Princess Campground

Kings Canyon National Park


Just off the scenic byway and only a few miles from Hume Lake, almost 90 reservable sites border a pretty meadow, with sequoia stumps at the registration area. It's especially popular with RVs. Vault toilets, drinking water, picnic tables, fire rings and bear lockers are available. Reservations are essential.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Kings Canyon National Park attractions

1. Hume Lake Recreation Area

2.04 MILES

When it was dammed in 1908, this 87-acre artificial lake powered a huge log flume that whisked sequoias harvested in Converse Basin to a mill more than 70…

2. Converse Basin Grove

2.18 MILES

Tragically, Converse Basin once contained the world’s largest grove of mature sequoias, but it’s now an unsettling cemetery for tree stumps. In the late…

3. Chicago Stump

2.81 MILES

The 20ft-high Chicago Stump is all that’s left of the once-mighty, 3200-year-old General Noble tree. The 285ft giant was cut into sections and transported…

4. Giant Sequoia National Monument

3.26 MILES

Created in 2000 and administered by the US Forest service, the Giant Sequoia National Monument includes two sections of protected forest totaling over 328…

5. Panoramic Point

3.4 MILES

For a breathtaking view of Kings Canyon, head 2.3 miles up narrow, steep and winding Panoramic Point Rd (trailers and RVs aren’t recommended), which…

6. Junction View

3.41 MILES

Panoramic roadside pullout on the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway with soaring views of Rodger's Ridge, Spanish Mountain, Deer Ridge, Deer Canyon, Crown Rock,…

7. General Grant Grove

4.29 MILES

This sequoia grove off Generals Hwy is astounding. The paved half-mile General Grant Tree Trail is an interpretive walk that visits a number of mature…

8. Grant Grove Village

4.53 MILES

About 3 miles northeast of the park’s Big Stump Entrance, Grant Grove Village is the park’s main tourist hub year-round, with lodge and cabin…