Availability
Unnamed mapped stream or river is mapped within 0.5 mile of the camp-area marker. This is map evidence, not a real-time flow report.
Backpacking camp
Rowell Meadow camp area
Jennie Lakes Wilderness, California
About this place
Rowell Meadow is an official itinerary area, permit zone, or source-backed named overnight reference represented by a reachable point on the pinned agency trail network in Jennie Lakes Wilderness.
The marker is a route-access reference, not a tent pad. Move off the trail only where travel is permitted, remain inside the authorized zone, and choose a legal durable site under every current setback and closure.
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
Unnamed mapped stream or river is classified as perennial in USGS hydrography, but current flow still must be confirmed.
- Unnamed mapped stream or riverRiver or stream · 0.4 mi awayMapped perennial source — verify current flow · Treat before drinkingOfficial source
Fire planning
Campfire & stove rules
Permit + current order requiredCampfires
Rowell Meadow is an undeveloped backcountry camp area in Jennie Lakes Wilderness. A California Campfire Permit is required for a portable stove or any otherwise-legal fire in Jennie Lakes 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
Jennie Lakes Wilderness has no published annual closure window, but Generals Highway and forest-road approaches can be limited by winter snow, storm damage, wildfire, or gatesPlace closure
No recurring date-based closure of Rowell Meadow is published. The source-connected approach conditions below and temporary emergency orders still control access.
Seasonal access
Source-connected approaches: Stony Creek Trailhead, Rowell Meadow Trailhead. Jennie Lakes Wilderness has no published annual closure window, but Generals Highway and forest-road approaches can be limited by winter snow, storm damage, wildfire, or gates.
Before driving
Check Sequoia National Forest alerts and the exact trailhead road, gate, and snow conditions before departure.
Mapped approaches
Choose a trailhead for Rowell Meadow 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.
- Rowell Meadow Trailhead3.1 mi awayView trailheadBuild from here
- Stony Creek Trailhead11.3 mi awayView trailheadBuild from here
Map
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- Latitude
- 36.702630° N
- Longitude
- 118.752439° W