Island Park Campground

Echoing what others have said. Stunning views of the lake. Twisty road, 45 minute drive from Sequioa NP. Bring what you need. Fresno is about a 30 mile drive, but has all that you might need.
Park was short-handed during our stay. Honor system check in. Only saw a ranger pass by once. Currently, no hosts. Very poorly maintained bath houses.
Sites not level.
BUT, the most amazing views. Some of the best we've seen at a campground.

We found this hidden gem while looking at the Campendium map for places near kings canyon and sequoia. we are visiting these national parks during the winter and most of the national parks don’t have sites available in the winter or electric. We scored 8 beautiful peaceful days here at island park. Site 34 is the ONLY site that has electric and water with views of both the mountains & lake on one side and the valley on the other. We unhooked our 27” airstream and drove the switchbacks and snowy roads up to kings canyon and sequoia (we had no idea the road between the two is closed during winter, like many other things) also you can only see the general Sherman tree Friday-Sunday due to the fires and sometimes closes with bad weather. We absolutely loved our stay and our national park visits. The ONLY thing I would say is the bathhouse here is probably the yuckiest I’ve been in, the shower pressure is barely enough but there’s hot water. They just really need to be updated badly. Get your groceries PRIOR to arrival, the entrance is step and dark at night.
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We reserved what we thought was an electric site (hot - wanted A/C) for our small trailer and it turned out to be full hookups! Also with the senior discount, only paid $15 a night. Very clean, great walking the dog, nice ranger, good facilities and very cool campsites up on the hill part. The ones in the flat down by the water are just set in a grid and really without trees for shade. We had a nice view, cool site - they really made some awesome tent sites too - good hiking trails (not that we did any due to the heat - we were here at the beginning of August, 2021. And, yes TIGHT & STEEP road in to the campground area. Would not want to bring a big rig or very large trailer down or up that road.

Senior Half Price Discount. $30 normally. Island Park Drive is very narrow and steep. Basically a one lane road that goes both ways! The campground is great. It’s high above the water and the tent campers below. Site 7 & 8 are Host sites with Sewer and electric. 9 is the parking lot with no hook ups but a great view and minimal cell service. Yes there is rattlesnakes.

First a warning....Do Not Book site #4 if you have an RV or Trailer, even a teardrop. It is very steep with no guardrail between your driveway and the steeper hillside below. It has a gorgeous view, electric/water/sewer hookups, is next to the bathroom and fish cleaning station ( with zero odor) and a lovely picnic area and tent pad. Its perfect for Glamping!
We booked #4 for 4 nights and were greatly disappointed on our arrival. It was 6pm and the Ranger had left the park, and there isn't a camp host. AT&T cell service was Nil - 1 bar, so I walked to the top of the hill, scoped out the campsites and went on line to see what was still available. #'s 8 and 9 are amazing sites but were occupied. With slow cell service I still managed to book site #7 for our stay because it was available our exact days.
Site #7 is Amazingly beautiful, shady but still had good sun spots for our suitcase solar, generously spaced from our neighbors, and had full hookups as well!
We stayed Mon-Friday and this campground is remarkably quiet during the day, teaming with birds, squirrels, bunnies, and FOXTAILS (pet owners beware). Rattlesnake warnings everywhere, but we fortunately didn't see any. Its windy in the early evening up on the Upper Loops area, and absolutely silent at night! We didn't need to use restrooms but I checked them out and they are clean with running water, flush toilets, and hand dryers.
Our trailer is a 17' Casita Travel Trailer.

We loved our stay, day tripped into Kings Canyon, and will definitely return to this beautiful park.

We had site number seven best site in the park. It had electric, waters and sewer. It was also shaded. If you are tenting there are many sites to choose from. Only a few sites have electric. We left our camper here while we took a tent and camped in Kings Canyon National park. We would not pull a camper into Kings Canyon unless it was a teardrop and very small. The Rangers come Through the park often. We were here May 9-16, 2021. During the week it was empty but totally full Friday through Sunday.

The road in is steep and windy, just make sure no one is coming up when you head down! Clean campground, good Verizon service. When you pull in the park stop and walk around. Otherwise you might end up somewhere you can't turn around! When we visited the reservoir was very low. I took the dog for a walk down to the water and she got covered with stickers. Watch out! The good thing is it is close enough that you can drive to the national parks without hauling your RV all the way up there.

Getting here was a bit tricky with our large rig but once we got up the mountain and down to the campground (and backed into the spot) we were stunned at the views of the lake. The water level was high but since we were not going on the water, it was perfect for us.

The bathrooms were a little bit unkept and not so clean and since we only had 50amp power and no water or sewer we did need to do a little careful planning of use in our RV. Some sites have water and even some with sewer, so just pick carefully. All rangers we talked with and even on-site volunteers were very nice.

We visited Kings Canyon from here and it was also a bit of a drive, but just beautiful!

Oh, and the stars and Milky Way - WOW!

Cell service limited, but we got about 1 bar on AT&T from our spot.