Acorn Campground
1Heads up1 fire 21 mi away
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 16:15 UTC
- A night
- $20From, per site
- Sites
- 128126 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 11 notices
In the agency’s own words
Acorn Campground is a sunny campground in the brush-covered hills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The area is generally characterized by a warm, dry climate with summer temperatures regularly soaring above 90 degrees. With sites just a short walk from the shores of the popular New Hogan Lake, visitors will have no problem finding relief in the comfortable clear waters. Keep reading
Recreation
Boating is a popular pastime, with boat ramps conveniently located around the lake. The large surface area allows for plenty of water skiing, wake boarding, jet skiing and more. Year-round fishing for stripers, bass, crappie, bluegill and catfish is perfect for experts and beginners alike. Some of the largest fish are found in less than 25 feet of water. The "River of Skulls" hiking trail is located below the dam at the Monte Vista Recreation Area. There is also a staging area for an eight mile equestrian trail on a scenic loop that winds along the lake and through the foothill chaparral. Trail guides are available at the park office. Bicycle trails suitable for the beginner as well as the advanced rider are found on the west side of the lake and next to the group camping area. An easy 3-mile trail connects the park office with Acorn Campground. Hunting with bow or shotgun during the open season is permitted in certain areas of the lake. Upland game such as turkey, quail and dove is available and waterfowl includes a variety of duck and geese.
Facilities
Acorn Campground offers 128 spacious campsites with modern amenities such showers and accessible flush toilets, as well as drinking water, an important part of staying hydrated in the summer sun.
Natural Features
The 4,400 surface-acre lake was created in 1964 with the completion of New Hogan Dam. When full, the lake has 50 miles of shoreline and extends nearly eight miles upstream to the confluence of the north and south forks of the Calaveras River. The dam was built to provide flood protection to the city of Stockton and water for irrigation, drinking and hydroelectric power, and it now offers recreation opportunities for thousands of visitors each year. The New Hogan area supports a wide variety of wildlife. The foothills location is home to grey fox, mule deer, coyote, turkey, mountain lion, bobcat and rattlesnakes. New Hogan is also a wintering home for bald eagles. The south shore of the lake has been designated as a wildlife viewing area.
Nearby Attractions
A number of historic sites are located nearby, including Carson Hill, the discovery site of the largest gold nugget ever found, and The Black Bart Inn, located in San Andreas, where the famous outlaw Black Bart was captured. Groceries, gas, camping supplies and more can be found in the nearby town of Valley Springs, California.
What the agency tells you
Site driveways are asphalt paved and may not be level. There is no guarantee of sites having level driveways. Please bring ample leveling equipment for RV's and trailers. All RV's and trailers must face the direction of travel on the road.
Gates are open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day of the week.
Check-in time is 3:00pm, check-out time is 2:00pm
Everything else this campground posts · 8
Two vehicles permitted per campsite. Extra vehicles are subject to an additional fee.
Maximum of two dogs per campsite. Dogs must remain on a leash and under control at all times. Dogs may not be left in camp unattended, and all leads must be 6 feet in length or less.
Generator use is permitted only during daytime hours. All generators must be turned off prior to 10:00 pm and cannot be turned back on until 8:00 am. Any abnormally loud generators that disrupt neighboring areas will not be allowed.
No electric, water or sewer hookups at this faciity. Drinking water is provided through spigots.
Dump stations are available only during the peak recreation season. Off season availability is subject to funding.
All equipment must fit on the site pad. Vehicles parked in designated parking locations only.
All trash must be removed from your site upon departure.
Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 128
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 20 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- 3
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- “…amenities such showers and accessible flush toilets, as well as drinking water, an important part of…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…and accessible flush toilets, as well as drinking water, an important part of staying hydrated in the…”
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Beach
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Hunting
- Swimming
- Night sky · 1059th darkest of 1,201 in CA
- Bortle 4
4 of 140 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:15 UTC
recreation.gov lists 126 of the 128 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $20 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 5
recreation.gov availability, read 16:15 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
128 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 126 mapped sitesAll 128 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 128 of the 128 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 126 of the 128 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| A-WESA | 001 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 78 ft | 681 ft | 444 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 002 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 61 ft | 529 ft | 300 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 003 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 78 ft | 632 ft | 371 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 004 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 92 ft | 605 ft | 303 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 005 | standard nonelectric | 12 ft | 63 ft | 484 ft | 238 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 006 | standard nonelectric | 12 ft | 114 ft | 420 ft | 120 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 007 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 82 ft | 540 ft | 201 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 008 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 82 ft | 514 ft | 148 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 009 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 95 ft | 466 ft | 162 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 010 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 82 ft | 392 ft | 205 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 011 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 55 ft | 350 ft | 136 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 012 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 45 ft | 322 ft | 193 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 013 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 99 ft | 208 ft | 324 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 014 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 45 ft | 284 ft | 225 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 015 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 82 ft | 151 ft | 306 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 016 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 66 ft | 223 ft | 231 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 017 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 95 ft | 149 ft | 248 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 018 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 49 ft | 184 ft | 191 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 019 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | yes | 55 ft | 335 ft | 91 ft | $20 |
| A-WESA | 020 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | yes | 62 ft | 279 ft | 115 ft | $20 |
| A-WESA | 021 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 49 ft | 192 ft | 179 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 022 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 86 ft | 297 ft | 91 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 023 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 74 ft | 201 ft | 188 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 024 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 86 ft | 318 ft | 154 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 025 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 115 ft | 247 ft | 263 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 026 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 88 ft | 357 ft | 234 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 027 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 118 ft | 385 ft | 367 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 028 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 87 ft | 503 ft | 437 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 029 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 84 ft | 491 ft | 371 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 030 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 89 ft | 574 ft | 452 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 031 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 61 ft | 530 ft | 344 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 032 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 73 ft | 954 ft | 558 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 033 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 73 ft | 914 ft | 486 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 034 | type not stated | 20 ft | 963 ft | 472 ft | |||
| A-WESA | 035 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 81 ft | 1,009 ft | 542 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 036 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 87 ft | 1,083 ft | 558 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 037 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 58 ft | 991 ft | 454 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 038 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 58 ft | 1,005 ft | 420 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 039 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 50 ft | 906 ft | 273 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 040 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 50 ft | 894 ft | 226 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 041 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 77 ft | 867 ft | 79 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 042 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 77 ft | 802 ft | 65 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 043 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 77 ft | 817 ft | 155 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 044 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 77 ft | 776 ft | 214 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 045 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 98 ft | 672 ft | 249 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 046 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 98 ft | 604 ft | 253 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 047 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 119 ft | 690 ft | 335 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 049 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 46 ft | 453 ft | 117 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 050 | standard nonelectric | 12 ft | 122 ft | 387 ft | 169 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 051 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 45 ft | 329 ft | 62 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 052 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 87 ft | 278 ft | 148 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 053 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 45 ft | 311 ft | 46 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 054 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 93 ft | 218 ft | 137 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 055 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 89 ft | 430 ft | 147 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 056 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 47 ft | 440 ft | 97 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 057 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 38 ft | 451 ft | 96 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 058 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 38 ft | 463 ft | 111 ft | $20 | |
| A-WESA | 059 | type not stated | 20 ft | 576 ft | 231 ft | |||
