Yuba Pass Campground
1Heads up1 fire 42 mi away
- Right now
- Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 15:56 UTC
- A night
- $24When it reopens, per site
- Sites
- 20In the agency’s record
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 9 notices
In the agency’s own words
Yuba Pass Campground is located in the North Yuba River area, atop Yuba Pass on Highway 49. Visitors enjoy a wide variety of recreational activities in the area, including birding, hiking, biking, hunting, and fishing. This facility is operated and maintained by the Tahoe National Forest Recreation Bird watching is a favorite activity on Yuba Pass. The peaceful and scenic surroundings attract a wide variety of birds, including sandhill cranes, hermit warblers, black-backed woodpeckers, sapsuckers, calliope hummingbirds, sooty grouse, northern pygmy-owls, mountain quail, bald eagles, osprey, hawks and geese. A large network of trails is available in the area, including the Pacific Crest Trail in the Lakes Basin area. Keep reading
Facilities
The campground offers several single-family campsites. Each site is equipped with a picnic table and campfire ring. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided.
Natural Features
A forest of old-growth red fir and abundant aspens provides ample shade for campsites. A variety of wildlife make its home in the area. Contact Info This location is unstaffed. To speak with our main office for general information, please call: (530) 265-4531.
Nearby Attractions
Yuba Pass Campground is located on the Yuba Donner Scenic Byway (Highway 49) near many gold rush era historical sites and scenic mountain vistas. Many points of interest lie along Highway 49 and are part of the 49 miles of Highway 49 driving tour; look for interpretive signs and other historical sites along this tour route. Gold Lakes Basin offers boating, fishing, biking, and hiking. Boating, fishing and swimming are available at nearby Sardine Lakes, about nine miles west of the campground. Sardine Lakes Resort offers boat rentals. Anglers will find rainbow and brook trout in many of the lakes, streams, and rivers throughout the basin. Over 30 miles of maintained trails for hiking, mountain biking, and motorcycle singletrack branch out across the area and the Pacific Crest Trail can be accessed at a few spots in the Lakes Basin area. The historic towns of Sierra City and Sierraville offer historic and cultural attractions, restaurants, shops, churches, and vistor information.
Charges & Cancellations
No Show Policy A no-show customer is one who does not arrive at a campground and does not cancel the reservation by check-out time on the day after the scheduled arrival date (or for day-use facilities, by check-in time the day of arrival). * No-show customers are only recorded at staffed facilities. At most remote facilities, all customers are noted as automatically checked-in on the date of arrival. * It is recommended that staffed facilities hold a campsite until check-out time on the day following the arrival date. * It is recommended that staffed facilities hold group day-use facilities until check-in time on the arrival date. There is no change fee if a customer extends or shortens a reservation if the change includes dates from the original reservation. If they choose to depart early, they may forfeit some or all of the recreation fees. There is no change fee if the customer changes campsites that are the same price and on the same reservation dates in the same campground. If the campsite the customer is changing to has a price difference, the customer will be responsible for any additional fees or be provided with a refund, based on the price difference. Where recorded, no-show customers are assessed a $20.00 no-show fee and forfeit the first night's recreation fee for a campsite or forfeit the entire day-use recreation fee for a day-use facility. We recommend customers contact the facility if they are en route to their reservation but cannot make it by the check-in date. In these cases, no refund will be issued, but the facility can ensure that a "no-show" fee is not assessed.
What the agency tells you
Off-highway vehicle use is prohibited within the campground.
In accordance with standard industry practices, we will be assessing a $5 additional vehicle fee on the 'second vehicle' in each single family campsite, and on the 'third and fourth vehicle' in any double family campsite, provided these vehicles are not joined to the first vehicle by a hitch and towed onto the site. In the case of motorcycles, the first two are considered to be one vehicle and the third and fourth are also considered to be one vehicle. No additional vehicle fees are collected for bicycles.
Bears frequent the area; all food must be kept in approved containers
Everything else this campground posts · 6
Utility hookups and showers are not available
Click here for more information on the Tahoe National Forest
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. For current fire conditions or weather closures contact the Yuba River Ranger District (530) 288-3231(voice), (530) 288-3656 (TDD).
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.
