Long Valley Campground
Long Valley Campground is a remote, primitive campground located within Chimney Peak Recreation Area and is cherry stemmed out of Domelands Wilderness. The campground contains 13 sites, picnic tables, fire rings, and primitive pit toilets. There is no potable water at the campground. The Volpe Trail, a 3-mile unmaintained route that provides access to the South Fork of the Kern River within Domelands Wilderness, starts at the end of the campground road near site 13.
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Getting there
Follow highway CA-178 approximately 30 miles east of the town of Lake Isabella and turn north onto Canebreak Road. Follow this graded dirt road approximately 9 miles to the prominent junction of Canebrake and Long Valley/ Chimney Basin Roads. Turn left on Long Valley/ Chimney Basin Road and follow it to Long Valley Campgound.
| Nearest town | Bakersfield, California |
| Coordinates | 35.8439° N, 118.1616° W · Directions ↗ |
Fire nearby
- WildfireCyrus
18 mi from the campground · 543 acres · 95% contained
Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.
Supplies & services
| Outdoor gear | Triple Crown Outfitters ↗ | 10.6 mi |
| Dump station | Dump station ↗ | 21.4 mi |
| RV sales & service | Lindustries RV Service ↗ | 29.7 mi |
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No site-by-site records, no amenities, no fee schedule or photos in the Recreation.gov record. What is here comes from the agency's own listing. The rest lives there.
Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the record fills in.
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Trails nearby
- 0.3 miBLM Long Valley1.8 mi trail · hiking, horse
- 3.9 miManter Creek ↗5.5 mi trail · hiking, horse
- 4.3 miRockhouse ↗12 mi trail · hiking, horse
Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.
Public land it sits in
This campground sits inside Domeland Wilderness, which overlaps Sequoia National Forest.
- inDomeland Wilderness ↗Wilderness · BLM/FS · 133,720 acres
- inSequoia National Forest ↗National Forest · Forest Service · 1,160,053 acres
- 1.7 miChimney Peak Wilderness ↗Wilderness · Bureau of Land Management · 13,140 acres
Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.
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Questions people ask
Do I need a reservation at Long Valley Campground?
No. Long Valley Campground is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.
Source: How first-come camping works
How many sites does Long Valley Campground have?
13 sites.
Source: Site mix
What is the nearest town to Long Valley Campground?
Bakersfield, California.
Source: Getting there
What if Long Valley Campground is full?
The nearest public campgrounds are Chimney Creek Campground (6.7 mi, first-come), Horse Meadow Campground (12.4 mi, first-come), and Walker Pass Campground (14.2 mi, first-come).
Source: Campgrounds nearby