Bureau of Reclamation · CA

Tuttletown Recreation Area

Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 16:31 UTC
Right now
Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 16:31 UTC
A night
$22When it reopens, per site
Sites
163In the agency’s record
40 ftLongest rig
1,160 ftElevation
1,473 ftWater · New Melones Lake
4.3 miSE of Angels, CA
11%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 11 notices

In the agency’s own words

Tuttletown Recreation Area is located at New Melones Lake on the Stanislaus River. The 12,500 surface-acre lake is the fourth largest reservoir in California and is situated along the edge of the Mother Lode, the rich gold vein that prompted the California Gold Rush of 1849. At an elevation of 1100 feet, the Foothill Oak Woodlands hug the 100 miles of shoreline. Popular activities on and around the large lake include fishing, boating, water skiing, wake boarding, jet skiing, sailing, swimming, kayaking, canoeing, wildlife viewing, rock climbing, hiking, biking, and picknicking. The New Melones Visitor Center offers year-round interpretive events and a museum highlighting natural and cultural resources. *COMING APRIL 2021: A new disc-golf course is being constructed and will be available for play! Keep reading

Recreation

Hiking, fishing, wakeboarding, waterskiing, boating, sailing and biking are just some of the activities available in Tuttletown Recreation Area. Equestrian trails are also present in the Peoria Wildlife Mitigation Area and open for the general public. Camping is also permitted in designated campsites. Other interesting sites include Natural Bridges, which can be accessed from Parrott's Ferry Road. It has a hiking trail and creek that flow through a marble cave. The Table Mountain Trail provides visitors an opportunity to hike to the top of an extensive lava flow which occurred over nine million years ago.

Facilities

The campground provides modern conveniences like flush toilets, showers and water spigots. Visitors will also find a fish cleaning station and electric vehicle charging station in the Lupine day use area. Picnic tables and fire rings are provided at each campsite.

Recreation

Area entrance gates close at 9:00 PM, and open at 4:00 AM. Exit gates are never closed.

Natural Features

New Melones Lake is located in Northern California between the historic gold rush towns of Sonora and Angels Camp. The terrain varies from rolling hills to steep marble cliffs, and the vegetation consists of oaks, Ponderosa pines, chamise and buckbrush shrubs. Visitors can experience the beauty of New Melones by hiking the many trails in the Tuttletown and Glory Hole Recreation Areas. The climate is Mediterranean with warm, dry summers and cool, wet winters. For those who wish to venture outside the main recreation areas, there are many unique places to visit. Overall, the geography is quite varied and provides many opportunities for all types of recreation. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (209) 459-7290.

Nearby Attractions

Tuttletown Recreation Area is surrounded by countless places of natural beauty, including Natural Bridges, Camp Nine, Yosemite National Park, Stanislaus National Forest, Moaning Caverns, Big Trees State Park and Columbia State Park. Angels Camp Museum, Calaveras County Museum and Sonora Military Museum provide great opportunities for learning interesting information about the area. Surrounding communities are popular vacation and retirement destinations and provide necessary services and shopping opportunities. Golfing, snow skiing, river rafting, commercial caves, historical railroad and Native American museums are also located nearby.

Charges & Cancellations

All site changes and cancellations need to be done through the Recreation.gov website.

What the agency tells you

Rule

PLEASE HEAD STRAIGHT TO YOUR CAMPSITE UPON ARRIVAL There will be a reservation tag and 1 or 2 vehicle tags clipped to your campsite's post. Please leave the reservation tag on the post and place the vehicle tag(s) inside your vehicle(s) with dates visible. Contact a Park Ranger if you have any questions.

Rule

At New Melones Lake there is a 14-day camping limit within a 30-day period.

Rule

Check-In time is 3:00pm. Check-Out time is 2:00pm. Please collect and dispose of your camp tags at check-out. - Switching campsites after check-in is not permitted. Please contact a Park Ranger for assistance.

Everything else this campground posts · 8
Rule

The recreation area entrance gate closes at 9:00pm.  - Vehicle entry after the gate is closed is prohibited. Exit at any time.

Rule

Quiet hours are from 10 p.m. until 8 a.m. During quiet hours, loud noise is prohibited. -  Excessive noise (audible beyond 50ft) at any time is prohibited.

