Fern Basin Campground

I love this campground. It's a beautiful small campground nestled in the trees in the canyon. It has 22 sites....several first come first serve and then there are reserved spaces. I don't recommend long trailers. One man had a lot of trouble parking his 20 footer. The parking spaces are not really designed for that. It's geared towards tent camping. The bathrooms have a vault toilet in them. Currently there is no water available in Fern Basin Campground due to issues with the tanks. However, water is available at Marion Mountain Campground just up from Fern Basin. I really love staying here. I had no cell signal with Metro and another lady had T-Mobile and no signal. Her friend had one with Verizon. Please enjoy the beauty of the campground and help by picking up your trash and putting it in the dumpster provided. At $10 a night, you can't beat it. Very relaxing and peaceful.

Beautiful campground. We would totally come here again. The water wasn't working, due to issues with the tank. Thankfully we took enough water, as we only stood one night. There was a lot to explore outside of camp and inside.

Campground is nice if small. There is water at most if not all sites. The bathrooms are basically portypottys and have no lights in the building so bring a headlamp. The sites are good sized. I did not see a bear warning until the trail so make sure you have a bear bag or something since there are no bear boxes.

Nice off the grid camp ground.
Parking pads and fire rings (when in season) Nice concrete picnic tables in flat areas.
The bathroom wasn't kept well when I was there, but hey... You're in the woods, dog a hole.

Great little campground with little privacy since the sites are almost on top of each other. For $10 a night its well worth it to get out of the city. Site number 6 is okay but there is a small hill you need to walk down in order to get to the site. I would go with number 7 since its one of the few where the site is literally right next to where you park your car.

Very comfortable place to stay and rest. It is escape from busy city. Recommend

no running water, make sure you bring some!!

It was my first time camping here and I loved it. Each location we saw was fairly sized and most spots had enough space for two vehicles. Each spot had a fire ring and most had built in grates for setting pots on. Some are a simple flip over type and others have a height adjustable kind.

There are no quiet hours enforced here so it may stay noisy later in the evening. Other campgrounds do enforce quiet hours but I'm not sure which those are.

Lovely shaded campsite. Lots of big pines, hills and good views. Bathrooms were vault toilets but surprisingly clean.

There are squirrels infected with plague, so uh, don't chase them.

I am so in love with this place. Within my plans is to buy a house there. More than beautiful

This is a great campground. Quiet and restful. The campsites are spacious.

This beautiful place was breathtaking. Mother Nature is incredible. It didn't take any effort to align myself with my surroundings. I encourage everyone to visit

beautiful pines, grated firepit, level-ish tent spot. picnic tables, vault toilets, water spigot. small flies, mosquitoes only at night, great for hammocks

Dry camping, no running water. Absolutely beatiful area.

Been camping at Fern basin for over 50 years nice and shady watch out for the bugs

Beautiful Surroundings, Very large campsites, Great hiking trails

The picture tells it all. You want to see unbelievable scenic beauty go to the San Jacinto's

Great views and campgrounds are nicely spaced out.

Great campground tucked away from the hustle of Idyllwild. Always friendly and considerate neighbors.

The same as it was when I was a kid almost. Quiet beautiful.