Pros: Close to hiking/river; pretty; remote
Cons: Lots and lots of trash everywhere; un-neighborly campers and overly crowded tents in just a 4 site campground
• Site are NOT free anymore. $25/night
• Pack in/out your trash
• Forestry recommends no fires during fire season but people still had campfires
• Get your free camp fire permit via Cal Fire website
Camped here for the first time this past weekend. As an experienced camper/backpacker, I was surprised by the enormous amounts of new/old trash everywhere, embedded in the dirt of all the campsites, including broken glass, etc spread about. I cut myself on broken glass trying to pick up trash to make our site more pleasant.
The two of us were in the nicest spot, (I think) site 4, in the far left corner near the road. Stayed 2 nights. It is more secluded from the others however, there were about at least 70 people in this tiny campground overall with tons of cars blocking people (including us, in).
Not that this could be a regular occurrence, but a huge family of 6 vehicles came in the night when we were sleeping and set up 6 tents for at least 20+ ppl in a non-campsite space between our site and occupied site 3. Their tents, kids, hammocks spilled into our paid spot- invading our space and even asked if they could all use our fire pit. And throughout the days they were constantly walking through our camp, and blocking our car with theirs. It was very strange and rude considering we paid $50, picked up all the trash in our area and were respectful with normal camp etiquette.
In conclusion, the campground looks like a homeless encampment with tents on top of each other and piles
trash everywhere. You are much better off dry camping in the non-campground sites:
- cleaner
- prettier
- not loud or crowded
*Just remember NO campfires during fire season. And you need a fire permit even if you use a camp stove (that’s free online). And PICK UP YOUR TRASH!