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Sequoia RV Ranch is located 8 miles from the southern entrance of Sequoia National Park in the gateway town of Three Rivers, California. The RV Ranch is situated in a rural setting along the North Fork of the Kaweah River and is surrounded by hills and mature trees.
The ranch has been under current ownership since 2007 and has undergone numerous renovations and upgrades. A variety of sites are available. Several RV only sites right along the river. All sites include a fire ring, picnic table, and varying amount of shade.
One highlight of the campground is a spring-fed swimming hole that is naturally maintained year round.
We allow each guest to book a maximum of 2 sites. When booking online you are only submitting a REQUEST. You do not have an official reservation until you receive the email confirmation stating your site number. All prior emails are only a copy for your records of what you have requested. Please keep in mind that you are not promised a site simply by submitting a request.
Our WiFi system covers the entire campground. Our Bathhouse is equipped with sinks, counter tops, showers (coin operated), and a laundry room (coin operated).
NOTE: WE DO ALLOW TENT CAMPING IN DRY CAMPING AREA.
Riverfront Sites
Quiet Country Setting - Large Mature Trees
Large Spacious Sites
Full Hook-up sites include cable
WiFi
From Los Angeles Take I-5 north to Hwy 99 north towards Bakersfield and Fresno. An hour north of Bakersfield is the city of Visalia. Stay on 99, GPS may route you to Hwy 65, a two-lane Hwy with heavy traffic & no services. In Visalia, exit at Junction 198 heading east towards Sequoia National Park. Continue on 198 apx 45 miles, past Kaweah Lake to the town of Three Rivers. As you come into Three Rivers you will see Comfort Suites on your right & the Market on your left. Apx 3/4 of a mile is North Fork Dr. You can only turn left. Travel 2.2 miles or 3.5 kilometers. We are just past the "Kaweah" sign. Turn right into Sequoia RV Ranch.
The front desk had closed early (we got there at 4:30 sign reads Closed 5 p.m.) when we arrived. Our registration envelopes were conveniently hanging out front amongst other expected guests. The posted instructions to go to the front office to complete the registration the next morning. Front desk was helpful and friendly. However, walking back to our campsite (compared to many other rv stays we experienced), we found that the guys driving around the small electric "golf" carts aren't too friendly. I guess we are used to having staff zipping by and always either smiling or waving; not here. It would have added a welcoming touch which this location neglected. I also noticed none of the newly vacated sites were ever groomed by staff. I usually been to other campgrounds were maintenance would come by, check/switch off the power, rake or sweep up the vacated site, basically tidy up; not here. The pull thru sites are very close to one another. The hookups are located almost in the middle of your rv site; meaning you may find yourself directly in front the your neighbor's sewer/dump connection. We like to hang out/cook right outside our rv. Given the narrow rv site, the ridiculous view/sometimes smell of the sewer would occasionally put a damper on our spot. It basically felt like we were going to eat/or hang out with an open toilet in front of you. Lots of very fine dirt so be prepared; at times if felt like camping in a dust bowl. Everytime a vehicle drove by, a cloud of fine dirt kicked up; not too good when youre eating or relaxing. I recommend reserving your rv site along the river. Those sites seemed to have more room and definitely a better view of the river. If you are planning to arrive at after sunset, it is absolutely dark. Great if you are already settled in. However, after dark, site numbers are too small and hard to spot. One side of the campground (office side), there are two port a pottys. It was a Monday morning, I decided to make use of them. There was hardly any chemical liquids in either one. Both had poop pyramids stacked almost toilet lid level. It was "clean" equipment but the waste was ridiculously disgusting. There are two, single person shower-only facilities nearby with an outdoor sink for washing dishes as I seen tent campers doing earlier. The opposite side of the campground (near the river) has fully functioning toilets. The campground's location is very good. Although the main gate is near by, the trek up the mountain from the main gate to the Giant Forest Museum was about 40 minutes. The trip to Visalia is in the opposite direction and could be from 40 to 50 minutes away. That town has all the comforts that you will need. Good place to visit. Cell phone service is very weak at the campground. The campground's Wi-Fi showed as excellent yet it was too weak to stream movies. I had better service here if I disconnected from the wifi and relied on my spotty network. The river was very nice. I saw kids playing in the water. Lots of small business/restaurants near by. This place was okay for our immediate needs but I can't say we will come back.
Footnote: One of groundskeepers came up to us and asked us if we had e-bicycles? He continued to say that for the past year, someone is coming to the campground and stealing them for the past year. We don't have bikes of any kind, so beware. One pic depicts neighbor's sewer hookup setup directly in front of our door/awning area. It's closer than it looks.
Stayed here a couple nights and the scenery and location is very nice. Everything is definitely in driving distance. We had an rv that would not go up the mountain. Luckily express rental in Visalia came and picked us up in a little rental car so we could visit the area. (Very nice of them). The owner of the rv ranch was very friendly and accommodating. Would recommend.
Cute little park with a good location about 20 minutes from the entrance of Sequoia. The river behind our spot was very pretty. The park doesn’t really look maintained and our spot was sandy dirt so it was a bit messy. Had a mix of good and bad experiences with the staff over the phone before our trip and while we were there.
This place is hands down our favorite little slice of California heaven when you get the waterfront spaces. The staff are amazing, the camp is well maintained and the surrounding town is charming. This is our third time here and we will return again.
Called 5 days before our reservation and were told we could reschedule our reservation for another weekend due to unexpected rain and not lose our deposit. When we called back with our next available dates we were told a different story that a manager was going to have to be asked. We received a voicemail later stating we were welcome to still come up and enjoy our reservation however they will not be honoring what they originally told us about rescheduling our dates. Poor communication on this parks end, dont tell customers something that your not going to honor, were now out $180 after booking your nicest camp site and dont even get to enjoy the campground because we were under the impression we could reschedule due to you telling us we could. Poor communication, fast / loose / shady customer service. Our friends and I will not be making reservations to camp with you ever again.
