U.S. Forest Service · Eldorado National Forest · CA

Sunset-Union Valley

1Heads up1 fire 34 mi away
Wildfire
Old fire · 34 mi away · 0 acres · updated Oct 16, 2026
ReservableOut of season, no booking; November 22 opens May 22.
Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book
Right now
Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
A night
$36–$108Across the site types the agency prices
Sites
178119 on recreation.gov
45 ftLongest rig
4,920 ftElevation
392 ftWater · Union Valley Reservoir
10.2 miNE of Pollock Pines, CA
61%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 10 notices

In the agency’s own words

Sunset Campground is situated on the shores of Union Valley Reservoir, among the towering cedar and ponderosa pines of Eldorado National Forest. Aptly named, the campground is a fantastic destination for colorful sunset views over the lake. All water activities are popular here, but it's also fun to bring a bike and explore the neighboring bike trail. Eldorado includes the famed gold mining territory of the 1800s. Remnants of the days of the California Gold Rush can be found all around the region. Keep reading

Recreation

On the water, sailing, boating and swimming are very popular. For hikers and bikers, the Union Valley Bike Trail and Bassi Falls Hiking Trail are great for exploring. Fishing in the lake includes rainbow, brown, mackinaw trout and kokanee salmon. The bike trail connects with the campground, near the boat ramp, and stretches for 4.8 miles along the eastern shores of the lake.

Facilities

The large campground has 121 single-unit sites including 30 tent-only spots. Amenities include a boat ramp with an accessible boarding dock, a paved parking area, dump station, vault toilets and drinking water. A swimming beach is also located onsite. The First Come First Serve sites located at this campground remain listed as FF for the entire season. They will not show occupied/available as the status of these sites is ever changing. You must be on site at the campground to claim a FF site. No guarantees upon arrival that these FF sites will be avaiable.

Natural Features

Sunset Campground sits in the Crystal Basin at an elevation of 5,000 feet. Some sites are fully shaded while others sit in a meadow. The climate is similar to that of the Mediterranean with warm, dry summers and cold, wet winters.

Nearby Attractions

Venture to the nearby lake, Ice House Reservoir or hike up Twin Peaks to look down over Union Valley Reservoir. A restaurant and general store are within 5 miles of the campground. Contact Info This location has limited staffing. Please call (831) 245-6891 for general information.

Charges & Cancellations

Recreation Fee: Recreation fees are the fees a visitor pays for things like overnight camping, a day-use pavilion, group facilities, a tour or a permit. Recreation fees vary by location and/or activity. Reservation Fee: A fee may be charged at the time a reservation is made to cover the cost of reservation services. This fee is in addition to the Recreation Fee and is non-refundable. Fees for camping, day use, group sites, cabins and lookouts: $8 if made on-line; $9 if made through the call center; $3 if made in-person. Change Fee: A service fee may be charged at the time a modification is made depending on the changes. Cancellation Fee: A $10 service fee will be withheld from any refunds for a cancelled reservation. Customers who cancel a group overnight facility reservation less than 14 days before the arrival date will pay a $10.00 service fee AND forfeit the first night's use fee. Cut-Off Window: The latest date and/or time that you can make an advanced reservation or a change to an existing reservation. Cut-off windows can vary by location, but are typically 4 days before your arrival date. A customer who cancels a reservation the day before or on the day of arrival will pay a $10.00 service fee AND forfeit the first night's use fee (see Late Cancellation below). Late Cancellation: If you cancel your reservation too close to the start date, additional service fees may be withheld.

What the agency tells you

Rule

Bears frequent the area; use appropiate food containers

Rule

There are no electric/water/sewer site hook-ups at this facility

Rule

Please Note: One vehicle per single site. Most sites can accommodate 1 extra vehicle that is not included with the reservation fee. Extra vehicle will be charged a per night fee and collected at the campground.

Everything else this campground posts · 7
Rule

Fire Restrictions: Fire restrictions may be imposed at any time due to hot, dry weather conditions, at which time campfires and charcoal fires may not be allowed; call (530) 644-6048 for local information and conditions.

Rule

Reserved Sites will be held until check out time (NOON) the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of that following day to hold a reservation or the site will be forfeited and released to other guests. Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.

Rule

Refunds: Refund requests made through www.recreation.gov will be charged a $10 processing fee. This fee is retained by the reservation service contractor along with the non-refundable reservation fee. All requests for the return of the non-refundable reservation fee and the cancellation fee will be declined by the campground concessionaire as they did not receive these fees (these are the fees retained by the reservation contractor, a different entity).

Rule

Don't Move Firewood: Protect California's forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. For more information visit firewood.ca.gov.

Rule

First Come First Serve sites remain listed as FF for the entire season. They will not show occupied/available as the status of these sites is ever changing. You must be on site at the campground to claim a FF site. No guarantees upon arrival that these FF sites will be avaiable.

