Reviews

Zach Dewar

Good staging area for off roading and climbing. Good access to river to cool down on summer days. DO NOT spend the night at campground. Extremely close to the interstate you will hear constant very loud traffic noise.

EK Ng Hoversten

Drove in on a Wed late evening as we were driving through on I-80. There were only a couple other campers on site, but we were surprised to see many campsites were reserved for the weekend even in mid October. We parked in site #17, got plenty of room around our truck camper. Nice campground overall but as many other reviewers said, the noise from I-80 and the train were surprisingly loud. We can hear it even inside a well insulated camper. Luckily, it didn't disturb our sleep too much.

Dan H

3.5 stars. This review is for site 31. Sites 29-35 are walk-in sites with about a 100 foot downhill walk over rocky ground. Site 31 has a lot of nice shade most of the day. The tent pitching area is flat with soft ground, no rocks, and can fit a 10x12ft tent easily. Has a picnic table and fire ring. It's located very close to a water spigot and a short walk to outhouse style(no running water) bathroom. Ignoring external factors the site is 5 stars. The campground is very close to a deep swimming hole with tall rocks for jumping but also has an easy way in and out of the water, and the water isn't too cold(Late June). You may want to visit just for that. There were no bears or wildlife trying to steal food, but precautions should be taken anyway. The problem is the proximity to I-80. This is a very busy highway with traffic 24/7. The highway is just over the creek and on a downhill. So cars are always going fast and trucks are frequently using their jake brake. There are also trains frequently chugging up the mountain above the road. It looked kind of cool at night, but again they are noisy and blow their horn too. You will not get to experience the sereneness of nature here. An entire unit of Brownies camped next to us and we hardly heard them over the road noise. The creek can only be heard sporadically between vehicles. Bring earplugs to sleep. The bathrooms were clean, but not stocked or serviced often. We stayed for 3 days and the toilet paper ran out in the women's bathroom every day. There was 4 full rolls in the men's, but it was locked up and could not be moved. So both men and women all used the same bathroom frequently. Bring your own toilet paper. The fire ring was completely full of ash and stones. If you want to use the attached grill for cooking you will need a shovel to clean it out. Food cooked over a hardwood fire is worth it, so I did. 3.5 stars for the reasons listed.

Emery Watson

Stayed this weekend on site 27. The campsite was clean and large. Proximity to the Yuba and swimming was great. The biggest downside is Highway 80 noise. It’s much closer than I expected. Site 27 is one of the farthest sites but we could still hear the ambient drone of the highway. Our site was clean, very large, and included 2 picnic tables. The downside to our site was the slight grade downhill. We were able to set our tent up on flat ground but the tables and fire pit were tilted. This was a fine place to stay for 1 night. I would not recommend for a relaxing trip or for a trip longer than 1/2 nights.

Andrea Silver

Campground was nice with a fun swimming hole, but oh wow was the freeway noisy 24/7. Train blasting horn multiple times throughout the night as well. Sounded like camping underneath the I5

Tim Tremblay

Has a really great swimming hole in the Yuba River, however very close to interstate and an active train route. The pines are also super stressed and weeping everywhere, had to scrape globs of pine needles off my shoes.

Theodore Rentfro

As if the freeway isn't bad enough, the trains every hour that shake the ground and blast their horn is even worse. The other reviews are being modest... Don't be fooled. It's LOUD and makes it tough to sleep. The sites themselves are cared for well, but this location seems to attract a lot of people who don't have any problems littering. The rangers do their best, but the trash and broken glass in an around the water is only becoming a bigger issue. The really frustrating thing is all the people who use the campgrounds parking for day use (which isn't supposed to happen), then walk through the sites with their dogs off leash and coming into camp, and playing music as they walk to the water. It got so crowded with day use people, we couldn't even get into the water without having to step over people. The Park service does a great job managing this campground, however they're fighting a losing battle with the people who come for day-use and camping. Unfortunately, it's made it to hard to enjoy so we won't be coming back and I'd recommend you look elsewhere, too.

Dennis Sullivan

Nice campsite has a awesome swimming hole with small waterfall. Downside it is right next to Highway 80 and train tracks. So if you don't mind not getting any sleep All is good

Kenny white

I went this last weekend and it was closed.. cut down trees everywhere and we stayed anyways for a few nights and a few other groups did but this has to be the dirtiest I've ever seen with no bear boxes or water let alone the bathrooms haven't been touched in years..

Jeff Jones

A great camping spot if you love swimming. It has a awesome swimmin' hole.