Southwest Campground - Winter/Spring

National Park Service · California

Southwest Campground - Winter/Spring in California. Ringed marker is this site; the other dots are the 1330 public campsites we map in California.

The Southwest Walk-in Campground is located on the east side of the Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center parking area. When snow is present, approximately November to May, overnight stays are only allowed in self-contained vehicles in the parking lot (walk-in tent sites are closed in winter). Regulations change and the walk-in tent sites are open when the snow melts, approximately June to October.

What we know about it

Managed by

National Park Service

Fee

Not published (the agency does not list one)

Booking

first-come, first-served

Phone

(530) 595-6121

Coordinates

40.43675, -121.53313

Nearest sites we map

• Rocky Knoll Campground7 km · US Forest Service
• Manzanita Lake Group Campground11 km · National Park Service
• Manzanita Lake11 km · National Park Service
• Manzanita Lake Camping Cabins (Ca)11 km · National Park Service
• Summit Lake South11 km · National Park Service
• Summit Lake North11 km · National Park Service

Source: Recreation.gov, dated 2026-02-25, fetched 2026-09-07. Official listing.

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