Sequoia Campground & Lodge

We stayed a week here and had a great time. In a nutshell....Pros: awesome lake with a beach area for the kids, picnic table and fire pit for each site, rv hookups, variety of lodging (rv, tent, cabin), laundry room, market close by, 8 miles from the Sequoia National park entrance, clean campground, restrooms with showers, small store with wood, ice, snacks, and souvenirs for purchase.Cons: Not many tree shaded rv sites, no WiFi, terrible cell phone service, people bringing glass bottles out to the lake, and trash left by the lake.Aside of the few negatives/cons, we had an overall great experience. Everyone was very friendly, staff was helpful, and we really enjoyed the fact that there was a lake a few feet from our rv. The temperature ranged from 95-102, so the lake was warm and not freezing cold. There was a beach area leading into the lake, and the river was very peaceful and relaxing. We spent most of our time in the water and really enjoyed our stay here. We swam, fired up the grill, and made s'mores at night. Good times. We will definitely be back, except next time we will get a spot with some shade in the summer.

We were there this past week, and I'm disappointed with the covid19 cleaning conditions. We've been coming here for years & seems like the bathroom's are worse every year. I thought the due to covid19 they would be more on it, but no.The beach area is our favorite & we couldn't really enjoy it, since there were 2 other families competing with their high volume music, which not everyone enjoys, we all have different tastes in music, & I was there to relax, but ended up with a migraine with the blasted music. The campground should keep the beach music free or tone it down, some of us just want to enjoy the river & relax.

I think this campground may be permanently out of business. The website still says it is closed, the email address gets a bounce back reply and the phone number is disconnected. Bummer. I was hoping to book a trip for next spring break.

Well, my previous review is still true-for 2 years ago...I came last year with my family and for the first time (in my 13 years of coming here) the resort ran out of water in their well system, which meant no bathrooms showers. We were fully reimbursed and booked a vacay somewhere else instead. This year, you could start to see the big difference from the previous owners.For one, you used to be able to have u to 6 people on your site. Every person after 2 people you are charged more! Ridiculous The staff NO LONGER rake, clean, or water down campsites in between visitors. Which makes no sense because they charge you $25 to check in early! For what reason? You're not cleaning it sooner because you arent cleaning it at all! In my two days here, I used the bathroom 4 times and all 4 times they were an absolute mess. Muddy floors and no toilet paper. Maybe if the staff weren't so busy driving around their golf carts to yell at campers, at least ONE of them would have time to clean and stock. They also rarely change their trash cans‍ Kind of funny that we need to pay more while the staff do less!My family and I have decided to look for somewhere new to camp starting next year. Kaweah Park Resort, I will never forget you. However, shame on you Sequoia Campground & Lodge for ruining a once beautiful and home-y campground.

I found this hidden gem last year and have gone back 4 times since. Place is beautiful, great for vacationing, camping, spending time with family. Close to the Sequoia National Forest. If you've never seen the huge trees definitely worth the trip. Campground is clean so I was surprised to see those restroom/shower complaint post on here. I know last year the campground was trying to get employees to come back to work and were under staffed but I just left yesterday and they had way more staff. No issues with any staff member. Also I feel like staff was cleaning the restroom/shower area every time I went over there. Also the pool is back up and running. I've only camped on tent sites (32,33,34,35) so I cant speak for the RV or Cabin aspect.

Campsite is lovely! Staff is very rude. On our last day there, a staff member, Jordan, came by and threatened to put our fire out while we were trying to make breakfast. The campsite stoves are not marked and we did not know we were using the wrong fire pit. We used the last of our wood in that pit, and it was already lit. We then had to pack up because he threatened to charge us for another campsite. We were charged for another night, even though we were completely out by checkout! Very unprofessional! Tried to contact the general manager about the issue, but no response yet.

We stayed in an RV spot here back in August 2021. Our RV is 30' and I also paid for an additional car. When we got to our spot, there was a large space in front that I assumed was the spot for our car. We left for the day and returned to find another RV parked in the spot. They stack spaces one in front of the other and there's virtually no privacy. We were also given a spot with 30amps and we needed a 50 amp spot. So we weren't able to run more than one item at a time without blowing a breaker. Bathrooms were dirty. Spaces were cramped. The only reason to give this any stars would be the distance to the Sequioa entrance. The company sent a survey and I gave my honest review snd asked about a refund for the car spot they never provided us, but I never heard anything back from them. I don't recommend.

