Buckeye Flat Campground in CA -- Campground & RV Camping
Buckeye Flat Campground in CA
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Rig fit
- Maximum published vehicle length: 21 ft.
- Overhead clearance: 9 ft.
- Driveway grade: moderate.
Campground details
Setting
Buckeye Flat Campground sits at 2,800 feet elevation in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Sequoia National Park, perched directly above the Middle Fork of the Kaweah River beneath a canopy of large live oaks. The facility offers 27 tent-only campsites equipped with picnic tables, fire rings, and food storage lockers, with flush toilets and drinking water available on site. Located six miles from the Ash Mountain entrance, it provides direct access to river canyon scenery and foothill terrain.
Getting there: Buckeye Flat Campground is easily accessed from Visalia, California and Highway 99. Follow Highway 198 East from Visalia for 36 miles, until you reach the Ash Mountain Entrance Station. The campground is located 6 miles beyond the entrance station, across from Hospital Rock. Please visit our website for more specific driving directions, as well as area maps.
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a 27-site campground with the nearest through road 0.2 miles off.
- Flat ground is scarce: under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
- Moro Rock stands 3,779 ft above the map pin, 1.6 miles north.
- Paradise Creek runs 0.1 mi off.
- Mostly tent-only sites, with 8 on the water and most of them shaded.
Climate averages
October normals 53–76°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
Starlink Radar
Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy
Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 80 of 100.