Rule

Camping fees include boat launch and day-use fees. Two vehicles are permitted in standard campsites. One vehicle is permitted in walk-to sites. All vehicles must display a campground vehicle tag or an overflow vehicle parking receipt. - Vehicles must remain on paved roads and parking spots. Off-roading is prohibited.

Rule

Campfires are only allowed in fire rings or grills in designated areas. Campfires must be attended at all times and extinguished completely before leaving. - Campers may collect only dead and down wood for campfires. Chainsaw use is not allowed on property. During National Weather Service "Red Flag Warning" days and facility fire bans, wood and charcoal fires will not be permitted.

Rule

All pets must be on a maximum six-foot (1.8 m) leash at all times. Leaving your pets unattended is not permitted.

Rule

The dump station is an additional $8 for registered campers or $4 for Senior/Access pass holder campers. Please pay using the automated fee station at the park entrance.

Rule

While recreating at New Melones Reservoir:  CLEAN, DRAIN, and DRY boats and any other recreational equipment that comes in contact with water. Never dump unwanted bait, worms, fish parts or other organisms into the water. For more information visit https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/  STOP THE SPREAD OF INVASIVE SPECIES. REMOVE plants, seeds, animals and mud from boots, gear, pets, and vehicles. CLEAN your gear before entering and leaving the recreation site. STAY on designated roads and trails and use local firewood. For more information visit https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/

Rule

If New Melones Lake elevation is below 910', boat ramps are not available. "Water front" campsites may also not be available. Park maps depict an elevation around 1050 feet.  Current lake elevation: http://cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/QueryMM?Stations=NML&SensorNums=6&End=2021-07-19&span=1+month

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Tents and rigs

Sites
163 · 10 tent-only, 43 walk-in, 2 group
Hookups
None
Longest rig
40 ft
Paved pads
146 of 163
Accessible sites
16
Pets
Allowed
Campfires
Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade
122 of 161 sites
Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets
Flush Toilets
“…provides modern conveniences like flush toilets, showers and water spigots. Visitors will also find…”
Showers
Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
“Facilities The campground provides modern conveniences like flush toilets, showers and water spigots.”
Drinking water
Yes
WATER SPIGOT on 164 of 164 campsite records
Dump station
Yes
recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Camp host
On site
recreation.gov lists “Host”
Stay limit
14 nights
recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Source: National Park Service and agency records

Around the campground

On the water
Reservoir, Lake, River, Creek, Beach
Birding
Boating
Fishing
Hiking
Ranger programs
Jet Skiing
Kayaking
Mountain biking
Non-Motorized Boating
Paddle Boating
Stargazing
Swimming
Water access
Water Skiing
Night sky · 1008th darkest of 1,201 in CA
Bortle 4
Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Nothing to book until it reopensread 16:31 UTC

recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend

Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record
A night, when it reopens$22plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule
If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservation; this campground publishes its own terms toorecreation.gov’s schedule
Runs itBureau of ReclamationBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record
What’s open near here
Tell me when it reopens

Watch for it to come back

One email when the agency reopens it, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check the agency’s own record once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time it stops saying closed.

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 agency reopens it.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Every line of the receipt · 14

What you actually pay

The sign priceBureau of Reclamation
A night, when it reopens$22
Standard Nonelectric$22
Tent Only Nonelectric$22
Tent Only Nonelectric$22
Group areas, a night$125–$150
Rates for the season the campground is in now, Jan 1, 2026 to Dec 31, 2026.
https://www.usbr.gov/mp/ccao/newmelones/planning-visit/camping.html
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.
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

“All site changes and cancellations need to be done through the Recreation.gov website.” · 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 · 5
Why this page can’t say why

recreation.gov lists every site at Tuttletown Recreation Area closed this Friday and Saturday night. The Bureau of Reclamation has published no closure notice we hold, so this page can’t say why, and it won’t fill the gap with a guess. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one: the reservations its record still carries were taken before the sites were closed.

Closure: Bureau of Reclamation status record · Oct 17, 2026

There’s no notice to quote and no reason to argue with, so this page offers you the watch and the list below, and no letter.

Open within 60 miles · 4

The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.

