Tillie Creek
TILLIE CREEK
Part of Sequoia National Forest
Overview
Tillie Creek campground is nestled in oak trees on the shores of Lake Isabella, a popular destination for water activities, especially windsurfing and fishing.The 11,000-acre lake is actually a reservoir, one of California's largest, and it marks the division between the Upper Kern and Lower Kern Rivers.
Facilities
This campground can accommodate family reunions and other large parties, from 60 up to 150 guests. The campground is located 6 miles from the town of Lake Isabella. One group area is wheelchair accessible. A marina and boat ramps are available just to the south. Other facilities include a fish cleaning station and a playground.
Natural Features
The Sequoia National Forest, located at the southern end of the Sierra Nevada in central California, takes its name from the giant sequoia, the world's largest tree, which grows in more than 30 groves on the Forest's lower slopes.The Forest comprises about 1.1 million acres, and elevations range from about 1,000 to 12,000 feet, creating precipitous canyons and mountain streams with spectacular waterfalls such as Salmon Creek Falls and Grizzly Falls.
Recreation
Lake activities are the focal point of this campground. Options include swimming, water skiing and windsurfing. The lake is known for trout fishing during the colder months. Lake Isabella offers anglers a variety of species, including black and White crappie, bluegill, catfish and largemouth bass.
Nearby Attractions
The campground provides a good base for day trips to the Sequoia National Park, Trail of a Hundred Giants, and numerous Sequoia groves in the Giant Sequoia National Monument.Contact Info
For facility specific information, please call (760) 376-1269.Important Notices
This is a Non Site-Specific site
You are about to make a reservation for a Non Site-Specific site. Once you book a reservation, a site at this campground will be reserved for you. The specific site may either be assigned upon arrival by staff, or you can choose your own site if one is not assigned to you.
Temperatures can reach the 100s in the summer
Overhanging branches might scrape some RVs
Off-road vehicles are not permitted in the campground
Click here for more info about the Sequoia National Forest
Site length includes tow vehicle
Don't Move Firewood: Protect California's forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. For more information visit firewood.ca.gov.
RV Dump Station is located at this campground. The use fee is $25.00.
There is an extra vehicle fee of $8.00/night on the 2nd vehicle in each single campsite and on the 3rd & 4th vehicle in any double campsite, provided these vehicles are not joined to the 1st vehicle by a hitch and towed onto the site. In the case of motorcycles, the 1st and 2nd are considered to be one vehicle and the 3rd and 4th are also considered to be one vehicle. So the fee would be a single $8.00/night of stay for the 3rd/4th motorcycle.
Notifications and Alerts
To protect natural resources and provide for public safety, the following acts are prohibited below 5,000 feet in elevation within the Sequoia National Forest.
1. Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire, except in the designated Campfire Areas listed in Exhibits A, B or C. C.F.R. § 261.52(a).
2. Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building or within the areas listed in Exhibits A, B or C. 36 C.F.R. § 261.52(d).
3. Operating an internal combustion engine, except on a designated National Forest System road, trail, or within the areas listed in Exhibits A, B or C. 36 C.F.R. § 261.52(g).
4. Welding, or operating an acetylene or other torch with an open flame, except within the areas listed in Exhibits A, B or C.
Alert Start Date: June 10, 2026
Alert End Date: November 30, 2026
Available Activities
- CAMPING - Camping
- BOATING - Marina
Directions
From Bakersfield, California, take Highway 178 east to the town of Lake Isabella. From Lake Isabella take Highway 155 north, traveling 6 miles to the entry station of Tillie Creek Campground.
Contact Information
Phone: 760-376-1815
CARental Options
Available Campsites
- Site FS1-3016, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-2018, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-301, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-304, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-451, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3075, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3052, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1ADA3, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-30, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3033, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4032, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3022, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3044, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4043, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1ADA1, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3056, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
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- Site FS1-454, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3011, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4040, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-202, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4042, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4035, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-209, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3017, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-456, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-2010, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3032, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3029, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-208, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3071, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-207, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3014, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-455, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3041, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-201, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1ADA, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3046, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4026, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3042, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3074, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-206, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3057, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3058, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4039, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3023, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3066, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 003, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Group Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3013, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4020, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4041, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3036, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3050, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-307, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3030, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-2021, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4017, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3047, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3019, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3031, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4019, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 002, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Group Standard Nonelectric
- Site 001, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Group Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4023, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3043, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3062, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3060, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-20, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-2019, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3049, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
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- Site FS1-3025, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3069, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4037, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4031, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-205, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3053, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4029, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1ADA4, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3055, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-203, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3064, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-306, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3061, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-309, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3026, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3015, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3065, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4024, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3037, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3012, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4021, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3040, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4028, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3045, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-302, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3051, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3072, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4018, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4034, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-204, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3067, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1ADA2, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3024, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3038, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4016, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4027, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3028, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4030, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3068, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-2020, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3010, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3073, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4036, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3059, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3076, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3048, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-305, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 004, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Group Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-457, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3018, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3039, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-452, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3020, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3021, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-303, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3035, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4038, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3027, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3063, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4022, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-308, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4025, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-453, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-3034, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-40, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site FS1-4033, Loop AREA TILLIE CREEK, Type Standard Nonelectric
