Kelty Meadow

Overview

Kelty Meadow Campground is located in a mountainous area near Bass Lake. This horse-friendly camp is shaded by pine and cedar trees alongside Kelty Creek, with campsites wide and open enough to accommodate small horse trailers, slide-ins, tent trailers or tents.

Recreation

Visitors enjoy horseback riding on logging and forest roads in the surrounding area. Most other recreational activities in the area are centered around Bass Lake.

Bass Lake offers a beach and boat ramp. Popular activities include hiking, swimming, motorized boating, canoeing, kayaking, water skiing, sailing and fishing for bass, trout, bluegill and catfish.

Facilities

Each campsite is equipped with a picnic table, campfire ring and grill. Some sites have hitching posts.

Vault toilets are available. Drinking water is not provided, but a stock water supply is available from the creek.

Natural Features

The Sierra National Forest, located on the western slope of the central Sierra Nevada, is known for its spectacular mountain scenery and abundant natural resources. The terrain includes rolling, oak-covered foothills, heavily forested middle elevation slopes and the starkly beautiful alpine landscape of the High Sierra.

Kelty Meadow Campground is located in the Bass Lake Ranger District at an elevation of 3,400 feet. Bass Lake is a very popular area known for its variety of fish, as well as the bald and golden eagles that make their home here.

Nearby Attractions

A trailhead for the Shadow of the Giants National Recreation Trail is a few miles south of the campground. This 1-mile interpretive trail gives visitors the opportunity to learn about giant sequoias that grow in this forest.

Charges & Cancellations

Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.

Camp site features

Across 15 camp sites:

  • Largest party: 6 people

Directions

Traveling north on Highway 41, approximately 3 miles out of Oakhurst, take Road 632 (aka Sky Ranch Road) 8 miles to the Y junction of 632 and 6S40. Stay left at the Y and go 3 miles to Kelty Meadow Campground on the left side of the road.

Stay Limit

Check in from 12 AM, check out by 12 PM.

Reviews

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Laken B
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Reviewed 8 days ago
Great campsite. Bathrooms were clean and bear-proof food storage was easy to use.
Gifford S
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Reviewed a month ago
Kelty meadows is beautiful. Camp host was very helpful. Camp area was clean. Fresno dome hike was a short drive away. Bathrooms are a little rough (open pit with a small hut over them) but it’s camping.
Josiah P
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Reviewed a month ago
Kelty Meadows was well kept - outhouse very well maintained. The host was courteous and helpful but never intrusive. Thank you!
Tomas G
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Reviewed 2 months ago
Honest and full review. The road was not as bad as we anticipated it to be. I drive a Honda civic and we made it just fine bottom scraping just once on the front fender which is what everyone does on curbs in front of your local subway. The site itself was huge we reserved 3 sites thinking we were going to need them but we ended up fitting 4 tents on one site. A 6 person, 4 person, 3 person, and another 6 person. With all of those tents set up we still had room to lay a mat down for the kids. The mat was still far from the fire pit! There is a creek nearby where you can cross and go into a meadow that’s very peaceful. The sites and pictures of the sites don’t do their justice. It felt like more of an open layout with some sites not really having designated start and end points. It’s hard to decide where your site starts and ends. This is mainly due to not having a paved road. There was a lot of fire wood around the area. We did not need to buy wood once. We were able to use the dead trees and logs nearby. We did not see any bears or wildlife other than a cow on our way up. There is also a couple of trails near by that the kids were able to have fun on as well. All in all it was a great family campsite. Me and my girlfriend had the most experience and the rest of the family thought it was a great site. One last thing, the bathrooms are porta potties style and stink.
Richard C
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Reviewed 2 months ago
This is a lovely site although slightly less well appointed than some, bring sufficient water for your stay as there is no supply on site site. The local area is idyllic and the Fresno Dome treck a definite must. Camp host was very helpful.
Elizabeth H
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Reviewed 2 months ago
We had a splendid time at Kelty Meadow campground. Such a quiet and beautiful place. There’s a wonderful view of Fresno Dome from the meadow which is just steps away from the campground. A little stream runs next to campsites 3&4. We will be back!
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