Free camping near Poso Park, CA
Yes. 19 of the 50 camps within 25 straight-line miles of Poso Park, CA are listed as free; 30 charge a fee and 1 has no price on record. The closest free one is Cedar Creek, 5.3 miles southeast, on U.S. Forest Service land. The closest camp of any kind is White River, 2.3 miles north, a fee campground.
Dave has slept at 2 of these camps.
All 50 camps near Poso Park, CA
| Camp | Miles | Cost | Water | Nearest town | Season today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White River | 2.3 | Fee | — | 1.2 mi to Sugarloaf | — |
| Cedar Creek | 5.3 | Free | Cedar Creek (stream) | 2.3 mi to Alta Sierra | — |
| Leavis Flat | 5.3 | Free | Deer Creek (stream) | 0.5 mi to California Hot Springs | — |
| Frog Meadow | 5.5 | Free | Tobias Creek (stream) | 2.9 mi to Sugarloaf Mountain Park | — |
| Sequoia National ForestDave slept here | 9.9 | Free | Kern River (river) | 2.5 mi to Riverkern | — |
| Holey Meadow | 9.9 | Fee | — | 5.0 mi to California Hot Springs | — |
| Hospital Flat | 10 | Fee | — | 5.3 mi to Kernville | — |
| Camp 3 | 10 | Fee | — | 4.0 mi to Kernville | — |
| Headquarters | 11 | Fee | — | 3.1 mi to Kernville | — |
| Chamise Flats Dispersed Camping Area | 11 | Free | Tobias Creek (stream) | 1.0 mi to Fairview | — |
| Corral Creek | 11 | Free | Corral Creek (stream) | 4.6 mi to Riverkern | — |
| Goldledge | 11 | Fee | — | 8.3 mi to Kernville | — |
| Calkins Flat Dispersed Campground | 11 | Free | — | — | — |
| Spring Hill South Dispersed Camping | 11 | Free | — | 7.5 mi to Kernville | — |
| Old Goldledge Dispersed Camping | 11 | Free | — | 8.7 mi to Kernville | — |
| Spring Hill North Dispersed Camping | 11 | Free | Gold Ledge Creek (stream) | 4.9 mi to Fairview | — |
| Fairview | 12 | Fee | — | 9.3 mi to Pine Flat | — |
| Redwood Meadow | 12 | Fee | — | 7.1 mi to California Hot Springs | — |
| Evans Flat | 12 | Free | Greenhorn Creek (stream) | 1.6 mi to Pettit Place | — |
| Long Meadow | 12 | Fee | — | 7.6 mi to California Hot Springs | — |
| Live Oak Group | 12 | Fee | — | 1.2 mi to Wofford Heights | — |
| Tillie Creek | 13 | Fee | — | 1.3 mi to Wofford Heights | — |
| Tillie Creek #4 | 13 | Fee | — | 1.5 mi to Wofford Heights | — |
| Hungry Gulch | 13 | Fee | — | 2.5 mi to Lake Isabella | — |
| Boulder Gulch | 13 | Fee | — | 2.6 mi to Lake Isabella | — |
| Limestone | 14 | Fee | — | 10 mi to Ponderosa | — |
| French Gulch | 14 | Fee | — | 1.4 mi to Lake Isabella | — |
| Brush Creek | 14 | Free | Brush Creek (stream) | 2.2 mi to Roads End | — |
| Pioneer Point | 14 | Fee | — | 1.0 mi to Lake Isabella | — |
| Main Dam | 14 | Fee | — | 0.4 mi to Lake Isabella | — |
| Camp 9 Recreation Area | 14 | Fee | — | 3.1 mi to Wofford Heights | — |
| Sequoia National ForestDave slept here | 15 | Free | Brush Creek (stream) | 2.8 mi to Roads End | — |
| Auxiliary Dam | 15 | Fee | — | 1.7 mi to Lake Isabella | — |
| South Fork Rec | 15 | Fee | — | 2.2 mi to Mountain Mesa | — |
| Horse Meadow Campground | 16 | Fee | Salmon Creek (stream) | 6.6 mi to Roads End | — |
| Horse Meadow | 16 | Fee | — | 11 mi to Kernville | — |
| Paradise Cove | 16 | Fee | — | 1.3 mi to Mountain Mesa | — |
| Black Gulch South | 16 | Free | Clear Creek (stream) | 2.0 mi to Bodfish | — |
| Sandy Flat | 17 | Fee | — | 2.2 mi to Bodfish | — |
| Hobo | 17 | Fee | — | 2.4 mi to Bodfish | — |
| Isabella lake dispersed camping | 18 | Free | South Fork Kern River (river) | 2.4 mi to Weldon | — |
| Dispersed camping area 5 | 19 | Free | Peppermint Creek (stream) | 3.7 mi to Ponderosa | — |
| Lower Peppermint Campground | 19 | Unpriced | Peppermint Creek (stream) | 3.4 mi to Ponderosa | — |
| Upper Peppermint Dispersed Area | 20 | Free | Peppermint Creek (stream) | 1.4 mi to Ponderosa | — |
| Coy Flat | 22 | Fee | — | 1.1 mi to Pierpoint | — |
| Quaking Aspen | 22 | Fee | — | 1.3 mi to Ponderosa | — |
| Quaking Aspen | 22 | Fee | — | 1.4 mi to Ponderosa | — |
| Belknap | 23 | Fee | — | 0.8 mi to Camp Nelson | — |
| Breckenridge | 24 | Free | Mill Creek (stream) | 4.9 mi to Havilah | — |
| Breckenridge Campground | 24 | Free | Mill Creek (stream) | 5.0 mi to Havilah | — |
Who manages the camps near Poso Park, CA
Who manages them: 46 on the Forest Service; 4 on an agency our record does not name.
- Sequoia National Forest — 50 camps: 19 free, 30 fee, 1 unpriced
Season read for these camps, today
Our record has no season word for any of these 50 camps today. Call the managing office before you go.
Forecast near Poso Park, CA
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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 Poso Park, 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.