Kern River County Park
County Park
Write a Review Campground Rd. Bakersfield, CA 93308 661-868-7000 Official WebsiteGPS: 35.4354, -118.8771
Overview of Kern River County Park
Last Price Paid: $32
Reported by camper-913997 on 5/10/2024
Longest RV Reported: 36 feet (Class A)
Reported by S2bing on 4/29/2019
Number of Sites 50
Elevation 492 ft / 149 m
Max Stay 10
Max Length 70 ft
Tent Camping Yes
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Reviews of Kern River County Park 20 people have reviewed this location.
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Confirmed by 10 Users
Last reported 5/10/2024
Confirmed by 3 Users
Last reported 3/24/2023
“Clean, quiet, and comfortable”
Reviewed 5/10/2024
| Nightly rate: | $32 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 1 |
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The campground is close to Bakersfield, extremely well maintained, and in a lovely setting by the river. The showers and bathrooms are wonderfully clean. The campground is spacious with a lot of grass, big trees and lots of ground squirrels. We enjoyed it for one night stay.
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camper-913997 would stay here again
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“Quiet, Clean And Convenient”
Reviewed 3/1/2024
| Nightly rate: | $16 |
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| Days stayed: | 2 |
| Site Number: | 37 |
| RV Length: | 35' (Fifth Wheel) |
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The campground is shaped as a figure 8 with sites on the inside and outside of the loop. All of the sites are flat, paved spurs off the one lane, paved campground road and they’re pretty much identical except some have more shade or sun than others. It looks like they’d all take our 35-foot fifth wheel and truck, but some of the spurs ... more
The campground is shaped as a figure 8 with sites on the inside and outside of the loop. All of the sites are flat, paved spurs off the one lane, paved campground road and they’re pretty much identical except some have more shade or sun than others. It looks like they’d all take our 35-foot fifth wheel and truck, but some of the spurs are a shallower curve than others. Just decide whether you want your door or slides to open into your campsite. Look at Google maps to help plot your plan.
It’s nice that there’s decent space between each site. It’s March 1, 2024 and the grass is very long but that may change when the rains lessen.
Every site has the usual aluminum picnic table on a concrete slab, typical steel fire ring and barbecue grill and a massive green trash barrel. I didn’t see any dumpsters.
There is water every 3 or 4 sites but not all of them have threaded spigots. The very friendly camp host says it’s all potable water so just pullover near a spigot and fill up if your site doesn’t have a spigot.
The dump station is at the center of the campground on your way out.
Two sets of brand new showers and bathrooms (with plugs) on each loop. 4 showers and 4 bathrooms in each set.
So many squirrels it’s crazy! Lots of birds including robins, sparrows, hawks, geese, ducks and doves.
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JohnB would stay here again
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“Good Place For A Stop Over”
Reviewed 1/13/2024
| Nightly rate: | $20 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 21 |
| RV Length: | 21' (Class B) |
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Arrived on a Saturday night around 6pm, plenty of spots available. Same price if you book your site online vs with the camp host who will take your credit card. $20 per night includes the $8 reservation fee at this time of year. Easy to arrive after dark-all sites are level, paved, pull through. New showers and bathrooms. Very nice cam... more
Arrived on a Saturday night around 6pm, plenty of spots available. Same price if you book your site online vs with the camp host who will take your credit card. $20 per night includes the $8 reservation fee at this time of year. Easy to arrive after dark-all sites are level, paved, pull through. New showers and bathrooms. Very nice camphost!
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Maureen would stay here again
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“clean campground, nice place to stay”
Reviewed 3/24/2023
| Nightly rate: | $35 |
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this campground is a very nice place to park for a night/a few. lots of birds and ground squirrels hanging out. the camp host did charge me $32/night, so the price must have increased recently.
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camper-777595 would stay here again
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“Reservation Only”
Reviewed 3/3/2022
| Nightly rate: | $16 |
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| Days stayed: | 2 |
| Site Number: | 48 |
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This campground is by reservation only on the Kern County web site. Same day reservations are available if you arrive without a reservation. There is a nice walk or bike ride to Lake Ming. There is also a paved bike trail to Hart Park, but the pavement is in poor condition. Quiet camp except for generator noise.
