Kings Canyon Lodge - Miramonte, California

Dana Utt

Two buddies from Iowa and Missouri on a meet-up trip to Yosemite, Sequoia, Kings Canyon just needed fuel to be sure we could complete our trip. Old, old-school gas pumps with a pneumatic bell on arrival. Friendly guy even pumped the gas. Awesome ice cream, too. Be sure to stop here on your trip to Kings Canyon. The photo was on the return trip out of canyon. He was closed for the day, then.

Megan Toms

First off, it should be understood that this is an old-fashioned lodge owned by a outdoorsy man. This is not a hotel owned by a huge company and it should not be compared. The owner was quiet, polite, and took pride in his 1938 building, classic 1928 working gas pumps, over 300 historic photos, and his dog, Cougar. The owner hires a care-taker during the busier summer months. This summer's (2015) the caretaker is very friendly, personable, outdoorsy, supplied good conversation, and is knowledgeable of the Kings Canyon, Sequoia, and valley areas. The care taker had good advice about things to see or do in the park, as he has spent a lot of time exploring the area.
The accommodations are small cabins with the necessities of a bath, sink, shower, soap, bed with bedding, chairs, towels, heater, screened windows, a relaxing patio, and all was clean.The simplistic beauty of these cabins tucked at the bottom of a small canyon, gorgeous mountain views, lizards, hummingbirds, and a cool evening breeze can do nothing more than bring peace and relaxation.
The morning afforded us a hot cup of coffee, toast, eggs, and delicious bacon-cooked by the owner himself!
My husband, my 1 year old and I, found rejuvenation, calmness, and energy for our next day's adventure exploring the King's River and Boyden Cave.
Upon leaving, the owner said, "Thanks for coming, have fun, and come back again sometime." And that's exactly what we did and plan to do again! We are grateful to have found a little slice of heaven and thankful for the kind soul that is willing to share it.
Update------- sadly this placed burned down in wildfires. I hope the owner was able to rescue his collection of antiques and historical photos.

Raffi Sarimazian

Quick little spot to gas up and get ice cream. You can also pay a small fee to get connected to their wifi. Kinda good considering there is no phone/internet service near this area.

Nathan Keith

Third customer this season. Beer hadn't even been fully chilled. The owners were the kind of tough folks you would expect in the backcountry where winter brings 4-10' of snow, guarded but friendly and opened up after a few minutes to showing an interest in the lodge, area and them. This place is easily 20 miles from the nearest civilization over windy roads. Ate on the patio with about 20 hummingbirds fluttering around. Off the grid so the fuel pumps are manual.

malibu 1045

The people in thie establishment are the WORST attendants ever ,they treatme and ny family like criminals. When we ask simple questions the guy wouldn't even tske the time to answer.the lady look at us like we were crap.the only reason why we stopped there was because my kid wanted ice crea. The guy was serving gasoline before he came into the store and asked what. We wanted ,I asked for ice .he slammed. A bag of ice in the. Counter we asked for ice cream and he didn't used a napkin to grab the cone, remember,he was serving. Gasoline minutes before,. I personally will NEVER go back to that place ,rather push my truck off the Cliffside before buying gas or anything in there.

Daniel Salzman

These people are the rudest, most difficult people I have ever encountered. My wife booked a reservation in error and I called back to cancel the reservation and they refused to refund the money. I told them I would be entering a negative review on Yelp because of that and the guy actually called my cell phone back and asked to speak to my supervisor! He called back later and said he needed some information about me. I guess he thought he was going to get ahold of my place of work and talk to my boss.

I don't even know what to make of this. These people are the kind they make horror movies about.

EL L

The Lodge burned down in the Rough Fire, 2015. It is now an RV Park and Campground. Also sells gas, wood, ice, ice cream.

Michael Strollo

My wife and I stopped in for an ice cream, which was great. The decor was excellent and authentic. Worth the stop as it will transport you back to a different time...