Spicer Reservoir Group Campground
- Right now
- Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
var $j = jQuery;$j.noConflict();$j(window).load(function() {$j('#slider3').nivoSlider( {effect: 'fade',startSlide: 0,animSpeed: 750,pauseTime: 8000});}); Timbered setting on the shore of Spicer Reservoir. Covered shelter with tables and group cooking area; fireplaces, primitive amphitheater, and parking for group use. Close to reservoir, however boat ramp is about a mile away. Spicer Reservoir Group Campground is operated by Royal Elk Park Management. For more information visit www.royalelkparkmanagement.com
Facilities
- Boat ramp
- Yes
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir
- Fall color · reported 13 days ago, 40 km away
- Peak color
Phone before you drive
recreation.gov publishes no availability for a campground you can’t reserve, so there’s no thirty-night reading to draw here. The season bar above is what the agency does publish.
Every line of the receipt · 4
What you actually pay
How we know this receipt · 4
record Aug 24, 2026 · How we know all this
Getting there
the map and the coordinate
Where it is
Union West CampgroundStanislaus National Forest · 1.7 mi
Union West - Union Reservoir (Stanislaus NF)Stanislaus National Forest · 1.7 mi
Sandy Flat - Utica Reservoir (Stanislaus NF)Stanislaus National Forest · 1.7 miStanislaus River CampgroundStanislaus National Forest · 2.8 mi
(Lake Alpine) West ShoreStanislaus National Forest · 5.2 miThe weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Bear Valley, CA
Typical weather
Typical October night 29°F, day 62°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 18°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
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
what threatens it · who answers for it
Roadless country, and what’s coming for it
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Spicer Reservoir Group 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 →