Stanislaus/Brightman Flat

- HQ

No electricity, no running water, no cell phone signals, no flushable toilets. This is truly a retreat to disconnect. If this is your thing download the offline maps and get to it. The only hard part for me and the reason for four stars was no flexible toilets.

Dave Braden

This campground is relatively pretty, sitting up the bank from a gorgeous stretch of the Middle Fork Stan. Some of the following remarks have nothing to do with what nature has gifted us, but instead what campers are doing to this area. There is a startling amount of garbage strewn along the river banks and even in the river. I filled up a duffle bag with bottles, cans, single serve packages, fishing line and lures, etc, each of the two days we fished the half mile span. I'm really interested in what goes on in the human mind after a Red Bull or a packaged Rice Crispy Treat is consumed in such a beautiful area and instead of finding a open pocket, the more appealing option is to drop the used item on top of Spanish Broom or a granite boulder. The flyfishing itself was surprisingly solid right around the campground and a quarter mile either way. Good size browns and rainbows -- probably recently stocked. The campground seems to be overrun with Yellowjacket nests in the ground about every 50 feet. It was spectacular. Perhaps it was the particular time of year (Late Sept), but we could barely cook without the YJs hammering our food first. They even dove into the half & half carton, which I discovered next morning as I poured them out into my coffee. Mmmmm, mmmm, buzzzzzz, mmmmm. Although I love this stretch of the river with the gorgeous boulders and pocket water, the only way I'd return to this campground is for community service to try and put a dent in the garbage problem. Perhaps Dodge Ridge Corp. can think of some more effective ways to enforce no littering.

Arturo Romero

Very nice relaxing place by the river we come here twice a year love it.

sky

Very close to water. My son loved it. Not a lot of trees due to damage from fire, no shade.

Vivian Liu

This place is great. The fires did a lot of damage but they just reopened a few weeks ago. See updated signage in pics. Enjoy!