| EAST | 063 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 84 ft | 476 ft | 513 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 064 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 101 ft | 535 ft | 395 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 065 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 84 ft | 556 ft | 482 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 066 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 96 ft | 602 ft | 291 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 067 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 94 ft | 591 ft | 206 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 068 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 94 ft | 538 ft | 192 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 069 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 94 ft | 599 ft | 110 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 070 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 70 ft | 599 ft | 135 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 071 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 105 ft | 433 ft | 290 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 072 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 39 ft | 371 ft | 339 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 073 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 39 ft | 409 ft | 301 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 074 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 75 ft | 382 ft | 348 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 075 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 136 ft | 314 ft | 489 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 076 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 89 ft | 295 ft | 442 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 077 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 89 ft | 223 ft | 528 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 078 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 73 ft | 176 ft | 611 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 079 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 73 ft | 135 ft | 675 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 080 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 92 ft | 125 ft | 737 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 081 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 128 ft | 272 ft | 679 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 082 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 81 ft | 140 ft | 780 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 083 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 81 ft | 139 ft | 837 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 084 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 112 ft | 147 ft | 915 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 085 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 82 ft | 151 ft | 1,010 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 086 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 101 ft | 318 ft | 943 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 087 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 82 ft | 211 ft | 1,015 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 088 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 64 ft | 331 ft | 1,021 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 089 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 64 ft | 267 ft | 1,066 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 090 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 62 ft | 361 ft | 1,040 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 091 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 44 ft | 322 ft | 1,119 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 092 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 44 ft | 303 ft | 1,134 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 093 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 80 ft | 238 ft | 1,087 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 094 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 62 ft | 305 ft | 1,024 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 095 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 110 ft | 269 ft | 935 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 096 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 80 ft | 192 ft | 1,040 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 097 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 119 ft | 253 ft | 789 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 098 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 110 ft | 327 ft | 837 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 099 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 79 ft | 122 ft | 919 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 100 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 79 ft | 114 ft | 846 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 101 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 100 ft | 131 ft | 707 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 102 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 75 ft | 96 ft | 614 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 103 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 75 ft | 171 ft | 613 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 104 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 86 ft | 182 ft | 529 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 105 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 77 ft | 139 ft | 512 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 106 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 77 ft | 214 ft | 447 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 107 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 85 ft | 216 ft | 413 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 108 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 69 ft | 261 ft | 385 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 109 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 69 ft | 327 ft | 324 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 110 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 76 ft | 481 ft | 325 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 111 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 67 ft | 516 ft | 229 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 112 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 72 ft | 523 ft | 324 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 113 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 67 ft | 578 ft | 198 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 114 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 85 ft | 513 ft | 178 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 115 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 72 ft | 457 ft | 312 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 116 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 81 ft | 392 ft | 283 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 117 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 85 ft | 431 ft | 178 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 118 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 97 ft | 460 ft | 249 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 119 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 67 ft | 453 ft | 341 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 120 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 67 ft | 391 ft | 395 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 121 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 73 ft | 711 ft | 312 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 122 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | yes | 73 ft | 708 ft | 384 ft | $20 |
| EAST | 123 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 69 ft | 578 ft | 359 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 124 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 69 ft | 566 ft | 330 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 125 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 175 ft | 384 ft | 497 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 126 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 109 ft | 327 ft | 516 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 127 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 109 ft | 239 ft | 611 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 128 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 128 ft | 269 ft | 449 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 129 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 109 ft | 199 ft | 454 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 130 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 74 ft | 284 ft | 348 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 131 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 74 ft | 238 ft | 336 ft | $20 | |
| EAST | 132 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 111 ft | 242 ft | 301 ft | $20 |
25 of 128 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Oak Knoll Campground0.5 mi
Deer Flat Boat In Campground1.7 mi
Coyote Point14 mi
Glory Hole Recreation Area18 mi
Tuttletown Recreation Area21 mi
Horseshoe Road Recreation Area26 miFrom Stockton California, take Highway 26 east for 30 miles. Turn right on Hogan Dam Road and continue for a mile, then follow signs to the campground.
Park Headquarters: 2713 Hogan Dam Road Valley Springs, CA 95252 Acorn Campground: 3027 South Petersburg Road Valley Springs, CA 95252
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Valley Springs, CA
Typical weather
Typical October night 54°F, day 78°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 40°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Acorn Campground is in California’s 5th congressional district. Its representative, Tom McClintock (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →