Kings Canyon Rv Resort, California

The Sequoia & Kings Canyon area has a long history of being visited.  Even in the pioneer days, before the road, people had heard tales of the majestic canyon, wild rivers and of the groves of gigantic trees, that many thought to be a hoax. Folks would make the difficult trip up into the mountain to see for themselves. 

This site, in the early 1900’s was a farmstead providing fresh fruits and vegetables to the areas loggers, ranchers, hotels and backcountry explorers.  During the construction of the new highway In the 1920’s the site was used as a camp for convict labor.  During the highway construction days a lodge and gas station was built and was known as “Barton Flat”.   In the 1950’s the property was sold and became the “Kings Canyon Lodge”.  In 2015 the historic lodge and some of the other cabins were destroyed in the “Rough” fire, by a miracle the original 1928 visible gas pumps survived the fire and are still being used to this day.  We are hopeful to eventually  rebuild a lodge to serve the many visitors.