Availability
Little Kern River is mapped within 0.5 mile of the camp-area marker. This is map evidence, not a real-time flow report.
Backpacking camp
Upper Clicks Creek Backcountry Area camp area
Golden Trout Wilderness, California
About this place
This marker is the mapped upper end of Clicks Creek Trail 32E11 inside Golden Trout Wilderness, not a designated campsite.
Use a durable legal site away from water and other camps, treat natural water, carry the overnight visitor permit, and check current fire restrictions.
Water planning
Water at this camp
Natural water mapped nearbyDrinking safety
Natural water is not verified potable. Filter and disinfect it or boil it according to the linked land-manager guidance before drinking.
Seasonality
Little Kern River is classified as perennial in USGS hydrography, but current flow still must be confirmed.
- Little Kern RiverRiver or stream · 0.3 mi awayMapped perennial source — verify current flow · Treat before drinkingOfficial source
Fire planning
Campfire & stove rules
Permit + current order requiredCampfires
Upper Clicks Creek Backcountry Area is an undeveloped backcountry camp area in Golden Trout Wilderness. A California Campfire Permit is required for a portable stove or any otherwise-legal fire in Golden Trout Wilderness. Use a gas, jellied-petroleum, or pressurized-liquid-fuel stove with a working shutoff valve; wood, charcoal, twig stoves, and campfires are allowed only where the current forest order and destination-specific elevation or named-area rules expressly allow them. Never treat an old ring as proof that a fire is legal, and do not build a new ring where fires are prohibited.
Backpacking stoves
Shutoff-valve gas or pressurized-fuel stove with permit. Use a gas, LPG, jellied-petroleum, or pressurized-liquid-fuel stove with a working shutoff valve. Twig and wood-burning stoves follow the campfire rule and are prohibited anywhere wood fires are prohibited.
Permit
Carry a valid California Campfire Permit for a portable stove or any otherwise-legal fire; the permit never overrides a forest closure, fire-danger order, elevation limit, or named-area prohibition.
Current restrictions
Check USDA Forest Service's current alerts and the selected trailhead posting before departure. The standing rule shown here remains subordinate to a newer emergency order.
Seasonal access
Closures & seasonal access
Western Golden Trout Wilderness entries have no single recurring closure seasonPlace closure
No recurring date-based closure of Upper Clicks Creek Backcountry Area is published. The source-connected approach conditions below and temporary emergency orders still control access.
Seasonal access
Source-connected approaches: Blackrock Trailhead, Forks of the Kern Trailhead, Lewis Camp Trailhead, and 4 more. Western Golden Trout Wilderness entries have no single recurring closure season. High-country snow, remote-road gates, wildfire, washouts, and dry-season heat can make individual approaches unavailable or unsafe.
Before driving
Check Sequoia National Forest alerts and verify the exact road, gate, parking, fire restrictions, and water conditions before departure.
Mapped approaches
Choose a trailhead for Upper Clicks Creek Backcountry Area camp area
Each option has a sourced trail route to this camp area. Choose one to open its itinerary builder with this destination in context.
- Clicks Creek Trailhead6.4 mi awayView trailheadBuild from here
- Shake Camp Trailhead6.4 mi awayView trailheadBuild from here
- Lewis Camp Trailhead7.7 mi awayView trailheadBuild from here
- Jerkey Meadow Trailhead8.8 mi awayView trailheadBuild from here
- Forks of the Kern Trailhead20.2 mi awayView trailheadBuild from here
- Blackrock Trailhead34.5 mi awayView trailheadBuild from here
- Summit Trailhead34.9 mi awayView trailheadBuild from here
Map
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- Latitude
- 36.239050° N
- Longitude
- 118.505274° W