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Underworld Farms

83%

· Kernville, Kern, California

6 acres hosted by Esteban O.

2 lodging sites · 7 RV/tent sites

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Underworld Farms is a small goat ranch in the Kern River Valley. Surrounded by forestry land, on the Kern River, and on top of what used to be the old town of Whiskey Flat (Later re-named Kernville). There is no end to the beauty, history and adventure all around the property. Life took us to the Kern River Valley after moving out of Los Angeles. We enjoy living in the Southern Sierras immersed in all its natural beauty. The small but magnificent town of Kernville is approximately two and a half miles north of us. Our livestock includes horses, dairy goats, sheep, and rabbits: Most of which are raised and bred as our son's 4H or FFA projects. You may be wondering why our farm is called "Underworld Farms". In a nutshell, since our ranch is on the footprint of the historic town of Whiskey Flat, we just happen to be south of the old Whiskey Flat "Boot Hill" Cemetery. Our "driveway" is the road that led from the old town of Kernville to the cemetery. We hope that you consider parking your RV, van conversion, or trailer on one of our customized spots on the property. Or drive your vehicle and pitch a tent on one of our tent friendly sports. Or enjoy a stay in one of our small cabins. Regardless of what you stay in, you will definitely have a memorable time. The campground is VERY barebones and rural. Critters, bugs, and sometimes fellow Hipcampers can be sparce or prevalent pretty randomly. Because Underworld Farms is a working ranch, you will probably hear livestock noises like horses neighing, sheep and goats calling, and our protector dogs barking from time to time. We encourage you to walk over to the horses and goats and meet them. They especially like when you bring them carrots or apple pieces. The ranch has a double outhouse with a hand washing station sandwiched in between, it is rustic and bare bones. We check it to see if it has paper products, soap, water, and plenty of room in the trash bins. During the hotter months, the "daddy longleg" spiders enjoy infiltrating the outhouses and seem to spin new webs overnight. But they and their webs are harmless and easy to brush off. We ask for your assistance if there is something missing, or the trash needs taking out, or if the spiders have taken over again by getting ahold of us through the Hipcamp App and letting us know. With all that being said, there is an ambient beauty here that is unbelievable and memorable. This beauty and draw is so powerful that it causes the many people who come visit to make arrangements to live in our little valley. There is much to do in and around our valley that you couldn't do it all in a lifetime. We hope that you come and stay at the ranch while enjoying our valley. May you have a great time. *** THE PIN MAP ON HIPCAMP IS NOT 100% ACCURATE. PLEASE REFFER TO THE MAP OF THE PROPERTY IN THE PHOTOS

Activities

Biking

Boating

Fishing

Hiking

Natural features

Beach

Desert

Forest

Hot spring

83%

20 ratings · 15 reviews

Yesenia R.recommends

November 11, 2024

Encampment 5

Secluded, great views. Clean. Kinda hard to find. The host posts a few great links to google map points of interests. Hard to get to once you get there from the service being kinda slow to make sure to download them in advance. Also for some reason the address when you punch it into your iPhone maps it sends you to a different house. If you show up to an area with a red gate or a house with a driveway. This isn’t it. The campground is next to a cemetery and a day use area. Also site 5 is a tough for an RV I would recommend using the pull thru sites not pull in. It’s pretty tight. Would definitely come back. You could hear tons of wildlife from our site. We came during November and got the whole campground to ourselves.

Lindsay E.

October 12, 2024

Encampment 1

Good halfway point

We stayed here as a halfway point between Death Valley and Kings Canyon/Sequoia. Highly recommend getting here before dark as it was really tough to navigate the land and find our exact camping spot. It’s a unique property with a great story, and the morning sun view was beautiful.

Bree L.recommends

October 3, 2024

Encampment 5

Beautiful expansive views. Esteban was communicative and helpful. It was a great stay, easily accessible close to our other adventures. Would book again!

Jordan K.doesn't recommend

September 4, 2024

Encampment 1

The campsites were very rocky and un kept. Not a welcoming environment and the driveway in was closed so you had to go around through the house driveway. Was also not clear if walking down to the water was advisable or if that belonged to someone else.

Melanie Isabella H.recommends

July 22, 2024

Encampment 1

Esteban gave us detailed instructions for getting to his place so we found it easily. We had a wonderful and quiet stay in our RV at Underworld Farm. At daylight we enjoyed the stunning view to River Kern, Lake Isabella and the surrounding mountains, at night moon and stars. Our host was helpful and gave us explanations concerning our further journey. Thanks a lot!

Carrie H.

July 8, 2024

The "Living on the Hard" sailboat

We picked and extremely hot time to visit and had to cut our stay short

Location

Kernville, Kern, California, United StatesTraditional, ancestral territory of Tübatulabal and Yokuts First Nations according to To respect the Host's privacy, the precise address of this land will be provided after booking