Location earns it a Star. COVID precautions as far as clean facilities? I'm surprised they haven't been fined or shut down. Got to the site at 3pm, bathrooms were disgusting. Went back at 10pm and no one attended to them. Same feces in the same spot on the seats. They also do not enforce the 10pm quite time. A large family was partying until 1am screaming and yelling. The "staff" just drove right by told them to turn off the music at 10pm but did not ask them to keep their voices down. Moreover, they most definitely did not enforce the 6 people per site. Furthermore, the staff failed to enforce the no walking through other people sites to access the river. All in all the facilities are unsatisfactory and quite frankly unsafe, the staff explain the rules but do not enforce it. My family, and friends are avid campers both site and dispersed and this is by far the worse. Do yourself a favor, skip this site, do your due diligence and get a spot in the actual National Forest if you want to be close.

Stay Away until they make some major changes, not peaceful, clean, or safe, terrible for children. I rarely write negative reviews, and I reached out to the management before letting them know I was going to post this. Below is my email to them, with their verbatim response.My list of complaints is extensive:1) For the two nights of our stay July 21 and July 22, 2020, unbelievably loud music was played from three different campsites throughout the campgrounds, including multiple songs with every obscene word you can imagine, including racial epithets and graphic sexual language. For my wife and I, fine, but for our two young children, not fine at all. Even after 10 pm both nights, the noise level was unacceptable for adults, let alone children (of which there seemed to be many). Management told me I should have called the patrol, but if the campground patrol needs campers to complain about such ridiculously loud music, they must not be anywhere near, or just don't care.2) As for 7 pm yesterday (July 22) there was a whole case of empty beer cans on the beach just below the tether ball court by the rocks, and much trash on the beach. Management said in email response to my complaint: "The beach is cleaned in the mornings. Unfortunately we can't always get people to clean up their own messes." But the beach was filthy both days. If they cleaned it, they didn't care about the job they did.3) Yesterday afternoon (July 21, 2020) three adults drank beer from cans while in the middle of the river by the beach (OK by me) but three other adults drank from glass wine bottles and glass wine glasses. I can't imagine what would happen the glass slipped from their hands and broke on the rocks in the rive, and if one of the many children that went swimming in the river stepped on a broken bottle or glass. Management said, "We are very strict about not having glass at the beach. If we had been informed of the violation, we would have sent staff to handle right away."4) Multiple people of all ages were fishing right off the rocks in the same vicinity as young swimmers. I guess they were skilled with their rods, but what happens if they hook a kid? Or lose the line and a hook remains hidden in the rocks that a kid steps on? Management said, "We are also very strict about not having fishing at the beach. If we had been informed of the violation, we would have sent staff to handle right away. 5) A very young kid slammed into our tent with his scooter at 10 pm last night. Luckily, he was fine, and we were fine, but it was shocking and scary. Management: "I am very glad everyone was ok! We ask that children are in their campsites after dark. "6) Far too many people were in the crowded bathrooms (both men and women) without a mask, making it unsafe to use given current CDC guidelines in the height of the Covid pandemic. Management: "We encourage all campers to use Social Distancing practices, but unfortunately we are unable to MAKE them comply."I ended my email to them by saying "I wanted to give you a chance to respond before I post on Yelp and other sites, warning families of what seems to be a dangerous, out of control campground."They ended their email to me: "I hope you will give us another chance in the future. July is the busiest month of the year, and most difficult to keep all of the campers in check." Their campers, at least for the last two nights, were not in check at all, and the campground patrol refused to act on their own initiative.

Pros:1. Staff are friendly, approachable, and helpful, unlike forest rangers from most National parks who always seem like they are always checking your campsites. 2. The sites are clean and well kept. The best tent sites is, site 49. Sites 47 and 48 are also decent but not as good as, 49. 3. On the weekdays (Monday-Friday morning) the campground is quiet and relaxing. However, Friday night can get loud and busy. This, of course, depending on your neighbor's "camping etiquette". (Sadly, my neighbors during my weekend stay endlessly play a loud Mexican music). 4. You can buy firewoods in the office, 9$ for small bundle. They also sell bread, ice, candies, and other camping necessity.(The office close at 5PM). 5. The campground is in pretty good location, just a blocks away from the nearest market, restaurants, and coffee shops. 6. Shower stall are FREE and comes with hot water. Cons:1. Sites are pretty close to each other (tent, RV, and cabins).2. No water source within tent sites.3. Restrooms are nasty specially on the weekend when they are overbooked! Maybe adding an extra worker to clean the restroom might fix this issue. 4. There's only one shower building for the entire campground with about 8-10 stall for men and women.