Paradise Cove in CA -- Campground & RV Camping

Paradise Cove Campground sits in Sequoia National Forest near Lake Isabella, an 11,000-acre reservoir on the Kern River. The facility contains 46 campsites divided into an upper loop with back-in sites and a lower loop with side-by-side parking, all offering lake views. The surrounding terrain ranges from mountain slopes to river canyons. Lake Isabella provides year-round recreation, including swimming, water skiing, windsurfing, and fishing for trout, bass, catfish, and crappie.

Getting there: From Bakersfield, California, take Highway 178 east to the town of Lake Isabella. Staying on 178 east, travel approximately 3 miles to Paradise Cove Campground.

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 51-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
• Cook Peak stands 2,781 ft above the map pin, 2.0 miles south.
• The Lake Isabella shoreline is 0.2 mi off.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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