Manzanita Rock Meadow

About Campground

Welcome to Windsong Ridge, an evolving homestead on 25 acres of oak, pine, and manzanita woodland about 30 minutes outside of the historic gold rush towns of Grass Valley and Nevada City in Nevada County, CA. The property overlooks the iconic South Yuba River canyon and is 100% solar-powered and off grid with excellent cell coverage (Verizon and T-Mobile). Come be serenaded by the wind chimes throughout the property. Enjoy sitting by a fire and you may hear the coyotes in the distance after a day of swimming, hiking, paddling, site-seeing or attending one of the many festivals held throughout the year in town.

We are at 1800 feet, therefore the summers are hot (sometimes in the triple digits), and winters are mild (snow is a surprising event at this elevation).

Manzanita Rock Meadow is a pad for a high clearance van, small RV and/or tent with plenty of room to spread out and set up camp. IMPORTANT DETAILS are provided on our site description.

- Hike the adjacent trails on public lands or enjoy hiking trails in the state park along the Yuba River.

- Bring your kayak or paddle board to Englebright Lake at any time of year.

- In less than two hours, you can visit Truckee, Lake Tahoe, or the Sierra Buttes/Lakes Basin areas and much more.

- In town you will find a variety excellent restaurants, farmers markets, live entertainment and wildly popular events throughout the year.

We’ll be happy to help you plan your visit! (Start by checking out https://www.nevadacountygold.com/)

If you have forgotten any camping essentials, you can let us know.

Directions

Follow GPS instructions until the turn off of Pleasant Valley Road. You will see the old historic Wells Fargo building (on left if coming heading east, right if heading west). GPS gets confusing at this point.

Take the road adjacent to the WF building which is High Street (a dirt road). It’s NOT the road immediately adjacent to the building – that’s someone’s driveway. As you head up the hill you’ll see a little squatter’s camp by the side of the road. That’s Harry and his dog. It’s a bit of a mess, but he’s harmless.

Take the first left where the pavement ends. You'll travel SLOWLY along a gravel road until you see a sign for Manzanita Rock Meadow followed by a sharp right turn which is the driveway to the campsite. Follow that to the pull through onto the level pad.