Open near here: Agency-published status, in the CAMPANAC campground index · Oct 17, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 16:31 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

164 records · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 163 mapped sites
73 ftbetween you and the next site, typically
Least roomAcorn Sites 1-35 008 35 ftAcorn Sites 1-35 009 35 ftAcorn Sites 36-69 067 36 ft

All 164 records

164 of 164 records located
Standard109Tent only9Walk, hike or boat in43Group2Day use1
SleepsTakes aUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 164 of the 164 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. 163 of the 164 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Acorn Sites 1-35001standard nonelectric40 ft39 ft1,244 ft259 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35002standard nonelectric65 ft1,162 ft203 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35003standard nonelectric39 ft1,223 ft229 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35004standard nonelectric40 ft1,192 ft194 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35005standard nonelectricyes70 ft1,096 ft96 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35006standard nonelectric39 ft1,051 ft124 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35007standard nonelectric75 ft1,028 ft205 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35008standard nonelectric35 ft1,083 ft159 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35009standard nonelectricyes35 ft1,103 ft192 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35010standard nonelectric50 ft1,104 ft241 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35011standard nonelectric76 ft1,078 ft343 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35012standard nonelectric76 ft1,154 ft350 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35013standard nonelectric67 ft1,308 ft388 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35014standard nonelectric67 ft1,369 ft397 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35015standard nonelectric55 ft1,315 ft316 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35016standard nonelectricyes76 ft1,397 ft397 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35017standard nonelectric76 ft1,405 ft410 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35018standard nonelectric55 ft1,317 ft318 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35019standard nonelectric84 ft1,317 ft331 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35020standard nonelectric56 ft1,250 ft253 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35021standard nonelectric76 ft1,248 ft283 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35022standard nonelectricyes56 ft1,195 ft200 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35023standard nonelectric76 ft1,173 ft226 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35024standard nonelectric70 ft1,106 ft120 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35025standard nonelectric78 ft1,087 ft179 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35026standard nonelectric78 ft1,013 ft174 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35027standard nonelectricyes91 ft956 ft100 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35028standard nonelectric96 ft899 ft208 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35029standard nonelectric84 ft827 ft204 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35030standard nonelectric83 ft836 ft165 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35031standard nonelectric83 ft918 ft82 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35032standard nonelectric80 ft918 ft147 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35033standard nonelectric78 ft869 ft230 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35034standard nonelectric73 ft957 ft202 ft$22
Acorn Sites 1-35035standard nonelectric73 ft892 ft269 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69036standard nonelectric85 ft747 ft422 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69037standard nonelectric85 ft682 ft450 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69038standard nonelectric92 ft807 ft387 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69039standard nonelectric60 ft694 ft380 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69040standard nonelectric45 ft548 ft404 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69041standard nonelectric45 ft503 ft400 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69042standard nonelectric85 ft514 ft320 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69043standard nonelectric40 ft434 ft190 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69044standard nonelectric47 ft629 ft197 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69045standard nonelectric47 ft661 ft196 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69046tent only nonelectric68 ft661 ft298 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69047standard nonelectric74 ft756 ft323 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69048standard nonelectric60 ft721 ft361 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69049standard nonelectric74 ft813 ft396 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69050standard nonelectric108 ft820 ft443 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69051standard nonelectric102 ft927 ft437 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69052standard nonelectric55 ft957 ft508 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69053standard nonelectric55 ft944 ft477 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69054standard nonelectricyes64 ft894 ft405 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69055standard nonelectric64 ft856 ft354 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69056standard nonelectric54 ft769 ft258 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69057standard nonelectric41 ft716 ft207 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69058standard nonelectric74 ft761 ft289 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69059standard nonelectric41 ft675 ft170 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69060standard nonelectric40 ft462 ft154 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69061standard nonelectric73 ft529 ft121 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69062standard nonelectric52 ft464 ft98 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69063standard nonelectric75 ft538 ft69 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69064standard nonelectricyes51 ft608 ft200 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69065standard nonelectric51 ft558 ft214 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69066standard nonelectric47 ft483 ft145 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69067standard nonelectric36 ft469 ft105 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69068standard nonelectric36 ft461 ft81 ft$22
