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Headquarters: how hard is it to reserve?

Sequoia National Forest · USDA Forest Service · Kernville, CA

DifficultyEasy19/100

Weekends booked (90d)23%

Weeknights booked (90d)5%

Dates with an open site (30d)27/30

As of Oct 10, 2026, 23% of Friday and Saturday site-nights at Headquarters over the next 90 days are already reserved, compared with 5% of weeknights. There is still a fair amount of open inventory, even on weekends. In the next 30 days, 27 of 30 dates have at least one open site (896 open site-nights in total; 3,178 over 90 days).

Upcoming weekends

Weekend (Fri–Sat)	Booked	Open sites Fri	Open sites Sat
Oct 16, 2026	78%	9	9
Oct 23, 2026	46%	24	19
Oct 30, 2026	23%	31	31
Nov 6, 2026	25%	31	29
Nov 13, 2026	18%	33	33
Nov 20, 2026	30%	29	27

Snapshot history

History accumulates daily from Oct 10, 2026. We have 1 daily snapshot so far; trend analysis (how far ahead weekends fill, cancellation patterns) will be added once enough history exists.

Snapshot date	Score	Weekends booked	Weeknights booked	Open dates 30d
Oct 10, 2026	19	23%	5%	27

About Headquarters

42 campsites (42 listed in availability data)
$36–$111 per night
Recreation.gov rating 4.2/5 from 311 reviews
Equipment: Tent, RV, Trailer
Activities: Camping, Boating

Headquarters Campground is situated along the Kern River, 6 miles north of the town of Kernville. Hiking, fishing, kayaking and rafting are popular activities.The Cannell Meadow National Recreation Trail begins just north of Kernville. The trail stretches 11.5 miles as it climbs through mixed pine and fir forest to Cannell Meadow and a historic Forest Service cabin built between 1904 and 1909. Hikers are awarded beautiful views of the Kern River Valley along the trip. Visitors enjoy making day trips to Sequoia National Park and Giant Sequoia National Monument.Hiking, fishing, kayaking and raft…

Description excerpt from Recreation.gov.

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Other campgrounds in Sequoia National Forest

Campground	Difficulty	Weekends booked	Open dates (30d)
Princess Sequoia National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	0
Hume Lake Sequoia National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	0
Stony Creek Sequoia Sequoia National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	0
Fairview Campground Sequoia National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Big Meadow Campground - Us Forest Service Sequoia National Forest (Ca) Sequoia National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Quaking Aspen Sequoia National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Sandy Flat Sequoia National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Wishon Sequoia National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Upper Stony Creek Campground Sequoia National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Camp Three Campground Sequoia National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a

Nearby campgrounds

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Tule Success Lake	CA	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Cold Springs Campground (Ca) Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks	CA	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Horse Creek Kaweah Lake	CA	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Potwisha Campground Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks	CA	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Whitney Portal Inyo National Forest	CA	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Lone Pine Inyo National Forest	CA	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a

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