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

Sweetwater (Stanislaus National Forest)

Sweetwater Campground Stanislaus National Forest Welcome SignPhoto · Forest Service
Not publishedStatus
ReservableAccess
13Sites

The place

Sweetwater Campground is located on a mixed conifer forested site adjacent to Highway 120, in close proximity to Yosemite National Park. Sites offer camping furniture (picnic tables, campfire pit with grill). Accessible vault toilets and potable water is available. Facilities Sweetwater Campground has 12 single camping units. All units are suitable for tents & RV's (32 ft. max). All interior and spur roads are poaved. Each unit contains at least one picnic table, fire ring and bear box. This is one double vault toilet until (2 toilets). Well water is available and is piped to 3 faucets throughout the campground. Keep reading

Nearby Attractions Rainbow Pools is .8 miles from campground and has hiking around it. Preston Fall Trailhead is 7.3 miles from the campground and is a 4.5 mile hike. Carlon Day Use area is 9.8 miles from the campground. Buck Meadow is 3.1 miles from the campground.

The sites · 13

LoopSiteTypeMax rigElectricADA
1standard nonelectric
10standard nonelectricN/A
11standard nonelectricN/A
12standard nonelectricN/A
14standard nonelectric
2standard nonelectricN/A
3standard nonelectricN/A
4standard nonelectricN/A
5standard nonelectricN/A
6standard nonelectricN/A
7standard nonelectricN/A
8standard nonelectricN/A
9standard nonelectricN/A

Booking

183 daysBooking window before arrival

Recreation.gov default: most campsites can be booked six months prior to arrival date. Most campgrounds go on sale at 7am PT / 8am MT / 10am ET, but not always; check the facility Seasons and Fees tab. Some locations also offer shorter supplemental booking windows.

Book on recreation.gov

Who runs it

Operated by American Land & Leisure, a private concessionaire, under permit from the agency.

SRC · Operator link · 2026-08-24

Your representative

This campground sits in CA-05. This member’s public-lands record →

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