Cold Springs Campground

We were at this Campground in early August it is a beautiful campground with some basic amenities that are useful I will write about them in this review. Before arriving: About the route to the campground: The most important thing to know is its condition from the intersection of Sierra Drive and Mineral King Road. Indeed it is the start of Mineral King Road and is almost 23 miles away from Cold Spring Campground. It is a narrow mountainous road with plenty of bends, down and uphills. So be careful and don't speed up. I would say 10 miles per hour is a safe speed for this road. Help oncoming cars to pass you safely (at some point you need to stop to let other cars pass). It will take about 1.5 hours for 23miles then be patient. My recommendation is to avoid this road at night if you don't

When the ranger tells you it will take you an hour just to drive to the Cold Springs Campground, he's not kidding. The road isn't that long and it's paved, but it's winding and climbs from the park's low point to the campground's 7,500 foot elevation.||||Situated along a slope, there are essentially two levels of road leading to sites, with the lower one closer to the satisfyingly noisy stream. But, even the higher-up areas are in earshot of the water. Sites are well-situated with trees forested around nearly every one. They're all very basic with fire rings, picnic tables, and bear boxes. There is water from spigots dispersed throughout the area… when the water flows. It gets shut off as winter nears and the campground itself closes in late fall for the season.||||Being that it's not an R

We visited in June 2021. Drove all day from San Diego through Three Rivers and up Mineral King. It was just as treacherous as we'd heard. The campground is lovely and I would definitely go back if it weren't for that road. Sites were fairly distanced from each other, trees provided shade but it still got quite hot in the middle of the day. River was cool and safe to play in and provided a lovely white noise, but the mosquitos in the evening and the flies in the day were no joke. Had to carry our gear into our walk in site (that was all that was available to us) which was a beautiful long walk (under 1/4 mile) and would have been totally tolerable if you think of it as backpacking instead of inconvenient car camping. We bear boxed diligently and marmot-proofed our car and had no problems,

Wow, the campgrounds are really good, you can hear river sound and it's satisfying, enough parking and enough wood for fire all night.

For the most part, it's a nice campground to setup your tents. However, follow the instructions of the park ranger to insure your safety and comfort during your stay. Read attentively the papers on the boards scattered around the camp site. Finally, the main reason why I only put four stars was the restrooms are horrible and I recommend to go two miles to use proper clean restrooms.