Special Spring offer for Kern River camping
Updated: Mar 25, 2024
Experience the beauty of Kern River's Edge Campground this spring and enjoy 25% off your Spring Kern River camping fee when you book two consecutive nights. Discount automatically applied on new camping reservations for now through May 15, 2024. Reserve soon so you don't miss out on this limited time offer!
Explore the area: See our ancient Sequoia Grove, near Kern River
Read More: 6 Tips for Camping in the Spring
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Thank you for being a Camper who Cares! Planning for success in the outdoors includes little changes like packing trash bags so that your group can leave our wild spaces cleaner than you found them. Think scavenger hunt and have everyone in your group canvas the area you have just used whether it be for "day use" or overnight camping and get everyone to participate in leaving the space better than you found it. This teaches and mentors campers of all ages to respect and treat the outdoors with the care that it deserves.
What does it mean that Sequoia National Forest does not allow glass on the Forest? Simply that you need to pack and shop a little bit different. Use plastic storage containers, ziploc bags, cans, or metal containers for camping gear and kitchen supplies instead of glass. Transfer those bottles of wine into a bota bag instead of bringing glass to camp.
Always practice Leave No Trace (en Español) principles and pack out what you pack in. See our park's Kern River camping etiquette tips.
Spring sounds like a perfect time to visit this part of California. I’d probably be more interested in spending the day walking around the forest than sitting at the campsite, especially when everything is green and the wildflowers are out. The Sequoia area must be incredible in spring, with those enormous old trees and all the smaller plants growing around them. There’s something special about being around trees that have been there for hundreds or even thousands of years.
I also really like the “leave it better than you found it” idea. It’s easy to forget how much impact a busy camping season can have on a beautiful area, so getting everyone involved in picking up trash is a simple…
The Blue Ridge Parkway really seems like one of those places where you could spend the whole day stopping every few miles and still feel like you barely scratched the surface. Craggy Gardens and Graveyard Fields especially sound like great choices if you want something more than just driving around and taking pictures. I also like the idea of packing a picnic instead of trying to rush back into Asheville for lunch.
One thing I always enjoy on trips like this is paying attention to the trees and plants along the trails. You see so many different species at different elevations that it can be hard to keep track of what you’re looking at. I’ve been using https://botanapp.com/identifier/trees when I come…