Acorn Sites 36-69069standard nonelectric52 ft469 ft58 ft$22
Chamise Sites 126-144126walk to18 ft60 ft489 ft162 ft$18
Chamise Sites 126-144127walk to18 ftyes60 ft494 ft161 ft$18
Chamise Sites 126-144128walk to18 ft58 ft406 ft244 ft$18
Chamise Sites 126-144129walk to18 ft58 ft409 ft249 ft$18
Chamise Sites 126-144130walk to18 ft61 ft464 ft212 ft$18
Chamise Sites 126-144131walk to18 ft75 ft433 ft285 ft$18
Chamise Sites 126-144132walk to18 ft59 ft314 ft345 ft$18
Chamise Sites 126-144133walk to18 ft59 ft343 ft345 ft$18
Chamise Sites 126-144134walk to18 ft72 ft386 ft360 ft$18
Chamise Sites 126-144135walk to18 ft189 ft297 ft547 ft$18
Chamise Sites 126-144136walk to18 ft63 ft376 ft764 ft$18
Chamise Sites 126-144137walk to18 ft63 ft435 ft806 ft$18
Chamise Sites 126-144138walk to18 ft74 ft354 ft893 ft$18
Chamise Sites 126-144139walk to18 ft61 ft427 ft846 ft$18
Chamise Sites 126-144140walk to18 ft61 ft390 ft814 ft$18
Chamise Sites 126-144141walk to18 ft73 ft317 ft978 ft$18
Chamise Sites 126-144142walk to18 ft73 ft312 ft906 ft$18
Chamise Sites 126-144143walk to18 ft76 ft327 ft945 ft$18
Chamise Sites 126-144144walk to18 ft87 ft289 ft819 ft$18
Chamise Sites 145-161145tent only nonelectric18 ftyes81 ft654 ft189 ft$22
Chamise Sites 145-161146tent only nonelectric18 ft63 ft610 ft262 ft$22
Chamise Sites 145-161147tent only nonelectric18 ft53 ft587 ft294 ft$22
Chamise Sites 145-161148tent only nonelectric18 ft53 ft553 ft240 ft$22
Chamise Sites 145-161149tent only nonelectric18 ft64 ft488 ft174 ft$22
Chamise Sites 145-161150tent only nonelectric18 ft38 ft431 ft120 ft$22
Chamise Sites 145-161151tent only nonelectric18 ft84 ft439 ft84 ft$22
Chamise Sites 145-161152standard nonelectric18 ftyes38 ft404 ft87 ft$22
Chamise Sites 145-161153walk to18 ft59 ft299 ft103 ft$18
Chamise Sites 145-161154walk to18 ft59 ft245 ft160 ft$18
Chamise Sites 145-161155walk to18 ftyes146 ft161 ft201 ft$18
Chamise Sites 145-161156walk to18 ft95 ft207 ft241 ft$18
Chamise Sites 145-161157walk to18 ft76 ft274 ft263 ft$18
Chamise Sites 145-161158walk to18 ft101 ft220 ft363 ft$18
Chamise Sites 145-161159walk to18 ft70 ft299 ft205 ft$18
Chamise Sites 145-161160walk to18 ft70 ft258 ft218 ft$18
Chamise Sites 145-161161walk to18 ft97 ft361 ft115 ft$18
Eagle Point Group PicnicG03day useyes45 ft2,203 ft
Fiddleneck Group SiteG01group standard nonelectric1109 ft1,274 ft439 ft$150
Manzanita Sites 70-93070tent only nonelectric114 ft509 ft99 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 70-93071standard nonelectric88 ft458 ft294 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 70-93072standard nonelectric108 ft508 ft402 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 70-93073standard nonelectric45 ft546 ft311 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 70-93074standard nonelectric80 ft656 ft349 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 70-93075standard nonelectric45 ft576 ft296 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 70-93076standard nonelectricyes100 ft621 ft249 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 70-93077walk to53 ft713 ft286 ft$18
Manzanita Sites 70-93078walk to40 ft700 ft249 ft$18
Manzanita Sites 70-93079walk to40 ft681 ft216 ft$18
Manzanita Sites 70-93080walk to96 ft609 ft124 ft$18
Manzanita Sites 70-93081walk to85 ft811 ft422 ft$18
Manzanita Sites 70-93082walk to85 ft760 ft431 ft$18
Manzanita Sites 70-93083walk to79 ft705 ft360 ft$18
Manzanita Sites 70-93084walk to79 ft779 ft345 ft$18
Manzanita Sites 70-93085standard nonelectric135 ft392 ft381 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 70-93086standard nonelectric108 ft526 ft327 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 70-93087standard nonelectric77 ft433 ft216 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 70-93088walk to126 ft309 ft314 ft$18
Manzanita Sites 70-93089walk to77 ft391 ft158 ft$18
Manzanita Sites 70-93090walk to93 ft299 ft208 ft$18
Manzanita Sites 70-93091walk to99 ft332 ft129 ft$18
Manzanita Sites 70-93092standard nonelectricyes99 ft431 ft59 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 70-93093standard nonelectric143 ft546 ft94 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125094standard nonelectric97 ft532 ft148 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125095standard nonelectric117 ft568 ft288 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125096standard nonelectric194 ft374 ft471 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125097standard nonelectric100 ft546 ft355 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125098standard nonelectric100 ft461 ft340 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125099standard nonelectric82 ft359 ft246 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125100standard nonelectric69 ft414 ft231 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125101standard nonelectric106 ft274 ft105 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125102standard nonelectric69 ft399 ft176 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125103standard nonelectric89 ft490 ft205 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125104standard nonelectricyes71 ft478 ft262 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125105standard nonelectric64 ft176 ft265 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125106standard nonelectric64 ft224 ft225 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125107standard nonelectric58 ft170 ft405 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125108standard nonelectric58 ft113 ft450 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125109standard nonelectric82 ft247 ft334 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125110standard nonelectric105 ft221 ft427 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125111standard nonelectric103 ft181 ft563 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125112standard nonelectric103 ft280 ft530 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125113standard nonelectric99 ft154 ft774 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125114standard nonelectric99 ft175 ft826 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125115standard nonelectric70 ft225 ft724 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125116standard nonelectric126 ft204 ft911 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125117standard nonelectric150 ft57 ft801 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125118standard nonelectric70 ft168 ft687 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125119standard nonelectricyes92 ft102 ft511 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125120standard nonelectric18 ft90 ft159 ft261 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125121standard nonelectric18 ft90 ft118 ft214 ft$22
Manzanita Sites 94-125122walk to18 ft61 ft206 ft92 ft$18
Manzanita Sites 94-125123walk to18 ft56 ft261 ft63 ft$18
Manzanita Sites 94-125124walk to18 ft56 ft316 ft46 ft$18
Manzanita Sites 94-125125standard nonelectric18 ftyes61 ft256 ft37 ft$22
Oak Knoll Group SiteG02group tent only area nonelectric274 ft595 ft227 ft$125

