U.S. Forest Service · Sequoia National Forest · California

Mill Flat Campground

Mill Flat Campground is situated at 1,100 feet elevation with five campsites on the Kings Wild and Scenic River. Rafting is popular in the river, with up to Class III rapids in the river. This campground is within Giant Sequoia National Monument. Trails in the monument are open to hikers, horses, and bikes (outside the wilderness areas). Unsuitable for trailers, no drinking water. Special food storage rule in effect in black bear country.

More like this: first-come in California · tent only in California

Amenities & rules

EquipmentTents

Individual sites vary. Confirm on Recreation.gov or with the managing office.

Season & status

StatusOpen
ForestSequoia National Forest

Sequoia National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Mill Flat Campground40°50°60°70°80°90°January: 5.55 inches of precipitationFebruary: 4.91 inches of precipitationMarch: 5.05 inches of precipitationApril: 2.56 inches of precipitationMay: 1.41 inches of precipitationJune: 0.40 inches of precipitationJuly: 0.22 inches of precipitationAugust: 0.05 inches of precipitationSeptember: 0.24 inches of precipitationOctober: 1.36 inches of precipitationNovember: 2.14 inches of precipitationDecember: 4.66 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 45.5°F averageFebruary: 48.1°F averageMarch: 53.2°F averageApril: 57.5°F averageMay: 65.0°F averageJune: 73.0°F averageJuly: 80.8°F averageAugust: 81.2°F averageSeptember: 76.1°F averageOctober: 65.5°F averageNovember: 52.5°F averageDecember: 44.6°F average0 in2 in4 in6 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Balch Pwr House, 4 miles from the campground at 1,735 feet, station USC00040449 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 29 inches a year.

Getting there

Coordinates36.8565° N, 119.0970° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Prescribed
    Grant Grove Fall Rx

    10 mi from the campground · 466 acres

  • Prescribed
    Cy26 Snf Rx Support

    25 mi from the campground

Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.

Supplies & services

Outdoor gearShaver Lake Sports ↗21.2 mi
Dump stationDump station ↗21.9 mi
RV sales & serviceRV sales & service ↗44.4 mi

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Limited data for this unit

No site-by-site records, no fee schedule, no directions or photos in the Recreation.gov record. What is here comes from the agency's own listing. The rest lives there.

Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the record fills in.

Explore

Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.

Public land it sits in

On Wilderness Atlas →

John Muir Wilderness begins about 1.1 miles away, and it is the closest of these.

Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.

On the National Register nearby

On Register Atlas →

Guidebooks for Sequoia National Forest and California

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  • Hiking Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
    Laurel Scheidt, 2022
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  • Moon Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon
    Ann Marie Brown, 2021
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  • Moon California Camping
    Tom Stienstra, 2022
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Reference

Questions people ask

Is Mill Flat Campground open right now?

Open as of Oct 26, 2026.

Source: Forest Service status

Can I bring an RV to Mill Flat Campground?

Mill Flat Campground is listed for tents only.

Source: Forest Service

What if Mill Flat Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Green Cabin Flat Campground (0.4 mi, first-come), Bear Wallow Camping Area (0.4 mi, first-come), and Camp 4 Campground (0.5 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby