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Two group sites can accommodate up to 50 people and 18 vehicles
From I-80: Take Foresthill Road exit for 17 miles to the town of Foresthill. Continue on the road for 9 miles to Sugar Pine Road. Turn left and continue on Sugar Pine Road for 9 miles. Take the left fork and drive 4 1/2 miles to boat ramp. Turn right and head up the hill about 7 miles.
Nice campground, but limited on flat spaces for the tents if you come with the big crowd.
This was the wildest of campsites we’ve been to. You’re about 30 ft away from the next person and except for their dog barking madly the whole day, we would have not heard anything except the forest around us.
No ranger rounded on us which is good/bad? Everything was clean, lots of tables and bbq grills and bear lockers, toilets are vault toilets, bring a flashlight tho. A big dumpster near the toilets too for trash. Lots of campsites for tents and great weather for mid June. No bear interactions during our trip. Also beware that there was no signal for both Verizon and T-Mobile cell phones here. The town is 30 minutes drive away so we were spooked about having possible medical emergencies. I would travel with or rent a satellite phone next time.
Sugar pine reservoir is really nice. The water wasnt dirty but beware of the water as you sink quicker than salt water. A friend of mine almost drowned by becoming too fatigued. so bring life jackets and floats. Again no ranger here either, but people were generally nice and not loud or drunk etc.
If you want that removed from civilization feeling then come here!