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Paul would stay here again
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“Filthy”
Reviewed 7/11/2021
| Days stayed: | 1 |
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| Site Number: | 55 |
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The campground was filthy, there was trash all along the River: diapers, fast food containers.,..
We did not venture into the restrooms for fear of more disappointment.
The camp host hid in the trailer, we never saw anyone checking around, the off duty sign was always out.
We left early, what a shame, it could be so nice.
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“Cool spot”
Reviewed 5/30/2020
| Nightly rate: | $60 |
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| Days stayed: | 2 |
| Site Number: | 16 |
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Campground was nice. We had good time in our first trip in our new travel trailer. We wish we had stayed more days.
Jfox:4 would stay here again
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“Quiet during the off season during the week”
Reviewed 5/9/2020
| Nightly rate: | $20 |
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| Days stayed: | 2 |
| Site Number: | 17 |
| RV Length: | 31' (Class A) |
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New to RVing, so we have limited comparison ability. I picked it, my wife was happy. We were in site 17. Smallest site, but because of that, we were closest to the water. Only about 10 sites used when we were there. Be aware... the sites are on a one way 'road' so if you were in our site 17, you would have been required to pull in the ... more
New to RVing, so we have limited comparison ability. I picked it, my wife was happy. We were in site 17. Smallest site, but because of that, we were closest to the water. Only about 10 sites used when we were there. Be aware... the sites are on a one way 'road' so if you were in our site 17, you would have been required to pull in the site with the passenger side facing away from site. Not cool when you don't know that. Since that park was close to empty, folks had driven in going 'the wrong way' to get the passenger side on the camp side. So we did too!! If the park is busy, I don't think you can do this since you may have to back up. We had a toad, which makes that impossible. I understand that this place can get crazy in the summer around the week end. I don't doubt it. It was nice and quiet when we where there. Maintenance seemed pretty good. Bathrooms were OLD. The kind that you can't make look clean. The showers didn't seem to work. Like a lot of places, they nickel and dime you on fees (IE reservation fee, dog fee, etc). The $20.00 above included our dog and reservation fee. We camped at Kern River Campground in a 31 ft Motorhome.
GordSanClemente would stay here again
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“Nice campground, nasty restrooms ”
Reviewed 3/18/2020
| Nightly rate: | $18 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 5 |
| RV Length: | 20' (Class B) |
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Fully agree that the campground is nice, the host is pleasant, and the restrooms are filthy. When I spoke to the host about the state of the restrooms he explained that the restrooms are to be replaced soon. Not sure what that means, but it doesn't explain unsanitary conditions, doors off of the hinges and a shower that was complete... more
Fully agree that the campground is nice, the host is pleasant, and the restrooms are filthy. When I spoke to the host about the state of the restrooms he explained that the restrooms are to be replaced soon. Not sure what that means, but it doesn't explain unsanitary conditions, doors off of the hinges and a shower that was completely unusable. However, I did receive a senior discount.
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“Beautiful campground but nasty bathrooms”
Reviewed 11/13/2019
| Nightly rate: | $20 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 38 |
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We checked in via the self-serve kiosk (credit card payments only) and set up in our large pull-through site right next to the river. I met the camp host who informed me that they don't sell wood there. He was friendly even though he was on his day off (Tuesday and Wednesday). I checked out the restrooms/showers and was put off by ... more
We checked in via the self-serve kiosk (credit card payments only) and set up in our large pull-through site right next to the river. I met the camp host who informed me that they don't sell wood there. He was friendly even though he was on his day off (Tuesday and Wednesday).
I checked out the restrooms/showers and was put off by how dirty they were. The were very dated and not kept up well.
Even though the restrooms were nasty, the price we paid for our huge site made it worth it.
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Snehulak would stay here again
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Reviewed 3/23/2019
| Nightly rate: | $32 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
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Weird sign in process at a machine that didn’t even give us a receipt to show we had paid. Noisy and overpriced for no hook ups. Toilets were disgusting
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Amenities
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- dry camping
Site Amenities
- fire ring
- picnic table
Facilities
- dump station
- restrooms: flush
- showers
- trash
- water available
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