Old Goldledge Campground
2Heads up2 fires, nearest 20 mi
This is how it should work.
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
Old Goldledge is a dispersed camping or day use site open year round. There are vault toilets available and seasonal trash bins. Old Goldledge is a great spot for fishing. Restrictions - No Camping or Campfires are allowed within 25 feet of the water’s edge. Parking at Old Goldlege is available in the dispersed area. Free Holiday Use Permit Required The Sequoia National Forest, Kern River Ranger District is continuing efforts to balance the needs of recreationists with impacts to the land along the Upper Kern Wild and Scenic River. Keep reading
In 2019 a Pilot Program is being implemented at Old Goldledge Campground in order to more closely align the number of visitors and vehicles with the physical capacity of the camping area. This free permit program will only be in place during high use Holiday weekends. Download the Old Goldledge Campground Holiday Use Permit Application Dates Permits will be required: Memorial Day Weekend: May 23-27 (Thursday – Monday) July 4 th Weekend: July 3 – 7 (Wednesday – Sunday) Labor Day Weekend: August 29 – September 2 (Thursday – Monday) Application Periods for 2019: For Memorial Day Weekend Permits: Requests must be received between April 19 and May 3, 2019. Lottery drawing and notifications will take place by May 6, 2019. For July 4 th Weekend Permits: Requests must be received between April 29 and May 28, 2019. Lottery drawing and notifications will take place by May 31, 2019. For Labor Day Weekend Permits: Requests must be received between July 1 and July 29, 2019. Lottery drawing and notifications will take place by August 2, 2019. For Additional Information please contact the Kern River Ranger District Office at 760-376-3781.
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…day use site open year round. There are vault toilets available and seasonal trash bins. Old Goldledge is…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- River
Nothing to book, just show up
One of 1,623 federal campgrounds where the site still goes to whoever pulls in first. Get there before noon on a summer weekend.
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 · 3
What you actually pay
How we know this receipt · 4
rules read Sep 7, 2026 · record Aug 23, 2026 · How we know all this
Getting there
the map and the coordinate
Where it is
Atwell Mill CampgroundSequoia National Park · 5.4 mi
South Fork CampgroundSequoia National Park · 5.5 mi
Buckeye Flat CampgroundSequoia National Park · 6.4 miThe agency publishes this point for 4 campgrounds; it’s likely a district office, not the campground. Use the agency’s own page for directions.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Three Rivers, 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
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
Old Goldledge 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 →