Hungry Gulch

This was the last time I camp here with my family. I've been coming to these campgrounds for the last 30 years and we've put up with a lot these last 3. The first 2 nights there were no lights in the restrooms and when they finally turned on the electricity they ended up closing all the restrooms and put porter potty out. When I asked the camp host that men's toilet was clogged she replied that that was not her problem! Last year the restrooms were closed because of a drainage problem and now this. It sucks but I guess paying the extra money to have clean bathrooms, electricity and a shower will be worth it from now on.

The grounds were pretty much unkept , Overgrown With foxtails. A couple of the spaces had hose bibs with threads on the end. Where was most of the others did not would’ve been helpful to have so We could fill up supply. Otherwise, it was very quiet. Our host Randy was very amiable since the park was relatively empty. He allowed us to pick whichever spot we wanted and even move to a different spot, which was super nice.

The place is very crowded, but most importantly, the host doesn't manage it at all. We had a very noisy party next to our campground, and despite strict quiet rules on paper (10p to 8am), in practice, it was loud music and singing the whole night, and the host did not care at a slightest, despite multiple complaints. We ended up leaving after the first night, it was unbearable. Not recommended if you actually want to relax.

Sorry, but the showers were not working. And the toilet was disgusting! There was a frog in the men's room!! Really? We checked and decided NOT to use the restrooms.

We only stayed one night and left earlier than planned. Bathrooms were a mess, no toilet paper in the men’s room, since doors were left open lizards and frogs made the bathrooms their home. Staff spent an hour cleaning the bathroom the morning after we arrived but still did not replace the toilet paper. We were the only guests at the campground the one night we stayed. It was evident trash had not be handled for several days. I would not stay here again.

It was a very good spot with a nice lake view. But it wasn’t showers and toilets.

Amazing campsite

Super nice place I wish the place have water around but the campground in front have plenty know 😄and Harle was so helpful and very patient thank you so much⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Showers not working. If I would have know I would have came prepared.

Not the vibe. No campfires and very small campsites, all very close together. No lake access. Do yourself a favor and drive another hour or two in literally any other direction and you’ll find a better spot

July=heat stroke

Sadly I spent the majority of my visit cleaning up trash and avoiding smoke. I think I counted at least two dozen illegal fire rings along the Kern River in 3 days as I was picking up cigarette butts, solo cups, beer bottles, folding chairs and fishing tackle. One of my favorite places on earth and I doubt I'll ever return because it's such a sad/disgusting sight to see.

lovely campsite, very safe, great bathrooms, friendly neighbors

Only one toilet in men's bathroom that door doesn't lock, no toilet paper most of the time. Many sites have much more than 6 people per site. Very noisy with loud people and guests running generators and kids running around.

Our site had no shade starting @ 9:30am and it was HOT. Luckily we had our canopy and tarp to extend the shaded area. Bathroom was pretty nasty in one of the stalls. Poop on the seat, overflow, etc. There were bugs but our mosquito coils and thermacell worked very well. Saw a lot of shooting stars! Lake isabella was in full algae bloom. Had to walk to a different part of the lake where the water looked safer to swim in, though many people were swimming in the super green algae waters anyway.

This is our favorite campground near Lake Isabella. Good proximity to Kernville and town of Lake Isabella, easy to drive up to the Trail of 100 Giants. The campground hosts have been pretty laid-back over the years, sometimes to a fault...when we have camped here, the hosts aren't the best at keeping the restrooms clean and stocked. They are always nice and accommodating, but lax about rules. The people at the campground walk through your campsite at all hours of the day and night; loud music plays most evenings several hours past quiet time. But somehow it's all okay, everyone is pretty chill and friendly, singing and laughing, and it's a great place to spend time with family.

We have reserved a place at Hungry Gulch campground, however when we arrived the Host told us that he has no place for us. This is not what you expect when doing a reservation online. Luckily he redirected us to the Tillie Creek campground and Host at Tillie Creek was kind to admit us there with existing reservation. Tillie Creek has more space between sites and it felt less crowded and more peaceful.

The host could not point us to our site. The campsite itself was extremely crowded, devoid of shade, and located on a slope. We chose not to stay for the night.

Our experience here was really frustrating for multiple reasons, but for the sake of this review I will try to highlight what is important for other campers to know. We had a bad experience from the beginning when we arrived at Hungry Gulch when we were blown off by the camp host for asking who we could ask some questions of since we had made a reservation online and it was unclear what to do since there are not assigned camp spots. Since we had a kayak lesson to get to we called the Sequoia Recreation line and were told that we could pick any empty campsite, put our tent there and then it was OK to leave and the camp host would come along later to check our reservation (again which was done online so we had no other proof besides our email). We pitched our tent, went off for our kayak lessons, and when we got back to the campsite around 9 pm there was another family in our site and our tent was gone! The camp host took down our tent and gave our spot to someone else because we "didn't have the proper tag and hadn't checked in with him." Of course, I was LIVID! So, I had to go find him and explain to him how I had done exactly what I was told by Sequoia Recreation and then he had to drive around for 15 minutes to find us a new spot and didn't even offer to help us put our tent back up that he had taken down. We were surrounded by people playing really loud music on a speaker on one side, another group that was drunkenly yelling on another and loud road noise. Someone came around the sites at like 10 pm and of course everyone was quiet for all of 5 minutes and then we didn't see anyone else after that checking on things. At 12:30 am I had enough, asked both groups to be quiet and while it helped some, both were still making lots of noise. After a long day of kayaking I was exhausted and gave up. We packed up our site at almost 1 am and left out of sheer frustration and ended up having to get a hotel in Bakersfield just to get some sleep. Believe the bad reviews!

Great site went in mid-July very hot they do have water hookup at each site. Lake is not too far.

Camp Host was great (Alan). Great communication skills and gave me advice in regard to travels. The campground is clean. However, the reservations here work a little differently. You have to go to the camp host and instead of getting the campground number you reserved you have to drive around and pick/find an open spot. The restrooms are nice though. Showers are not running though I think because of COVID. Only issue we had were cars coming in at midnight looking for a place to set camp.

We had a lovely quiet day in the campground. Unfortunately, at sunset another group of campers arrived and ended up being incredibly noisy until 2am. The parents went to sleep but the kids were awake, including their young child who was scared on his first trip. This is understandable, but the parents did nothing save scream back at the boy tk shut up, and left their teenage son to handle it. We listened to the young boy curse out and scream at his brother for hours. At about two am the children got out of their tent and were setting things on fire, on a day where there was total fire restrictions. All of this was happening at the site right next to the camp host who did nothing, likely because he had the luxury of a camper van that could drown out their excessive noise. At the same time, another group arrived and started a full on fire, and nothing was said to them. The whole night was disturbing and did not feel secure due to negligence of the host. When the sun came up we promptly packed up and headed home to get some much needed rest. It’s a beautiful site, but without common decency and a proactive host ensuring quiet hours and safety protocols I would not recommend.

Shady campground site helped with 90+ temps. No other campers near us. Easy access to local attractions. perfect for boondocking in travel trailer

Great views but no working showers