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U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · California

Eldorado National Forest

73 federal campgrounds, 25 of them with first-come, first-served sites.

73Campgrounds
25With first-come sites
$8–$32A night, across 2
1,563Sites, from 41
3,130–8,210 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 73 of these 73 campgrounds

Where they are

73 of 73 mapped
Drawing the map
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Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 73

73 campgrounds
ReservableOpen
Meeks Bay Resort
Eldorado National Forest · CA
99 sites76 with a bear box3 pull-through sitesrigs to 20 ft6,240 ftdrinking watertoiletshookups
ReservableOpen
Pipi Campground
Eldorado National Forest · CA
73 sites1 walk-in site1 hike-in siterigs to 35 ft4,240 ftdrinking watertoilets
ReservableOpen
Gerle Creek
Eldorado National Forest · CA
50 sites46 with a bear boxrigs to 50 ft5,260 fttoilets
ReservableOpen
Dru Barner Campground
Eldorado National Forest · CA
from $849 sites6 with a bear box9 pull-through sitesrigs to 50 ft3,200 ftdrinking watertoiletshookups
ReservableOpen
Wolf Creek California
Eldorado National Forest · CA
44 sites1 pull-through site3 group sitesrigs to 50 ft4,860 ftdrinking watertoilets
ReservableOpen
Stumpy Meadows
Eldorado National Forest · CA
39 sites1 pull-through siterigs to 26 ft4,410 ftdrinking watertoilets
ReservableOpen
South Shore Campground
Eldorado National Forest · CA
34 sitesrigs to 35 ft6,090 ftdrinking watertoilets
ReservableOpen
Fashoda
Eldorado National Forest · CA
30 sites4,930 ftdrinking watertoilets
Seen from the air The agency never photographed these, so here is the satellite view. Same data, same sources.
Airport Flat CampgroundEldorado National Forest · CA5,380 ftFirst-comeOpenAzalea Cove CampgroundEldorado National Forest · CA4,890 ftFirst-comeOpenBig Meadows CampgroundEldorado National Forest · CA5,350 ftFirst-comeOpenCamino Cove CampgroundEldorado National Forest · CA4,880 ftFirst-comeOpenChina Flat CampgroundEldorado National Forest · CA4,790 ftFirst-comeOpenHell Hole CampgroundEldorado National Forest · CA5,180 ftFirst-comeOpenJones Fork CampgroundEldorado National Forest · CA4,920 ftFirst-comeOpenLovers Leap CampgroundEldorado National Forest · CA5,790 ftFirst-comeOpenMiddle Fork Cosumnes CampgroundEldorado National Forest · CA5,160 ftFirst-comeOpenMokelumne CampgroundEldorado National Forest · CA3,250 ftFirst-comeOpenPardoes Point CampgroundEldorado National Forest · CA5,930 ftFirst-comeOpenPleasant CampgroundEldorado National Forest · CA6,430 ftFirst-comeOpenPonderosa Cove Group CampgroundEldorado National Forest · CA4,320 ftOpenSand Flat CampgroundEldorado National Forest · CA3,900 ftFirst-comeOpenSilver Fork CampgroundEldorado National Forest · CA5,510 ftFirst-comeOpenSugar Pine Point CampgroundEldorado National Forest · CA5,870 ftFirst-comeOpenSunset CampgroundEldorado National Forest · CA4,940 ftOpenUpper Hole CampgroundEldorado National Forest · CA4,640 ftFirst-comeOpenWench Creek Group CampgroundEldorado National Forest · CA4,960 ftOpenWentworth Springs CampgroundEldorado National Forest · CA6,140 ftFirst-comeOpenWhite Azalea CampgroundEldorado National Forest · CA3,270 ftFirst-comeOpenSilver ForkEldorado National Forest36 sites · 7,660 ftReservableWoods LakeEldorado National Forest26 sites · 7,660 ftReservableChina FlatEldorado National Forest24 sites · 7,660 ftReservable
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Pyramid7,758 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Pyramid24,347 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Caples Creek17,854 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Poison Hole2,627 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Salt Springs133 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Rubicon4,872 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Source: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Bonetti fire · 4.1 mi from the nearest campground here · 0 acres
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 7, 2026

Who answers for this land

Eldorado National Forest’s campgrounds sit in 2 congressional districts. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Kevin Kiley (R)CA 3rd · 65 campgrounds · grade F
Tom McClintock (R)CA 5th · 8 campgrounds · grade F
Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score
Unit: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) land units
SRC · RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM · unified by CAMPANAC · refreshed nightly