Crystal Springs Campground (CA)

Crystal Springs Campground is centrally located in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, in central California's rugged Sierra Nevada range, at an elevation of 6,500 feet. There are 35 sites, each containing a picnic table, a fire ring, and a food storage box, and each accommodating 1 to 6 people. There are also 14 mid-size group sites. Flush toilets and potable water are available at the campground. Crystal Springs is located near Grant Grove Village, where you will find the Kings Canyon Visitor Center, a restaurant, gift store, post office and market, and nightly campfire programs are offered at the nearby amphitheater. From your campsite, you can hike to a sequoia grove that includes the General Grant Tree, the Nation's Christmas Tree and only living memorial to our military veterans. Hike to the beautiful Ella Falls, a 50-foot waterfall, or to Panoramic Point for a breathtaking view of the high Sierras. The campground is located in a mixed conifer forest of sugar pines, incense cedar, fir and sequoia trees. Summer days can be warm and dry with cool nights. Wildlife is abundant and includes black bear, mule deer, gray squirrel, golden-mantled ground squirrel, and a variety of resident birds, among many others. The dynamic landscape of the park evolves from geologic processes working over millennia to sculpt granite, marble and other forms of rock; here are canyons carved by rivers and glaciers, towering rugged peaks, miles of underground caverns, thousands of lakes and ponds, and miles of rivers and streams. Crystal Springs is within an hour's drive of the Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park, home of the biggest tree in the world, the General Sherman, and of the Cedar Grove area of Kings Canyon National Park. Fishing is 30 minutes away at Hume Lake in Sequoia National Forest, which also includes Converse Basin and Chicago Stump, where you can learn the history of logging in the area.