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

Chamise Flat Dispersed Campground

About 12 miles north of Kernville, this is a dispersed camping site along the North Fork of the Kern River. No water is available. Portable toilets and trash bins available in the summer months.

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Chamise Flat Dispersed Campground
Photo from the area. bahniuk (CC BY 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Chamise Flat Dispersed Campground40°50°60°70°80°90°January: 2.29 inches of precipitationFebruary: 2.39 inches of precipitationMarch: 1.71 inches of precipitationApril: 0.67 inches of precipitationMay: 0.43 inches of precipitationJune: 0.10 inches of precipitationJuly: 0.14 inches of precipitationAugust: 0.07 inches of precipitationSeptember: 0.23 inches of precipitationOctober: 0.55 inches of precipitationNovember: 1.35 inches of precipitationDecember: 1.91 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 46.1°F averageFebruary: 48.0°F averageMarch: 51.6°F averageApril: 56.3°F averageMay: 64.1°F averageJune: 73.4°F averageJuly: 80.6°F averageAugust: 79.8°F averageSeptember: 73.8°F averageOctober: 63.5°F averageNovember: 52.3°F averageDecember: 45.8°F average0 in0.5 in1 in1.5 in2 in2.5 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Kern River Ph 3, 16 miles from the recreation area point at 2,703 feet, station USC00044523 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 12 inches a year.

Getting there

AreaRecreation.gov lists no exact point for this campground. The recreation area is at 36.02° N, 118.39° W. Call the office before you drive.

Fire nearby

  • Wildfire
    Cyrus

    22 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.

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.

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Guidebooks for Sequoia National Forest and California

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    Tom Stienstra, 2022
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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Chamise Flat Dispersed Campground?

No. Chamise Flat Dispersed 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