Upper Stony Creek Campground
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- Right now
- Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
- A night
- $36From, per site
- Sites
- 2417 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 7 notices
In the agency’s own words
Upper Stony Creek Campground sits in the mid-elevation of the Sierra Nevada mountains at an elevation of about 6,500 feet. Situated along the scenic Stony Creek, below Shell Mountain, and near the Stony Creek Trailhead, this is an ideal location for outdoor enthusiasts. This campground is also near the Jennie Lakes Wilderness region, and in between Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, on the Generals Highway. Keep reading
Recreation
Hume Lake is a popular recreation destination where visitors can enjoy fishing, non-motorized boating, hiking, mountain biking and off-road vehicle riding. Visitors can also hike around and fish in the creeks by the campgrounds.
Facilities
Upper Stony Creek offers 17 reservable campsites spread out along the creek. Vault toilets, picnic areas and drinking water are provided. This facility is operated by Rocky Mountain Recreation Company, a division of ExplorUS and comments are welcome; comment forms are available from campground hosts or online.
Natural Features
The Sequoia National Forest, located at the southern end of the Sierra Nevada in central California, takes its name from the giant sequoia, the world's largest tree, which grows in more than 30 groves on the Forest's lower slopes. The Forest comprises about 1.1 million acres, and elevations range from about 1,000 to 12,000 feet, creating precipitous canyons and mountain streams with spectacular waterfalls such as Salmon Creek Falls and Grizzly Falls.
Nearby Attractions
Day trips to Kings Canyon National Park, Sequoia National Park, Giant Sequoia National Monument, Boyden Caverns and General Grant Grove are popular activities. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (661) 702-1420.
What the agency tells you
This is black bear country; Special food storage regulations are in effect and must be followed
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.
Only non-motorized boats are allowed on Hume Lake
Everything else this campground posts · 4
Off-road vehicles are not permitted in the campground
Click here to learn more about Sequoia National Forest
Camping fee does not include Park Entrance Fee
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
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 40 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed at 1 of 24 sites
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…campsites spread out along the creek. Vault toilets, picnic areas and drinking water are provided. This…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…creek. Vault toilets, picnic areas and drinking water are provided. This facility is operated by Rocky…”
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Waterfall, Lake, Creek
- Backpacking
- Birding
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Mountain biking
- Stargazing
- Wilderness access
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 684th darkest of 1,201 in CA
- Bortle 3
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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Tell me when the season opens
Watch for the season to open
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.
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.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $36 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.
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.
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | 001 | type not stated | 40 ft | 1,334 ft | ||
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | 002 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 34 ft | 1,341 ft | $36 |
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | 003 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 16 ft | 1,346 ft | $36 |
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | 004 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 16 ft | 1,346 ft | $36 |
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | 005 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 28 ft | 1,319 ft | $36 |
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | 006 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 28 ft | 1,311 ft | $36 |
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | 007 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 34 ft | 1,308 ft | $36 |
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | 008 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 41 ft | 1,337 ft | $36 |
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | 009 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 14 ft | 1,389 ft | $36 |
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | 010 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 14 ft | 1,403 ft | $36 |
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | 011 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 18 ft | 1,416 ft | $36 |
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | 012 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 38 ft | 1,432 ft | $36 |
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | 013 | type not stated | 40 ft | 1,436 ft | ||
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | 014 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 27 ft | 1,438 ft | $36 |
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | 015 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 25 ft | 1,440 ft | $36 |
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | 016 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 25 ft | 1,441 ft | $36 |
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | 017 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 27 ft | 1,439 ft | $36 |
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | 018 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 38 ft | 1,432 ft | $36 |
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | 019 | type not stated | 40 ft | 1,398 ft | ||
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | 020 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 45 ft | 1,367 ft | $36 |
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | 021 | type not stated | 30 ft | 1,333 ft | ||
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | A | type not stated | 1,374 ft | |||
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | B | type not stated | 1,376 ft | |||
| UPPER STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND | C | type not stated | 1,358 ft |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions
Where it is
Stony Creek SequoiaGiant Sequoia National Monument · 0.0 mi
Cove GroupGiant Sequoia National Monument · 0.3 mi
Fir GroupGiant Sequoia National Monument · 0.6 mi
Dorst Creek Campground-Sequoia and Kings Canyon National ParkSequoia National Park · 2.4 mi
Big Meadow Campground - US Forest Service Sequoia National Forest (CA)Giant Sequoia National Monument · 3.7 mi
Big Meadows Cabin (CA)Giant Sequoia National Monument · 3.7 miFrom Fresno, California, take highway 180 east towards Kings Canyon/Sequoia Park. Take the Generals Highway fork to the right. After approximately 13 miles, the campground entrance will be on the left.
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 31°F, day 59°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 17°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
Upper Stony Creek 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 →