Free camping near Kennedy Meadows, CA
Yes. 12 of the 29 camps within 25 straight-line miles of Kennedy Meadows, CA are listed as free; 10 charge a fee and 7 have no price on record. The closest free one is Chimney Peak Recreation Area, 13 miles south, on Bureau of Land Management land. The closest camp of any kind is Kennedy Meadows Campground, 3.3 miles north, with no price on record.
Dave has slept at 2 of these camps.
All 29 camps near Kennedy Meadows, CA
| Camp | Miles | Cost | Water | Nearest town | Season today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Meadows Campground | 3.3 | Unpriced | South Fork Kern River (river) | 9.7 mi to Dunmovin | — |
| Sacatar Trail Wilderness | 6.1 | Unpriced | — | 10 mi to Dunmovin | — |
| Fish Creek | 7.3 | Fee | — | 7.3 mi to Kennedy Meadows | — |
| Troy Meadow | 8.1 | Fee | — | 8.1 mi to Kennedy Meadows | — |
| Chimney Peak Wilderness | 11 | Unpriced | — | 8.4 mi to Canebrake | — |
| Chimney Peak Recreation Area | 13 | Free | — | 7.0 mi to Canebrake | — |
| Domeland Wilderness | 15 | Unpriced | Palome Creek (stream) | 4.6 mi to Canebrake | — |
| Horse Meadow | 16 | Fee | — | 11 mi to Kernville | — |
| Horse Meadow Campground | 16 | Fee | Salmon Creek (stream) | 6.6 mi to Roads End | — |
| Sequoia National ForestDave slept here | 20 | Free | Brush Creek (stream) | 2.8 mi to Roads End | — |
| Brush Creek | 21 | Free | Brush Creek (stream) | 2.2 mi to Roads End | — |
| Limestone | 21 | Fee | — | 10 mi to Ponderosa | — |
| Spring Hill North Dispersed Camping | 21 | Free | Gold Ledge Creek (stream) | 4.9 mi to Fairview | — |
| Old Goldledge Dispersed Camping | 21 | Free | — | 8.7 mi to Kernville | — |
| Spring Hill South Dispersed Camping | 21 | Free | — | 7.5 mi to Kernville | — |
| Goldledge | 21 | Fee | — | 8.3 mi to Kernville | — |
| Dispersed camping area 5 | 21 | Free | Peppermint Creek (stream) | 3.7 mi to Ponderosa | — |
| Lower Peppermint Campground | 22 | Unpriced | Peppermint Creek (stream) | 3.4 mi to Ponderosa | — |
| Corral Creek | 22 | Free | Corral Creek (stream) | 4.6 mi to Riverkern | — |
| Fairview | 22 | Fee | — | 9.3 mi to Pine Flat | — |
| Chamise Flats Dispersed Camping Area | 22 | Free | Tobias Creek (stream) | 1.0 mi to Fairview | — |
| Calkins Flat Dispersed Campground | 22 | Free | — | — | — |
| Coso Range Wilderness | 23 | Unpriced | — | 8.8 mi to Olancha | — |
| Hospital Flat | 23 | Fee | — | 5.3 mi to Kernville | — |
| Sequoia National ForestDave slept here | 23 | Free | Kern River (river) | 2.5 mi to Riverkern | — |
| Pacific Crest- Owens Peak Segment | 23 | Unpriced | Three Pines Canyon (stream) | 8.0 mi to Canebrake | — |
| Upper Peppermint Dispersed Area | 24 | Free | Peppermint Creek (stream) | 1.4 mi to Ponderosa | — |
| Camp 3 | 24 | Fee | — | 4.0 mi to Kernville | — |
| Headquarters | 24 | Fee | — | 3.1 mi to Kernville | — |
Who manages the camps near Kennedy Meadows, CA
Who manages them: 20 on the Forest Service; 6 on the BLM; 3 on an agency our record does not name.
- Sequoia National Forest — 22 camps: 11 free, 10 fee, 1 unpriced
- Bakersfield Field Office — 5 camps: 1 free, 4 unpriced
- Inyo National Forest — 1 camp: 1 unpriced
- Ridgecrest Field Office — 1 camp: 1 unpriced
Season read for these camps, today
Our record has no season word for any of these 29 camps today. Call the managing office before you go.
Forecast near Kennedy Meadows, CA
This is the Weather Service forecast for the town, fetched when the page opens. It is not a forecast for any camp in the table; ground higher up or in a canyon can run colder or windier. It needs JavaScript; without it, see weather.gov.
Camping near other towns close by
The nearest towns that have their own page, with the straight-line miles between the towns.
Every distance on this page is a straight line from Kennedy Meadows, CA, not a driving distance — a camp four miles out across a canyon can be an hour of road. Cost is the audited three-state verdict on each camp's own record: free, fee, or unpriced where we could not confirm a price. A blank column is a gap in the record, not a statement that the thing is absent. Camps come from state and federal agency records, not from a visit, except the ones marked. Seasons, permits and fire rules change: confirm with the managing office before you go. Found a fee where we show free? Tell us on the contact page.