U.S. Forest Service · Sequoia National Forest · California

Main Dam Campground

This campground is closed due to dam remediation restrictions.

First-come, first-served

More like this: first-come in California

Main Dam Campground
Photo from the area. David~O (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
1fire
active
Cyrus · 5 mi away · 543 acres
Interagency incident data as of 2026-10-16
Incident details ↓

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Main Dam Campground40°50°60°70°80°90°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 44.6°F averageFebruary: 47.6°F averageMarch: 51.5°F averageApril: 56.6°F averageMay: 67.2°F averageJune: 75.6°F averageJuly: 81.6°F averageAugust: 80.0°F averageSeptember: 73.1°F averageOctober: 61.6°F averageNovember: 51.4°F averageDecember: 43.9°F averageTemp °F
The line is the average temperature at S Lake Fs, 7 miles from the campground at 2,654 feet, station USC00048407 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020.

Getting there

Coordinates35.6433° N, 118.4835° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Wildfire
    Cyrus

    5 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

Dump stationDump station ↗1.5 mi
Outdoor gearTriple Crown Outfitters ↗32.1 mi
RV sales & serviceCamping World ↗39 mi

Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. Call ahead; hours change seasonally.

Limited data for this unit

No site-by-site records, no amenities, no fee schedule or directions 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.

Explore

Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →
  • 1.3 mi
    Vista del Lago
    1 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 1.5 mi
    Isabella Peak Lookout
    0.5 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 1.8 mi
    Coso Mine Loop
    3 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 3.1 mi
    Hogeye
    0.7 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 1 more
  • 3.4 mi
    Borderline 4WD ↗
    4.8 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, 4WD and 1 more
  • 3.4 mi
    Kern Canyon ↗
    10.1 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 1 more

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

On Wilderness Atlas →

Sequoia National Forest begins about 2.7 miles away, and it is the closest of these.

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.

Guidebooks for Sequoia National Forest and California

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  • Hiking Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
    Laurel Scheidt, 2022
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  • Moon Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon
    Ann Marie Brown, 2021
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  • Moon California Camping
    Tom Stienstra, 2022
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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Main Dam Campground?

No. Main Dam Campground is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.

Source: Forest Service recreation page for this forest

Is there cell service at Main Dam Campground?

FCC coverage maps show AT&T 5G and T-Mobile 5G at the campground point. Terrain changes that from one site to the next.

Source: FCC Broadband Map

What if Main Dam Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Pioneer Point (0.5 mi, first-come), French Gulch (1 mi), and Auxiliary Dam (1.2 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby