Campsite #13 at Potwisha Campground, Sequoia National Park, CA
Campsite #13
Drive-In | 6 people |
30 ft | Back-In |
2 | poor |








Campsite Reviews (10)
5.0 out of 5
5 star | | 80% |
4 star | | 0% |
3 star | | 10% |
2 star | | 0% |
1 star | | 10% |
We had reservations May 17 for 4 nights. Got home a day early from Potwisha Campground in Sequoia National Park. 95% of the entire National Park is closed due to rock slides and washed out roads and hiking trails. From Visalia you cannot get past Hospital Rock, so the only thing you can do on that side is the Paradise trail, but you can't even hike the entire trail because it is washed out.
From Fresno on 180 you cannot get past Grant Grove Visitor's Center, which is really the beginning of the entrance.
The entire Northeast Generals Highway that wraps around East, then down Southwest is completely closed, along with connecting roads and trails. Dozens of attractions were inaccessible!
I made my reservations in January and I got an email from National Parks.Gov reminding me of my reservations, almost weekly, but my email never mentioned the washed out roads that happened over a month ago. We had no idea when we showed up, and if we were informed, we would have canceled the reservations, as almost all of the attractions were closed.
I did an email search and didn't find any information regarding the closure. I started asking other campers and they said they were never notified either. Such incompetence! We were told by parks services that we could cancel online or via phone, but we had no service. We went to visitor's center to see if they could cancel for us, but they advised using their WIFI, which was not working. Between fuel and overnight accommodations we are out hundreds of dollars and we were bored out of our minds. It would be nice if we could get credited for our nights, considering nobody notified us, and we didn't have wifi or any reception to cancel. I will be waiting to see if NPS does thr right thing for us.