Marion Mountain Campground — Hotel in Palm Springs

It was amazing until a large group of people started walking through my camp. When I asked them to please not walk through my camp and around my tent until after 10:30 pm and they got nasty mouthed with me and accused me of yelling and they were the ones being nasty mouthed and severely disrespectful to me by walking through my camp and then having the audacity to say that I was the one causing the problem. It's Camping Etiquette/common sense and curtousy to not walk through someone else's camp with them and their stuff in it. People need to realize that someone else paid good money for their campsite just like you did, and they deserve the same frickin respect that you expect to be shown to you. And walking through someone's campsite is the exact equivalent of walking into someone's house without knocking or permission to enter. It's wrong and very disrespectful.

I'm going to educate y'all.

If you want respect, you give respect. It's a two way street. And when you are in a crowded campground, you show your neighbors respect by not going through their camp and keeping your noise level in YOUR CAMP, NO ONE ELSE SHOULD HEAR EVERY WORD OF YOUR CONVERSATION OF OF YOUR TV OR MUSIC! YOU ALSO DON'T COME UP HERE TO THE FOREST AND LITTER AND STOKE YOUR CAMPFIRE TO THE SKY. You dispose of YOUR TRASH properly in the dumpsters provided and you keep your campfire reasonable. It only takes 1 frickin ember to light up this mountain, putting all the other people camping lives in dire jeopardy and you put their homes in jeopardy, and you are putting the lives of any and all fire personnel fighting said fire in dire jeopardy!! But people who come up here from the valley don't care if they destroy the beauty of the forest with their trash and don't give a flying flip if they cause a serious wild fire, because of their irresponsible behavior, because it's not their life, property, or escape route the will be lost because they can go back to their pretty little house in the city and watch it burn up everything that people worked hard their whole lives to have something to call their own. You are also facing arson, murder charges if someone does unfortunately die trying to escape the flames, you are facing lawsuits from the citizens that you burned out of their homes and properties, but you also face prison time (and will get 10 years or more) but you will become responsible for the cost to fight said fire, you pay for the fuel for the planes and choppers, retardant costs, fire personnel's salery for fighting said fire, and any loss of life and property that happens as a result of the fire you started.

So in conclusion..... Please don't come up here and be disrespectful to other campers, the wildlife, the people who live here full time, and to the forest itself. Please, if you are going to visit this mountain or any other mountain in the state of California, be responsible, respectful, and use the common sense God gave you, or please do the world a huge favor and stay in the valley where you belong and camp at a State Park along the beaches where you won't destroy anything by burning it down and you won't be putting innocent people's lives at serious risk. This is not to belittle anyone, it is for the safety and to show respect to the mountain, it's residents, and the wildlife. You don't want your little house burning to the ground with literally everything you own in the world inside it nor do you want to die trying to escape the flames. Well this mountains people don't want it to happen to them either. For God sakes please respect your neighbors and your surroundings. Otherwise, if you burn it all down, there will be nowhere beautiful for you or anyone else to go out and enjoy.

Please use your common sense, think of others besides yourselves and your fun, and be RESPECTFUL AND RESPONSIBLE. YOUR TRASH IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PICK UP, EVERY SINGLE LITTLE PIECE YOU DROP. THAT'S NO ONE ELSE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CLEAN UP AFTER GROWN ADULTS!! ACT YOUR AGE AND BE RESPONSIBLE AND RESPECTFUL. JESUS, IT'S NOT GD...

First, a heads up.....Idyllwild in Riverside County is So California's Sasquatch hot spot. This campground has had its share of encounters. Beautiful C.G. All are tent sights, and most of the "tent set up" spots are 20 to 50 feet away from your vehicle. Pit toilets, fire rings. There are a couple of parking spots close enough to being level for car/van camping (or if you have a short truck camper). Good luck getting a spot without reservations during peak time/weekends . Water from shared spigots, BUT it's only guaranteed Friday through Sunday. Trail head starts here for one of the hikes (sorry, I don't remember which trail it was). Really makes you feel like you are WAY out in the forest. Very nice. CAUTION: Watch for low overhead branches hitting tall vehicles or when carrying cargo on top. Depending on the length of your tow vehicle, I would not recommend a trailer over 18 to 24 feet long camp here. The parking spots can be small and you'll have a very tough time parking it and just having two vehicles in most of these campsites...

Beautiful place... Secluded enough to feel private but not so "out there" that you have to be diligently prepared (for example, if you don't have much gear and you spontaneously decided to camp, like me!) I drove up on July 4th weekend and got a "walk in" site, which there were a few listed as "walk in" as stated on the reservation site, and didn't arrive til evening and still got a beautiful site up on a hill. All the sites I saw had their own unique offerings, some more andsecluded than others, but all with charm or proximity to water or bathrooms, or a view, etc. The view just down the hill with a very short walk is breathtaking. Easy drive to town (about 15 minutes) so you can either be at peace alone in nature or venture down into town for some fun. Wonderful combo. ❤️

PS oh ya...there were mosquitos! Be prepared. I got some "Off, deep woods" wipes in town and even though I smelled like chemicals for 10 minutes, it seemed to do the trick...