| San Jacinto Ranger District, Fern Basin Campground |
| Reviewer : Sam |
| From : Stevenson Ranch, CA |
| Date of review : June 23, 2009 |
| Rating : 9 |
| Date of stay : 6/2009 |
| Sites 14 and 15 were beautiful. great bolders for kids to climb, fantastic views of the valley below. fantastic fire pit, bbq, and picnic amenities - room for many tents with total privacy - awesome camp ground. Not too far from water spiket and bathroom. Bit on the crude side for restrooms, but to be expected so far out. Down in Dark Canyon looked very cool as well, but if you're claustrophobic, maybe not for you - deep in a steep walled canyon, very cool forest terrain, narrow road down to bottom, nice creek. Ranger's were very friendly. Camp ground seemed very dog friendly - obviously use some good judgement - not all owners are trained the same!
NOTE: Don't keep your cell phone in the camp site area of sites 14 and 15, it will go dead for some reason - vortex? We had a group of 11 people, 7 cell phones, 2 itouches - all went totally dead within 3 hours of being among the rocks. Not complaining as silencing cell phones is an added blessing of this camp site, but was a bit of an inconvienence to have to sit in the car with a charger to make a phone call. |