Lower Peppermint Campground

US Forest Service · California

Lower Peppermint Campground in California. Ringed marker is this site; the other dots are the 1330 public campsites we map in California.

Located along the Lloyd Meadow Road (Forest Road 22S82), 10 miles north of Johnsondale. The campground is 27 miles from California Hot Springs, 32 miles from Kernville, 31 miles from Ponderosa, and 74 miles from Porterville. Most services are available in Porterville and Kernville.The campground is accessible from California Hot Springs by County Road SM50, County Road SM99 from Kernville, from Porterville and Springville by State Highway 190, Western Divide Highway (SM107), and County Road SM50.The campground has 17 single family units.

What we know about it

Managed by

US Forest Service

Fee

$29/night

Booking

first-come, first-served

Dogs

Allowed on a leash (USFS policy)

Number of sites

85

Listed facilities

drinking water (as published by the agency)

Coordinates

36.06641, -118.49018

Nearest sites we map

• Upper Peppermint Dispersed Area4 km · US Forest Service
• Quaking Aspen8 km · US Forest Service
• Quaking Aspen Cabin8 km · US Forest Service
• Brush Creek Dispersed Camping11 km · US Forest Service
• Limestone Campground12 km · US Forest Service
• Long Meadow Group13 km · US Forest Service

Source: US Forest Service, dated 2026-08-12, fetched 2026-09-07. Official listing.

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