Rule

There are fees to move from a reserved site to first come first serve site. Site Transfer Policy

Rule

Click here for more information on the Eldorado National Forest

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Tents and rigs

Sites
178 · 1 group
Hookups
None
Longest rig
45 ft
Paved pads
119 of 178
Accessible sites
37
Pets
Allowed
Campfires
Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade
Every site
Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets
Vault Toilets
VAULT TOILETS on 12 of 178 campsite records
Showers
Coin Showers
COIN SHOWERS on 122 of 178 campsite records
Drinking water
Yes
DRINKING WATER on 122 of 178 campsite records, DRINKING WATER (PEAK SEASON) on 1 of 178 campsite records, WATER SPIGOT on 122 of 178 campsite records
Dump station
Yes
Boat ramp
Yes
Store
Nearby
Camp host
On site
recreation.gov lists “Host”
Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026
Water, toilets and showers: counted from this campground’s own campsite records, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water
Reservoir, Lake, Beach, Meadow
Biking
Boating
Fishing
Hiking
Sailing
Swimming
Night sky · 775th darkest of 1,201 in CA
Bortle 3
Fall color · reported 6 days ago, 26 km away
No change
Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026
Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (26 km) · Oct 10, 2026

No reading yet, book on recreation.gov

recreation.gov lists 119 of the 178 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.

Booking windowOut of seasonOut of season, no booking. On November 22, 2026 at 10 AM ET, availability opens through May 22, 2027.recreation.govAdd to calendar (.ics)
A night$36–$108plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule
A weekend$80–$224DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above
If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservation; this campground publishes its own terms toorecreation.gov’s schedule
Runs itU.S. Forest ServiceBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record
Watch for a cancellation

Full? Watch it.

One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Tell me when the season opens

Watch for the season to open

One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

We’ll write once, when the season that starts Sat, May 22 2027 is open for booking.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

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What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service
A night, per site$36–$108
RV Standard Nonelectric$36
Standard Nonelectric$36
Tent Only Nonelectric$36
Standard Nonelectric - Double Site$72
Standard Nonelectric- Double Site$72
Triple Site$108
Group area, a night$145
These are next season’s rates, May 22, 2027 to Sep 6, 2027. The campground is between seasons now.
Recreation Fee: Recreation fees are the fees a visitor pays for things like overnight camping, a day-use pavilion, group facilities, a tour or a permit.
Recreation fees vary by location and/or activity.
Reservation Fee: A fee may be charged at the time a reservation is made to cover the cost of reservation services.
This fee is in addition to the Recreation Fee and is non-refundable.
Fees for camping, day use, group sites, cabins and lookouts: $8 if made on-line
If made through the call center$9
If made in-person .$3
The booking feerecreation.gov
Reservation fee, booked online$8
One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.
Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.
What a stay costs
One nightDerived$44–$116
A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$80–$224

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $36–$108 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.

If your plans changerecreation.gov
Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10
Cancellation fee$10
Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night
No-show$20 + your first night

“Fees for camping, day use, group sites, cabins and lookouts: $8 if made on-line $9 if made through the call center” · this campground’s own terms

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 · 6

rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

178 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 63 mapped sites
82 ftbetween you and the next site, typically
Least roomLoop 3 SUNSET 105 26 ftLoop 3 SUNSET 106 26 ftLoop 3 SUNSET 107 26 ft

All 178 sites

121 of 178 sites located
Standard60RV / electric3Type not stated58
SleepsTakes aUp to

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 173 of the 178 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.

AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY001type not stated721 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY002type not stated750 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY003type not stated811 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY005type not stated887 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY006type not stated825 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY007type not stated739 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY008type not stated791 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY010type not stated642 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY011type not stated642 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY012type not stated581 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY013type not stated673 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY014type not stated542 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY016type not stated556 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY017type not stated514 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY018type not stated543 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY037type not stated592 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY038type not stated718 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY039type not stated620 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY041type not stated507 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY042type not stated512 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY043type not stated414 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY044type not stated410 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY045type not stated310 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY046type not stated262 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY047type not stated326 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY048type not stated333 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY049type not stated449 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY050type not statedunder 10 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY081type not stated304 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY082type not stated266 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY083type not stated211 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY084type not stated277 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY085type not stated180 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY086type not stated184 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY087type not stated190 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY088type not stated261 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY089type not stated157 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY090type not stated536 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY091type not stated539 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY092type not stated512 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY093type not stated513 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY094type not stated491 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY095type not stated480 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY096type not stated480 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY097type not stated506 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY098type not stated548 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY112type not stated455 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY113type not stated485 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY114type not stated473 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY115type not stated222 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY116type not stated308 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY117type not stated215 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY118type not stated328 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY119type not stated310 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY120type not stated387 ft$36
AREA SUNSET-UNION VALLEY121type not stated431 ft$36
Loop 1 SHADY001standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY002type not stated$36
Loop 1 SHADY003standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY004standard nonelectricyes287 ft856 ft$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY005standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY006rv nonelectric
Loop 1 SHADY007standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY008standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY009standard nonelectric35 ftyes348 ft599 ft$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY010standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY011standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY012standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY013standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY014standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY015standard nonelectricyes283 ft491 ft$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY016standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY017standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY018standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY019standard nonelectric45 ft82 ft615 ft$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY020standard nonelectric82 ft697 ft$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY021standard nonelectric20 ftyes112 ft671 ft$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY022standard nonelectricyes95 ft787 ft$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY023standard nonelectric20 ftyes82 ft819 ft$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY024rv nonelectricyes82 ft795 ft
Loop 1 SHADY025standard nonelectricyes92 ft643 ft$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY026rv nonelectricyes67 ft724 ft
Loop 1 SHADY027standard nonelectricyes77 ft608 ft$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY028standard nonelectric20 ftyes67 ft684 ft$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY029standard nonelectric64 ft702 ft$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY030standard nonelectricyes72 ft633 ft$36–$108
Loop 1 SHADY031standard nonelectric64 ft700 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 Meadow037standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 2 Meadow038standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 2 Meadow039standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW032standard nonelectricyes97 ft458 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW033standard nonelectric97 ft406 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW034standard nonelectric107 ft524 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW035standard nonelectricyes94 ft528 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW036standard nonelectric94 ft616 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW040standard nonelectric219 ft605 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW041standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW042standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW043standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW044standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW045standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW046standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW047standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW048standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW049standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW050standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW051standard nonelectricyes106 ft563 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW052standard nonelectric110 ft602 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW053standard nonelectricyes106 ft663 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW054standard nonelectric118 ft635 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW055standard nonelectricyes118 ft651 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW056type not statedyes580 ft$36
Loop 2 MEADOW057standard nonelectricyes82 ft675 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW058standard nonelectric82 ft608 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW059standard nonelectricyes110 ft575 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW060standard nonelectric110 ft510 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW061standard nonelectricyes63 ft354 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW062standard nonelectric63 ft347 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW063standard nonelectric81 ft265 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW064standard nonelectric81 ft187 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW065standard nonelectric105 ft111 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW066standard nonelectric105 ft228 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW067standard nonelectric105 ft147 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW068standard nonelectricyes122 ft214 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW069standard nonelectricyes122 ft143 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW070standard nonelectric134 ft204 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW071standard nonelectric112 ft305 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW072standard nonelectricyes112 ft402 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW073standard nonelectricyes71 ft585 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW074standard nonelectricyes71 ft631 ft$36–$108
Loop 2 MEADOW075standard nonelectricyes87 ft658 ft$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET076standard nonelectricyes137 ft305 ft$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET077standard nonelectric85 ft169 ft$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET078standard nonelectric51 ft134 ft$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET079standard nonelectric51 ft172 ft$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET080standard nonelectric77 ft135 ft$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET081standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET082standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET083standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET084standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET085standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET086standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET087standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET088standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET089standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET090standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET091standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET092standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET093standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET094standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET095standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET096standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET097standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET098standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET099standard nonelectricyes30 ft593 ft$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET100rv nonelectric48 ft621 ft
Loop 3 SUNSET101standard nonelectricyes30 ft623 ft$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET102type not stated30 ftyes559 ft$36
Loop 3 SUNSET103standard nonelectricyes28 ft534 ft$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET104standard nonelectric25 ft28 ft531 ft$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET105standard nonelectric25 ft630 ft$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET106standard nonelectric25 ft604 ft$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET107standard nonelectric26 ft579 ft$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET108standard nonelectric58 ft526 ft$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET109standard nonelectric35 ft549 ft$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET110standard nonelectric46 ft509 ft$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET111standard nonelectric84 ft529 ft$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET112standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET113standard nonelectricyes$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET114standard nonelectricyes$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET115standard nonelectricyes$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET116standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET117standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET118standard nonelectricyes$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET119standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET120standard nonelectric$36–$108
Loop 3 SUNSET121standard nonelectric$36–$108
Groupgroup standard nonelectricyes

OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.

25 of 178 listed

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Coordinate38.86583, -120.40500
The phone831-245-6891
The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

This Afternoon79°Sunny
Tonight47°Clear
Saturday73°Sunny
Saturday Night46°Clear

NWS forecast for Pollock Pines, CA

Typical weather

Typical October night 48°F, day 63°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical February night 33°F. Bring the bag rated for it.

90°32°20°

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.

Measured at: BLUE CANYON AP, CA (USW00023225), 33 miles away and 356 ft higher

The land, and who answers for it

what threatens it · who answers for it

Roadless country, and what’s coming for it

Roadless
Pyramid24,347 acres · 9 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Rubicon4,872 acres · 9 mi · inventoried roadless area

You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.

Who answers for this land

Kevin Kiley, official portrait

Sunset-Union Valley is in California’s 3rd congressional district. Its representative, Kevin Kiley (I), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

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How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from
Right now: U.S. Forest Service publishes no season and no closure for this campground, and it takes no bookings we can read. That’s a gap in the record and not a locked gate: the number below is the only way to be sure.
Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (26 km) · Oct 10, 2026
Cell signal: the Forest Service’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.