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Bureau of Land Management · Area of Critical Environmental Concern · California

Merced River Area of Critical Environmental Concern

3 federal campgrounds, all of them reservable or unlisted.

3Campgrounds
28Sites
1,040–1,080 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 3 of these 3 campgrounds

Where they are

3 of 3 mapped
Drawing the map
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Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 3

3 campgrounds
Reservable
McCabe Flat Campground
Merced River Area of Critical Environmental Concern · CA
10 sites8 walk-in sites1 pull-through site1,080 fttoiletshookups
Reservable
Railroad Flat Campground
Merced River Area of Critical Environmental Concern · CA
9 sites3 walk-in sites1,040 fttoilets
Reservable
Willow Placer Campground
Merced River Area of Critical Environmental Concern · CA
9 sites7 walk-in sites2 hike-in sitesrigs to 20 ft1,060 fttoiletshookups
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Ferguson Ridge6,104 acres · 7 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Trumbull Peak6,164 acres · 9 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
Bass fire · 31 mi from the nearest campground here · 0 acres
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 6, 2026

Who answers for this land

Merced River Area of Critical Environmental Concern’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Tom McClintock (R)CA 5th · 3 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
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