We were at this Campground in early August it is a beautiful campground with some basic amenities that are useful I will write about them in this review.

Before arriving:

About the route to the campground: The most important thing to know is its condition from the intersection of Sierra Drive and Mineral King Road. Indeed it is the start of Mineral King Road and is almost 23 miles away from Cold Spring Campground. It is a narrow mountainous road with plenty of bends, down and uphills. So be careful and don't speed up. I would say 10 miles per hour is a safe speed for this road. Help oncoming cars to pass you safely (at some point you need to stop to let other cars pass). It will take about 1.5 hours for 23miles then be patient. My recommendation is to avoid this road at night if you don't have enough time to drive in the sunlight you can wait until morning. There is a beautiful bridge on the way and you will see a few giant trees on this road.

After arriving:

There is a map of the campground on the board at the entrance take a picture of that or download the map from the website because it is a little tricky and you may lose time finding your spot. Cellphones have no reception then you need offline maps.

I would say avoid reserving a walk-in spot if you have a lot of stuff with you. It is very difficult to carry your stuff from walk-in parking to your spot and needs a lot of energy and time. You will be really tired if you do that. Backpacking is OK for these spots I think.

Generally, each spot has only one designated parking spot but there are plenty of overflow spaces where you can park your extra cars over there. Then do not worry about the extra parking.

There is plenty of wood in the area in that session. We used them to cook our meals. But I am not sure about other seasons, you should ask about that from the visitor assistant of the national park via email or call.

In general, it is a nice place the only reason that I gave four is the lack of giant trees you will see only 4-5 giant trees all the way. But you have a chance to see beautiful deers instead! We saw them.