Flatten the Curve Maintaining social distance of 6ft or more when walking, hiking, jogging or biking. • Stay at least 6 feet (about 2 arms’ length) from other people. • Do not gather in groups. • Stay out of crowded places and avoid mass gatherings. Remember to bring soap & hand sanitizer. • Clean your hands often. • Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds especially after you have been in a public place, or after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing. • If soap and water are not readily available, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Cover all surfaces of your hands and rub your hands together until they feel dry. STAY HOME IF YOU’RE SICK. Wear a cloth face covering in public. Cover coughs and sneezes. Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces. Before traveling please check for local advisories: http://www.sierracounty.ca.gov/ For more information on Corona Virus visit: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
No Show Policy A no-show customer is one who does not arrive at a campground and does not cancel the reservation by check-out time on the day after the scheduled arrival date (or for day-use facilities, by check-in time the day of arrival). * No-show customers are only recorded at staffed facilities. At most remote facilities, all customers are noted as automatically checked-in on the date of arrival. * It is recommended that staffed facilities hold a campsite until check-out time on the day following the arrival date. * It is recommended that staffed facilities hold group day-use facilities until check-in time on the arrival date. There is no change fee if a customer extends or shortens a reservation if the change includes dates from the original reservation. If they choose to depart early, they may forfeit some or all of the recreation fees. There is no change fee if the customer changes campsites that are the same price and on the same reservation dates in the same campground. If the campsite the customer is changing to has a price difference, the customer will be responsible for any additional fees or be provided with a refund, based on the price difference. Where recorded, no-show customers are assessed a $20.00 no-show fee and forfeit the first night's recreation fee for a campsite or forfeit the entire day-use recreation fee for a day-use facility. We recommend customers contact the facility if they are en route to their reservation but cannot make it by the check-in date. In these cases, no refund will be issued, but the facility can ensure that a "no-show" fee is not assessed.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 20
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 60 ft
- Paved pads
- 2 of 20
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…with a picnic table and campfire ring. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided. Natural Features A…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…and campfire ring. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided. Natural Features A forest of…”
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Creek
- Biking
- Birding
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Hunting
- Climbing
- Scenic drives
- Stargazing
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 560th darkest of 1,201 in CA
- Bortle 3
Nothing to book until it reopensread 15:56 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.
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.
Every line of the receipt · 11
What you actually pay
“In accordance with standard industry practices, we will be assessing a $5 additional vehicle fee on the 'second vehicle' in each single family campsite, and on the 'third and fourth vehicle' in any double family camps…” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own agency notice
“Where recorded, no-show customers are assessed a $20.00 no-show fee and forfeit the first night's recreation fee for a campsite or forfeit the entire day-use recreation fee for a day-use facility.” · this campground’s own no-show 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
Why this page can’t say why
recreation.gov lists every site at Yuba Pass Campground closed this Friday and Saturday night. The U.S. Forest Service 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.
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.
- Chapman Creek CampgroundTahoe National Forest · 3.0 mi · walk-up
- Salmon CreekTahoe National Forest · 6.5 mi · 32 sites
- Lookout CampgroundToiyabe National Forest · 22 mi · 18 sites
- Prosser Ranch GroupTahoe National Forest · 24 mi · 2 sites
recreation.gov availability, read 15:56 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
20 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 20 mapped sitesAll 20 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 20 of the 20 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| AREA YUBA PASS CAMPGROUND | 001 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 111 ft | 727 ft | $24 |
| AREA YUBA PASS CAMPGROUND | 002 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 83 ft | 616 ft | $24 |
| AREA YUBA PASS CAMPGROUND | 003 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 83 ft | 619 ft | $24 |
| AREA YUBA PASS CAMPGROUND | 004 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 78 ft | 486 ft | $24 |
| AREA YUBA PASS CAMPGROUND | 005 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 74 ft | 483 ft | $24 |
| AREA YUBA PASS CAMPGROUND | 006 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 74 ft | 411 ft | $24 |
| AREA YUBA PASS CAMPGROUND | 007 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 117 ft | 379 ft | $24 |
| AREA YUBA PASS CAMPGROUND | 008 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 69 ft | 263 ft | $24 |
| AREA YUBA PASS CAMPGROUND | 009 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 49 ft | 263 ft | $24 |
| AREA YUBA PASS CAMPGROUND | 010 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 49 ft | 282 ft | $24 |
| AREA YUBA PASS CAMPGROUND | 011 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 64 ft | 366 ft | $24 |
| AREA YUBA PASS CAMPGROUND | 012 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 64 ft | 430 ft | $24 |
| AREA YUBA PASS CAMPGROUND | 013 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 58 ft | 470 ft | $24 |
| AREA YUBA PASS CAMPGROUND | 014 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 58 ft | 415 ft | $24 |
| AREA YUBA PASS CAMPGROUND | 015 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 69 ft | 452 ft | $24 |
| AREA YUBA PASS CAMPGROUND | 016 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 69 ft | 516 ft | $24 |
| AREA YUBA PASS CAMPGROUND | 017 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 143 ft | 557 ft | $24 |
| AREA YUBA PASS CAMPGROUND | 018 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 94 ft | 742 ft | $24 |
| AREA YUBA PASS CAMPGROUND | 019 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 94 ft | 793 ft | $24 |
| AREA YUBA PASS CAMPGROUND | 020 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 118 ft | 797 ft | $24 |
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.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
ChapmanTahoe National Forest · 3.0 mi
SierraTahoe National Forest · 3.8 mi
Calpine LookoutTahoe National Forest · 4.6 mi
Salmon CreekTahoe National Forest · 6.5 miSardine CampgroundTahoe National Forest · 6.7 miFrom Sierraville, travel south (west) on Highway 49 for 11 miles. Turn left at the entrance to the snow park and continue about a quarter-mile to the campground entrance on the right side of the road.
From Sierra City, travel north (east) on Highway 49 for about 12 miles. Turn right at the entrance to the snow park and continue about a quarter-mile to the campground entrance on the right side of the road.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Sattley, CA
Typical weather
Typical October night 29°F, day 63°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 17°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
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Yuba Pass Campground 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 →