About Dark Day Campground
Number of accommodations: 10
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2026 Season availability
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Reviews (38)
What Guests Are Saying
Dark Day Campground is a beautiful site surrounded by trees, offering great swimming opportunities. However, it requires a downhill hike from parking to the campsites, and amenities like vault toilets need improvement. Visitors noted issues with noise from large groups and broken facilities, but many expressed a desire to return for a quieter experience.
What Guests Are Saying
Dark Day Campground is a beautiful site surrounded by trees, offering great swimming opportunities. However, it requires a downhill hike from parking to the campsites, and amenities like vault toilets need improvement. Visitors noted issues with noise from large groups and broken facilities, but many expressed a desire to return for a quieter experience.
Review Summary
Aric T
VerifiedNovember 6, 2025 • Stayed at: 8, Loop: A
Pretty campground with lots of trees. Not your typical car camping though since it’s a several minute downhill hike from parking to the campsites.
There is no camp host onsite or in nearby park facilities and cell service is very weak. A large group held half the sites when I was there in September ‘25 with my youngsters. During the day the group let their dogs run wild throughout the campground and each night they held parties past midnight with loud music, bright lights, and occasional drunken fist fights among their own guests.
Matilda D
VerifiedOctober 6, 2025 • Stayed at: 4T, Loop: A
I got there on a Saturday and people were in the campsite so I didn’t get to stay overnight. The place itself is gorgeous
Jonathan S
VerifiedJuly 26, 2025 • Stayed at: 6, Loop: A
Going to the water to swim is great even if you don't have a boat.
Chris A
VerifiedJuly 9, 2025 • Stayed at: 4T, Loop: A
Two of the bar boxes are broken in this campsite. They’re broken at the hinges from bad welds. Since the manufacturers name is on the side of the bar box and they appear to be somewhat local, maybe they can come fix their product. Probably a five minute job with a portable welder.
Oleg M
VerifiedMay 25, 2025 • Stayed at: 8, Loop: A
Fantastic place.
Marc W
VerifiedOctober 22, 2024 • Stayed at: 3D, Loop: A
The filter for this campsite says it accommodates an RV. This is conflicting information and this site is for tent camping only.
Lindsay C
VerifiedSeptember 23, 2024 • Stayed at: 10, Loop: A
A knew camping at Dark Day as an adult was not going to be the same as when I was kid but I thought maybe it would still be nice, but it was kind of awful. To be fair I would never normally go camping on a Saturday but it was the only day that we had off together and we were like packed right up against other people, there was so many people there it was like ants on Ant Hill. There wasn't anything pleasant or relaxing or quiet about it. But I guess that's just the nature of camping on a day when everybody else wants to camp. We ended up packing up and leaving a few hours after we got there. It just wasn't for us. Also listen, I know that Vault toilets are always going to smell but we were way way down past the Vault toilet the furthest campsite from it and you could still smell it. When we first got there some poor woman was leaning up against it retching because the smell was so bad😅😅🤮
Vanessa V
VerifiedJuly 30, 2024 • Stayed at: 1D, Loop: A
The best part was the boat rental defiantly would like to try camping again for FREE since the experience wasn't great and our reservation was taken by unpaid customers with no reservation
Chris A
VerifiedJuly 24, 2024 • Stayed at: 4T, Loop: A
The stay was nice, as always. Love visiting this campground.
Oleg M
VerifiedMay 26, 2024 • Stayed at: 8, Loop: A
Fantastic campground ⛺️
Location Dark Day Campground
Address:
3 Miles West Of The Yuba River Ranger Station On Marysville Road
Camptonville, CA, 95922
United States
From Nevada City, travel north on Higway 49 for approximately 20 miles to Maryville Road , turn left onto Maryville Road and travel west approximatley 3
miles to the Dark Day Campground.
Latitude & Longitude: 39.4294 / -121.108
Elevation: 596 feet
Policies & Rules
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The facility opens April 15 and closes October 15 each year. |
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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. |
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Utility hookups and showers are not available |
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Bears frequent the area; all food must be kept in approved containers |
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food lockers are about 4' wide by 2' deep by 4' high |
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There is no dump station at this facility |
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We have added orange cones at the parking area for each site to keep your parking site from being used by a "day use vehicle by someone else". When you arrive, just move the cone and park and place the cone in front of your vehicle. |
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No Show Policy
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