Boulder Basin Campground

Mitch

Excellent campground. A bit difficult to get into. I only recommend high clearance vehicles. Great bouldering. Best in SoCal.

Brenda Randolph

We drove up in a Kia, 2019 Forte, which was OK, scary at times but we got there. Was amazing and so very worth it. Advice to future goers, use a Truck, or Suv.

Vick Soto

While a little treacherous to get to at times (definitely need a higher-clearance vehicle) the campground is situated on a prefect location surrounded by boulders and tall trees. We stayed in spot 30, which has an amazing view and drop behind it. Lots of great opportunities for bouldering!

John C.

Avoid on the weekends. This is a hangout for loud drunks and there is no campground host. The road is rough. It takes about 35 minutes to drive up the 5 mile road. But it's no worse than many other Forest Service roads. The vault toilet is smelly, but we brought our own camping potty. The campsite is beautiful, clean, well maintained. The problem we had was campers not observing quiet hours. It was extreme. There were 2 loud drunken parties. The one party started getting loud around 11:00 - they were playing amplified music, had a massive fire (they were walking around breaking limbs off trees). I had a 4-year old girl who had been awaken by their antics and finally had to go talk to them (around 2:00 am). They did turn off their amplified music, but they were heavily intoxicated and continued absurdly loud conversation. The second group was directly on the other side of us (yes, luck us we were sandwiched between the only 2 loud groups). They continued yelling and screaming until about 3:00 am or so. We had talked to some families the next day that indicated that they too slept poorly due to these campers. The place was perfect through about 10:00 pm on Friday. The loud campers were one of several groups that arrived late. There was a steady stream of cars arriving after 9:00 pm. There is no host at this campsite. The campsite is back a distance of 5 miles of rough forest service road (approximately a 35 minute drive). I'm not sure what could be done to enforce quiet hours - but perhaps an occasional patrol after midnight on Fridays. I'm not sure but this was the worst camping experience I've had in 25 years. We had paid for a 2-day reservation - Friday and Saturday nights. Our experience was so bad we left Saturday morning. We went to another campground that was within Cleveland National Forest and ended up having a great time. The irony is we chose Boulder Basin because we thought that would give us a more authentic, rugged, and quiet camping experience. However, it was the more accessible campground site that gave us an experience free from drunk partyers.