Camp 9 in CA -- Campground & RV Camping

Located on the north shore of Lake Isabella at 2,600 feet elevation, Camp 9 is a high-desert facility in Sequoia National Forest. The site features over 100 first-come, first-served single sites and 11 reservable group sites with picnic tables and fire rings. Facilities include an RV dump station, fish cleaning station, and a seasonal boat ramp with a floating dock. Cottonwood trees provide sparse shade across the grounds. Visitors use the camp as a base for boating, kayaking, and fishing on the 11,000-acre reservoir or rafting on the nearby Upper Kern River.

Getting there: From the south, take Highway 99 to Bakersfield. Take the Highway 178 exit and travel east toward the Kern River Canyon. Follow Highway 178 for approximately 40 miles to the town of Lake Isabella. From Lake Isabella, take Highway 155. Continue past the town of Wofford Heights to Kernville. At the stop sign in Kernville, turn right onto Sierra Way. Proceed 4 miles. Camp 9 is on the right side of the road.

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, an 80-site campground with the nearest through road 0.2 miles off.
• The Lake Isabella shoreline is 0.1 mi off.
• Split Mountain stands 4,097 ft above the map pin, 4.7 miles northwest.
• 2 on the water.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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