Stanislaus/Eureka Valley

Jaime Cormier

UPDATE: Dodge ridge has made the decision to let this camp host go due to multiple complaints this summer. It is appreciated that they do care about camp hosts being polite and reasonable. They did reach out to us immediately regarding the situation and issued refunds so good on them for excellent customer service. We've been coming to this campground as locals for years. This last weekend we did our yearly family vacation here at Eureka Valley and there is a new camp host who's for lack of a better phrase - feels like her mission is to run people off of her campsite and disturb the peace of families trying to enjoy the calmness of this campsite. Besides this camp host, this campsite is a FIVE STAR campsite. The previous hosts were amazing, friendly, helpful, ran a clean campground. This NEW host for the 2025 season (I believe she is managing Dardanelle and boulder flat as well), is confrontative right off the bat from the time you go to pay. She is overly aggressive, unwelcoming (feels like you're checking in with a prison guard). It is absolutely unacceptable to harass campers the way she does, we watched her go off on a group of older hunter's for not having a name on their tag, for "checking in early at 12PM" on a dead empty campsite, telling our neighbor campers that she doesn't like unleashed dogs even for a minute because she has a cat (which by the way is NOT leashed up or secured - just hangs freely). To top it all off, we had family members pull up to visit for a day - three vehicles parked well within our campsite. We were gone most of the day at Twin Lakes (so only two vehicles parked at the campsite all day). The second we get back at 6PM on Saturday night 8/16, while we were actually literally transferring over stuff from one vehicle to the next so that the third visiting family car could leave (not staying the night) - she immediately drives her truck over to us, walks up into our campsite all fired up and starts a verbal confrontation with our family that's trying to leave. She said she does not care if they're visiting or not and that it is illegal to have three cars parked at a campsite INCLUDING a trailer. We told her they're LEAVING and that it's not illegal, and she threatened to call the sheriff and have them kick us out and walked off shaking and full of adrenaline before taking pictures of our campsite and license plates. It is absolutely disgusting how she behaves and treats people who have been coming to this campsite for years. We immediately packed up and left within a couple hours to avoid her coming back with the sheriff. Of course she came back WITHOUT the sheriff (about 1.5 hours later). Didn't say a word, drove back to her campsite around 8PM as we were getting ready to head out back home. We were supposed to be up here for another week. I would NOT recommend camping here while she's around. We'll have to start camping at Clark Fork or Kennedy Meadows, AVOID any campsite managed by her. We'll be contacting Dodge Ridge management and filing a compliant and refund for the time we didn't use. She wears a fake little cowgirl hat, but she should be wearing a prison guard hat. I'm sure dodge ridge will notice the decreased revenue because all the campsites managed by her this year are mostly empty compared to last year. Genuinely unacceptable behavior from this woman. She doesn't belong up here managing these campsites - she have zero camp host skills other than being able to process paperwork.

Angie Brieno

Our group LOVED the Eureka Valley Campground (we still love the space itself, the sites are great, the location is amazing) and the host couple last year in 2024 so much that we decided to come back this year with a larger group of friends to experience it. However, our trip was AWFUL due to the camp host who is condescending, accusatory, flat out rude and truly should not be in the hospitality industry. If I were National Forest Leadership and the Dodge Ridge Concessionaire (and I do work in the concessionaire management industry) I would be EMBARRASSED to have her as a representation of my company. Not only were we approached aggressively each day and each night, accused “but not really, I am asking everyone” of breaking a bathroom dispenser, and overall being spoken to horribly, the host did not even let us speak when asking about our Access Pass. We unfortunately paid full price before noticing the signage state that Access Pass holders were eligible for reduced costs. My boyfriend holds a disabled veterans Access Pass, and approached the host to ask about it and apologize that we hadn’t seen it earlier before paying. Immediately without allowing him to even explain his pass, she cuts him off and says that it is only for seniors and is a specific pass only. Well, he has the said pass she talked about when she let him talk – reluctantly as seen on her face. She then leaves, and comes back and does not refund or honor us in anyway so truthfully, we overpaid and never received our money back that we were owed. It's a shame that many other campers we encountered, even the weekend before when we visited the campground to look at sites we wanted, said she was horrible and others said they were leaving early because of her. We wanted to stick it out since we had made all of our plans, but honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if this campground is bare because of her. Plus, she won’t actually honor the discounts available that people deserve with their Access Passes so make sure you don’t pay full price on accident because you won’t see your money again. In our minds, she stole from us which is downright unacceptable.

The Casual Gamer

Been 10+ years since I been camping at this campground, its in a good location, and got the stream flowing right by the campground where you can hear the water flow from almost the entire campground. Only issue is the big Tuolumne fire some years back really took out a LOT of the shade cover in the campground.

Joshua Brewer

Had an awesome time camping at Eureka Valley Campground. The campsites are nice and spacious, giving plenty of room to spread out and enjoy some privacy. There are some great hiking trails nearby that really let you explore the area and soak in the natural beauty. One thing to note the water nearby moves super fast, so you gotta be careful around it. Definitely don’t want to slip and fall in because it’s pretty dangerous. Overall, great spot for camping, hiking, and just getting away. Would come back again for sure!

John Sikes Sikes

10/4/24. Tent camped. I chose a site close to the entrance (in case it got windy had more protection). Sonora Pass is my favorite drive-and this is a great place to stay. Great spots on the river. Vault toilets- hand pump for water. Quiet road noise at night. Nearby Kennedy Meadows store & restaurant.