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[Brightman Flat Sign](http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MEDIA/fseprd522767.jpg "Brightman Flat Sign") [Brightman Flat Campground](http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MEDIA/fseprd522768.jpg "Brightman Flat Campground")[Brightman Flat View](http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MEDIA/fseprd522769.jpg "Brightman Flat View")[Brightman Flat Restrooms](http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MEDIA/fseprd522765.jpg "Brightman Flat Restrooms")[Brightman Flat Information Board](http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MEDIA/fseprd522766.jpg "Brightman Flat Information Board") Brightman Campground is situated in a mixed conifer forest along the banks of the Stanislaus River. It is located 21 east of the Summit Ranger Station on Highway 108. There are two entrances to the campground and a total of 33 sites. The main road and parking pads are dirt. Restrooms are vault toilets. Each site has a table and metal fire ring. Potable water is not available. A fee is charged for extra vehicle parking. There is no designated trail down to the river.
22 miles east of Pinecrest on Highway 108.
The guy on charge of this place and his wife are really good people. They keep the bathrooms really clean and make you feel welcome thanks
Always have a great time there. Been going every Memorial Day Holiday for 11 years
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!
Camp here all the time during the week and it is very nice. As with any campground try to avoid the weekends as you get all the rude and noisy people showing up. The price is right at $15 a night and during the summer months water is available at the Brightman Ranger station about a mile past the campground. The most of the sites are well separated from each other and can accommodate trailers up to 30 ft with some sites on the east side taking much larger trailers. The west side I would avoid if you are over 25 ft.
I stayed at this campground of or two nights in the summer of 2020. This review is based on the facilities and staff, not things regarding the forest itself, which is decimated by a wildfire two years ago thanks to the United States Florist Circus.
The campground is located directly off of Highway 108. There are two parts to the camp (East and West). Total there are probably only 20-25 sites. It’s not a large camp.
Cost was $19 a night.
The roads are entirely dirt, but in better condition than most paved roads up here. However they still need to clean up and made some repairs after the forest fire.
The sites are generally well spaced out (at least on the western side). In my case the site was set up in a way that I couldn’t even see my neighbors, although I could see highway. For me, being isolated from others is great. The only problem with the layout was the huge number of people driving into my site thinking it was a through road.
There is NO running water here. Bring water; this is dry camping. The bathrooms are put toilets, but were surprisingly very clean thanks to the staff.
Speaking of staff, I saw them once in 48 hours. Apparently the hosts don’t camp at this camp, but 10 minutes down the highway. They come around once a day to clean bathrooms. They never drive past my camp and never checked to see if I paid. You could probably get by without paying because the staff is not paying attention. and you wonder why Dodge Ridge Corp is teetering in bankruptcy.
All in all a good campground for my purposes. It would have been five stars with running water and a little more attention to clean up post forest fire.
