May car-camping in westside SEKI
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 7:19 pm
We're going to go car-camping, for a change. Westside SEKI, either Cedar Grove or Grant Grove, or one of the small campgrounds not far south of Grant Grove (if open).
Here's our question. It looks like the vast majority of campgrounds in westside SEKI are first-come, first-serve. We might be able to swing a Fri night arrival, but more likely will not be able to arrive till Saturday. This will either be in early-mid-May, or on Memorial Day weekend.
What are the chances that the campgrounds will be full on our arrival and we'll be SOL?
Most likely we'd try Cedar Grove first, as we want to hang out near Roads End for sure, hike to Mist Falls, etc. And (especially in early May) the nights will be a little warmer down at 4500 feet. Prior to Memorial Day weekend, only one loop in one (Sentinel) of Cedar Grove's four campgrounds is open. That suggests the park will be pleasantly uncrowded; but it could also be worrisome in terms of snagging a site on a Saturday night, right?
- Elizabeth
Here's our question. It looks like the vast majority of campgrounds in westside SEKI are first-come, first-serve. We might be able to swing a Fri night arrival, but more likely will not be able to arrive till Saturday. This will either be in early-mid-May, or on Memorial Day weekend.
What are the chances that the campgrounds will be full on our arrival and we'll be SOL?
Most likely we'd try Cedar Grove first, as we want to hang out near Roads End for sure, hike to Mist Falls, etc. And (especially in early May) the nights will be a little warmer down at 4500 feet. Prior to Memorial Day weekend, only one loop in one (Sentinel) of Cedar Grove's four campgrounds is open. That suggests the park will be pleasantly uncrowded; but it could also be worrisome in terms of snagging a site on a Saturday night, right?
- Elizabeth