Cattle & Horse Ranch

Jon and his ranch are awesome! He found us the perfect spot and also gave us an awesome tour of the farm for our kids and even got a camp fire for them for s’mores. Very clean facilities and close to all the action the lakes, mountains, three rivers etc. his farm is awesome too! Great getaway during covid and staying away from those crowded sites.

Campsite was very clean. The ranch and orchards are really beautiful. We met Jon’s colleague who showed us around. The campsite is on nicely kept grass and there was a pavilion that gave shade and a nice spot for us to sit and hang out in the evening. Do note this is definitely a ranch with a lot of live animals. If you’re there when there are tons of animals it’s pretty noisy at night. Most of the people in our group used ear plugs and were fine. Saturday the animals had been sold so it was quiet and wonderful. If you’re a very light sleeper I’d say this place isn’t for you, but it was a great location near the sequoias which was our main motivation for the visit. Very nice host and I’d recommend.

Host could not have been nicer and more accommodating. Super friendly, and gave great directions. Hipcampers should know, it’s not as secluded as some other sights. It’s next to a working cattle and feed lot. As long as you’re ok with that, I highly recommend this place.

I asked my 10 years old daughter to write the review and that is what she wrote :)
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𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲, 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗻𝘀, 𝗰𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗹𝘆.
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗱𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.

𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝘆 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁. 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲, “ 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻?“☺︎︎
𝐼 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒♡︎

Amazing

We had a great stay at Jon's ranch. It's a very relaxed place with a simple camping setup. Earplugs were necessary at night, and you should expect to be woken up by the animals pretty early. We would recommend!

Cows and roosters!

We spent one night on Jon's land. It was about an hour from Kings Canyon National Park where we stayed the night before. It was very hot in the valley so we didn't get comfortable until late in the evening. The patch of grass we have to camp on is very nice. There are decent bathrooms available and parking was close to the site. There was a big group also camping nearby and there was not a lot of privacy. This is a working stockyard and there were animals making noise all night and more coming in in the morning which I thought was fun but you might not love that. It is also pretty close to a loud road but it didnt affect my sleep beyond being aware of it. So I would recommend for proximity to Kings Canyon and the novelty of animals. Host stopped by in the morning and showed off some animals. Felt safe on the property.

We had a very enjoyable stay for 2 nights at this site. Jon was extremely friendly and accommodating. He has done a great job with the property and there is definitely a pride of ownership. The restrooms were very clean and the shower is a great extra that not all campsites have. The only drawback is that this is certainly a working stockyard and there is work to be done and livestock to tend. It got a little noisy at times but we had a good time and took this in stride. Jon also has great information regarding the area including the Sequías and Three Rivers area.