible for a refund. Cancellation fees apply. Please check the tour facility description details page for cancellation policies. Permits: Varies by location. Please check the permit details for the permit location. Late Cancellations Overnight and Day Use Facilities: Late cancellations are those cancelled between 12:01 a.m. (Eastern) on the day before arrival and check out time on the day after arrival. Individual Campsites: If a customer cancels a reservation the day before or on the day of arrival they will be charged a $10.00 service fee and will also forfeit the first night's use fee (not to exceed the total paid for the original reservation). Cancellations for a single night's reservation will forfeit the entire use fee but no cancellation fee will apply. Cabins / Lookouts: Customers will be charged a $10.00 cancellation fee and forfeit the first night's use fee if a cabin or lookout reservation is cancelled within 14 days of the scheduled arrival date. Cancellations for a single night's use will not be assessed a service fee. Group Facility: If a customer cancels a group overnight facility reservation within 14 days of the scheduled arrival date they will be charged the $10.00 service fee and forfeit the first night's use fee. Cancellations for a single night's use will not be assessed a service fee. Group Day Use Area: If a customer cancels a group day use facility reservation within 14 days of the scheduled arrival date, they will forfeit the total day use fee with no service fee charge. No-Shows Camping / Day Use: A camping no-show customer is one who does not arrive at a campground and does not cancel the reservation by check-out time on the day after the scheduled arrival date. Reserved campsites and group overnight facilities will be held until check-out time on the day following your scheduled arrival. Group day-use facilities will be held until check-in time on your scheduled arrival date. If a customer does not arrive at the campground or group facility by check-out time the day after arrival or does not cancel the reservation by the times listed under "Late Cancellations" above, the customer may be assessed a $20.00 service fee and forfeit use fees. Tours: A tour or ticket no-show is one who does not cancel a ticket before arrival and does not arrive for the tour. Tour no-shows are not entitled to a refund. Refunds Customers must request refunds no later than 14 days after the scheduled departure date. Recreation.gov will not grant refund requests after 14 days of departure. Reservation Fee: For some facilities, tours or permits an additional reservation fee is charged. For some overnight and day-use facilities, an additional non-refundable reservation fee may apply. The non-refundable reservation fee for tours and tickets is $1.00. The non-refundable reservation fee for permits varies by location. Refunds for Bankcard Purchases: Refunds for bank card payments will be issued as a credit to the original bank card. Refunds for Check or Cash Purchases: Refunds for Recreation.gov payments made by check or money order, and cash payments at selected campgrounds will be issued a check refund. A refund will be processed within 30 days of receipt and approval. Please Note: Refund requests made during or after departure can only be processed when approved by the facility management staff based upon local policy. Refunds for Emergency Closures: In the event of an emergency closure, the Recreation.gov team will attempt to notify users and offer alternate dates (as appropriate). If this is not possible, reservations will be cancelled and all fees paid will be refunded. Reservation fees for free tickets are non-refundable in the event of an emergency closure. Recreation.gov Billing Information Reservation transaction will appear on customer's credit card statements as "Recreation.gov 877-444-6777." Changes to Policies and Procedures Recreation.gov reserves the right, when necessary, to modify reservation policies. These policies were last updated July
What the agency tells you
Check in at the campground office before setting up camp
Bears frequent the area; please store food in bear-proof containers
Please Note: One RV with tow vehicle for single site or one vehicle for single tent camping. Two RV’S with tow vehicle per double site or two vehicles for double tent only camping. Most sites can accommodate 1 extra vehicle that is not included with the reservation fee. Extra vehicle will be charged a per night fee and collected at the campground.
Everything else this campground posts · 4
Fire restrictions may be imposed at any time due to hot, dry weather conditions, at which time campfires and charcoal fires may not be allowed. For current fire conditions or weather closures contact the High Sierra Ranger District, Sierra National Forest (559) 855-5355
Reserved Sites will be held until check out time (NOON) the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of that following day to hold a reservation or the site will be forfeited and released to other guests.
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.
Click here to learn more about the Sierra National Forest
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 27
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 40 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- “…pay phone, drinking water and accessible flush toilets are provided. Natural Features The campground sits…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…campfire ring and grill. A pay phone, drinking water and accessible flush toilets are provided. Natural…”
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Ranger programs
- Swimming
- Water sports
- Night sky · 557th darkest of 1,201 in CA
- Bortle 3
Nothing to book until it reopensread 16:03 UTC
recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend
Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.
Tell me when it reopens
Watch for it to come back
One email when the agency reopens it, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check the agency’s own record once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time it stops saying closed.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
Every line of the receipt · 11
What you actually pay
“Camping / Day Use: A $10.00 service fee will apply if you change or cancel your reservation (including campsites, cabins, lookouts, group facilities, etc.). The $10.00 service fee will be deducted from the refund amount.” · this campground’s own no-show terms
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
Why this page can’t say why
recreation.gov lists every site at Kinnikinnick 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.
- RancheriaSierra National Forest · 1.0 mi · 127 sites
- Sample Meadow CampgroundSierra National Forest · 5.8 mi · walk-up
- West Kaiser CampgroundSierra National Forest · 7.2 mi · walk-up
- Dorabelle CampgroundSierra National Forest · 12 mi · 65 sites
recreation.gov availability, read 16:03 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
27 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 25 mapped sitesAll 27 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 25 of the 27 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 27 of the 27 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 001 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | $47–$92 | |||
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 002 Double | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 44 ft | 544 ftHuntington Lake | 1,520 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 003 Double | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 43 ft | 575 ftHuntington Lake | 1,517 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 004 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 40 ft | 534 ftHuntington Lake | 1,489 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 005 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 40 ft | 534 ftHuntington Lake | 1,466 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 006 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 34 ft | 485 ft | 1,441 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 007 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 34 ft | 454 ft | 1,443 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 008 Double | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 56 ft | 492 ft | 1,500 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 009 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 39 ft | 441 ft | 1,498 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 010 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 39 ft | 432 ft | 1,527 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 011 Double | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 46 ft | 453 ft | 1,573 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 012 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 56 ft | 510 ft | 1,630 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 013 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 54 ft | 502 ft | 1,578 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 014 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 44 ft | 632 ft | 1,701 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 015 Double | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 41 ft | 575 ft | 1,622 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 016 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 44 ft | 676 ft | 1,727 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 017 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 36 ft | 616 ft | 1,651 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 018 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | $47–$92 | |||
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 019 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 42 ft | 734 ft | 1,763 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 020 Double | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 36 ft | 652 ft | 1,673 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 021 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 33 ft | 776 ft | 1,794 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 022 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 21 ft | 804 ftHuntington Lake | 1,806 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 023 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 21 ft | 792 ftHuntington Lake | 1,817 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 024 Double | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 52 ft | 752 ftHuntington Lake | 1,771 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 025 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 26 ft | 776 ftHuntington Lake | 1,828 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 026 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 30 ft | 735 ftHuntington Lake | 1,812 ft | $47–$92 |
| AREA KINNIKINNICK | 027 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 30 ft | 708 ftHuntington Lake | 1,788 ft | $47–$92 |
25 of 27 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Deer CreekSierra National Forest · 0.0 mi
CataveeSierra National Forest · 0.0 mi
CollegeSierra National Forest · 0.4 mi
RancheriaSierra National Forest · 1.0 miMidge Creek Group CampgroundSierra National Forest · 2.1 mi
Upper Billy Creek CGSierra National Forest · 2.9 miTake Highway 168 east from Clovis to Shaver Lake. Continue through Shaver Lake to Huntington Lake. Continue around Huntington Lake for 1.3 miles to Kinnikinnick Campground (located adjacent to Catavee Campground).
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Big Creek, CA
Typical weather
Typical June night 43°F, day 66°F.
Coldest night of the open season: typical June night 43°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 Augusts are colder than the August 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
Kinnikinnick is in California’s 5th congressional district. Its representative, Tom McClintock (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →