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Submission
Campsites are located on the North Fork of Willow Creek. Garbage service at entrance of campground. This is Bear Country. Please store food properly and don't feed the bears. 6S42 (Central Camp Road) is unimproved dirt road - not maintained for low clearance vehicles.
Take Hwy 41 north from Fresno to Oakhurst. Turn right on Road 222 and travel to east end of Bass Lake. Turn left on Central Camp Road (6S42) and travel approximately 4 miles to the campground.
We intended on camping at Whiskers for 2 nights, but decided to cut our trip short after one night. Here is a list of the pluses and minuses of Whiskers when we were there.
Pluses:
The campground is secluded and the sites are a good size. The sites are nicely shaded with flat spots for tents. There are trails leading down to a really nice fishing/swimming hole area.
Minuses:
The place was packed full of people. If you're looking to get away from hustle and bustle, Whiskers isn't the place to go. There were several large parties of families there - it was loud and crowded.
We were in the back of the campground in site #5 and people very rudely walked back and forth through our site to get to the water, despite other access points. Very annoying when you're chilling by your fire and people are walking through your area.
There were several dogs there and people were not controlling them. The dogs were barking loudly all day, non-stop. Super hard to relax with all the noise of constant barking.
The worst part is that people were shooting guns in the evening. Yes, in the evening after the sun set -
very irresponsible. I'm all for 2nd Amendment rights, but what they were doing was careless and dangerous. We weren't comfortable walking around with all the close gunfire. It continued for well over an hour and a half.
With all of that said, I don't think I'll return to Whiskers. The place needs more oversight if people are not going to follow the posted rules and simple camping etiquette. They ruin it for others like me who are looking to get away for a relaxing, fun weekend.
It's a relatively well maintained 9 mile road out to the campground. Nice water areas to swim nearby. One of the bathrooms was shut down for maintenance. Not crowded at all
