South Fork Rec Campground in CA -- Campground & RV Camping
South Fork Rec Campground in CA
CampgroundUSFS
2.9 mi from Lake Isabella
Maps 2,628 ft
First-come, first-served
VerizonWEAK
AT&TSTRONG
T-MobileSTRONG
StarlinkEXCELLENT
Road Access
Easy
- Road difficulty 1 of 5: an easy drive in.
- Recorded as maintained for passenger-car comfort, paved, pitching to 6%.
Setting
Limited privacy
Located on the southern shoreline of Lake Isabella off Highway 178, this facility features a public boat launch and courtesy dock. Above the high-water mark, it provides campsites with stoves, picnic tables, drinking water, flush toilets, trash service, and a visitor information station. Below the high-water mark, visitors can drive onto the shoreline to camp at the water's edge, where seasonal portable toilets and trash receptacles are provided.
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
- Cook Peak stands 2,775 ft above the map pin, 2.5 miles south.
- The Lake Isabella shoreline is 0.1 mi off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.
Climate averages
October normals 49–79°F, 0.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
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Starlink Radar
Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy
Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 99 of 100.
Tree cover0%30m sat. est.