The agency files 1 more record here that isn’t a site for the night. It files it as day use. It’s in the table above, marked for what it is, and it isn’t counted as a site.

25 of 164 listed

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Coordinate37.98389, -120.50806
The phone209-536-9094
The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Getting there

From Sacramento take 99 S, 88 W and 12 E to San Andreas. Take 49 S for approximately 20 miles. Turn right onto Reynolds Ferry Road and follow the road 2 miles to the recreation area.

From Central California and the Bay Area take 80 E, 580 E then 205 E to 120 E in Manteca. Take the exit for 120 E/99 N. Continue on 120 E. Take 108 E to 49N. Turn left onto Reynolds Ferry Road and follow the road 2 miles to the recreation area.

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Overnight62°Clear
Saturday88°Sunny
Saturday Night60°Clear
Sunday84°Sunny

NWS forecast for Tuttletown, CA

Typical weather

Typical October night 52°F, day 80°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical December night 38°F. Bring the bag rated for it.

110°30°

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: NEW MELONES DAM HQ, CA (USC00046174), 2 miles away and 200 ft lower

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Tom McClintock, official portrait

Tuttletown Recreation Area 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 →

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How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from
Right now: recreation.gov lists every site here closed on Friday and Saturday night (read 16:31 UTC). Bureau of Reclamation has published no closure notice we hold, so the reason isn’t on this page. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one, and the reservations the record still carries predate the closure. That reading is ours, off the agency’s own booking record.
Cell signal: the Bureau of Reclamation’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.
Nearest place of any size: Tuttletown, CA, 1.5 mi WSW (a census designated place). Straight line.