Convict Flat Campground
- Feb–Jun, Oct–Nov
- best months
Is Convict Flat Campground open right now?
Closure in the area
There's a closure order in Sierra National Forest. It doesn't name Convict Flat Campground, so check the source for the area it covers (3 listed).
Safety Tips for Burned Areas: Garnet Fire Area
Agency closure covering Sierra National Forest · USFS · Sierra National Forest
Wilderness Food and Refuse Storage
Agency closure covering Sierra National Forest · Order 05-15-00-26-03 · USFS · Sierra National Forest
Food and Refuse Storage
Agency closure covering Sierra National Forest · Order 05-15-00-26-02 · USFS · Sierra National Forest
Forest Order removes Fish Camp, Soda Springs, and Little Jackass from closure list
Agency alert covering Sierra National Forest · Order 05-15-00-26-11 · USFS · Sierra National Forest
Ansel Adams and John Muir Wilderness Campfire Restrictions
Agency alert covering Sierra National Forest · Order 05-15-00-26-09 · USFS · Sierra National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · Sierra National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
- At 3,096 ft
- Hume Lake Ranger DistrictSierra National Forest
Convict Flat Campground is a Forest Service campground in California's Sierra National Forest, within the Hume Lake Ranger District. It sits in the forest's interior, about 4.5 miles from Hume Lake Campground and a few miles from Hume Lake itself. The camp is not reservable, so plan on arriving and finding a spot on site. That makes it a good choice for a spontaneous overnight or a stop along a longer trip. Late spring and early fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show May highs around 77°F and October highs around 77°F, while July and August average highs near 93°F. That station sits well below the campground, so temperatures at the camp run cooler. Hume Lake offers fishing about 4.4 miles away, and the Yucca Point and Evans Grove Loop hikes are within about 3 miles. Logger Flat campground is roughly 4.6 miles off.
Local outfitters
- Rainbow Pack Outfitters30 mi away
- Glacier Lodge30 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
Yucca PointHikingPhoto: Yssso, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)2.6 mi- Evans Grove LoopHiking2.9 mi
- Hume LakeLake fishing4.4 mi
Hume Lake CampgroundCampingPhoto: lewinb — CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)4.5 mi- Logger FlatCamping4.6 mi
- Buck RockRock climbing5.8 mi
Tehipite DomeRock climbingPhoto: Kurt Minard, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)7.5 mi- Sentinel CampgroundSaltwater fishing9.1 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Hume Lake CampgroundCamping · ~8 min drivePhoto: lewinb — CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
- PrincessCamping · ~10 min drive
- Sunset Campground (ca)Camping · ~16 min drive
- Big Meadows Cabin (CA)Camping · ~12 min drive
- Kings River 1Camping · ~3 min drive
- Kings Canyon CampgroundCamping · ~5 min drive
- Kings River 2Camping · ~6 min drive
- Upper Hume Lake RoadCamping · ~7 min drive
- Kennedy Meadow And Burton MeadowCamping · ~7 min drive
- Kings River 3Camping · ~7 min drive
Best time to visit Convict Flat Campground
Best months: February–June and October–November. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
52° / 39°
Feb
56° / 40°
Mar
63° / 43°
Apr
68° / 47°
May
77° / 53°
Jun
85° / 61°
Jul
93° / 69°
Aug
93° / 69°
Sep
88° / 64°
Oct
77° / 54°
Nov
60° / 45°
Dec
51° / 38°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Balch Pwr House, CA, 15.5 mi away at 1,735 ft. The station sits about 1,400 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Convict Flat Campground
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