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

Convict Flat Campground

Located in Kings Canyon, 19 miles NE of Grant Grove via Hwy 180. Family campground (5 units), vault tiolet and suitable for small - midsize trailers. Elevation 3,000 feet.

Closed for the seasonFirst-come, first-served5 sites

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Convict Flat Campground
Photo from the area. ogwen (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
3fires
active
Grant Grove Fall Rx (prescribed burn) · 9 mi away
2 more within 50 miles
Incident details ↓

Site map

4 campsite locations mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. The site numbers are theirs and may not match the posts at the campground. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Season & status

StatusClosed for the season. Forest Service sites close for the season; check the official page for the reopening date.
ForestSequoia National Forest
FeesStandard amenity fee collected at the National Park entrance stations as part of an interagency agreement.

Sequoia National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Convict Flat Campground30°40°50°60°70°January: 8.03 inches of precipitation, 37.7 inches of snowFebruary: 7.33 inches of precipitation, 44.8 inches of snowMarch: 7.81 inches of precipitation, 35.1 inches of snowApril: 3.58 inches of precipitation, 20.0 inches of snowMay: 1.37 inches of precipitation, 4.9 inches of snowJune: 0.53 inches of precipitation, 0.6 inches of snowJuly: 0.27 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowAugust: 0.16 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowSeptember: 0.32 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowOctober: 2.37 inches of precipitation, 3.5 inches of snowNovember: 3.26 inches of precipitation, 8.6 inches of snowDecember: 6.63 inches of precipitation, 30.8 inches of snowJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 35.9°F averageFebruary: 35.5°F averageMarch: 37.8°F averageApril: 41.0°F averageMay: 48.7°F averageJune: 58.2°F averageJuly: 65.6°F averageAugust: 65.4°F averageSeptember: 60.1°F averageOctober: 50.7°F averageNovember: 42.2°F averageDecember: 35.4°F average0 in10 in20 in30 in40 in50 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Grant Grove, 9 miles from the campground at 6,580 feet, station USC00043551 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 42 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 186 inches a year on the same inches scale.

Getting there

Coordinates36.8190° N, 118.8330° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Prescribed
    Grant Grove Fall Rx

    9 mi from the campground

  • Prescribed
    Grant Grove Rx Spring

    10 mi from the campground · 15 acres

  • Wildfire
    Land

    13 mi from the campground · 20 acres

Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.

Supplies & services

Dump stationDump station ↗15.9 mi
Outdoor gearShaver Lake Sports ↗33.4 mi
RV sales & serviceRV sales & service ↗48.9 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

Video

Convict Flat Campground Hume California CA - CampgroundViews.com

Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →
  • 2.6 mi
    Yucca Point
    1.8 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 2.9 mi
    Evans Grove Loop
    1.1 mi trail · hiking, horse
  • 3.6 mi
    Kanawyer ↗
    11.1 mi trail · hiking, horse
  • 4 mi
    Deer Meadow
    3.1 mi trail · hiking, horse
  • 4.6 mi
    Little Boulder Grove
    1.7 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 4.6 mi
    Choke Creek
    1.6 mi trail · hiking, horse

Trailheads within three miles

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 →

This campground sits inside Monarch Wilderness, which overlaps John Muir Wilderness.

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.

On the National Register nearby

On Register Atlas →

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 Convict Flat Campground?

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

Source: Forest Service

How much does it cost to camp at Convict Flat Campground?

Standard amenity fee collected at the National Park entrance stations as part of an interagency agreement.

Source: Forest Service

Is Convict Flat Campground open right now?

Closed for the season as of Oct 16, 2026.

Source: Forest Service status

How many sites does Convict Flat Campground have?

5 sites.

Source: Forest Service

What if Convict Flat Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Hume Lake (4.4 mi), Logger Flat Group (4.5 mi), and Landslide (4.7 mi).

Source: Campgrounds nearby