Dark Day Campground

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.

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.

camp site was on pretty steep hill-lots of work setting up camp and then breaking camp -up and down, up and down. camp was clean, plenty of firewood about. fishing was decent.

camp site was on pretty steep hill-lots of work setting up camp and then breaking camp -up and down, up and down. camp was clean, plenty of firewood about. fishing was decent.

Camp location is great. I'm disappointed that the bearboxes, after 6 years, have not been repaired, but are actually worse. I'm also disappointed with people who come to Dark Day and go to the Day Use area to stay the night, playing loud music until 3 am. Called the Sheriff, they never showed up.

Site 10A I loved the campground. Sites are clean, bear box was solid. Firepit was great. Easy access down to the water. Bathroom was uphill at the top next to the parking area. Beautiful and quiet.

Sites are small on a hill and you have to hike your gear to your spot from a parking lot
In no way would I rebook here my one tent could not safely fit on my flat part of my spot
Spot was the size of a long parking spot step up hill to Our right and step downhill to our left

This campground was terrible. The site was located on a steep slope, making it very uncomfortable and inconvenient. The picnic table was completely rotten and was literally falling apart. The water spigot was located all the way up near the parking area, which was inconvenient.

The restrooms were not maintained at all and were basically unusable. For such a high price, this place offers absolutely nothing worth the cost. Very disappointing experience.

Group sites 1-3 are very small and not a lot of room/spots for tents. We got lucky camp 2 showed up and left due to lack of space and site 3 never showed up.

The pit toilet at A group (sites 5-10) was the worst I've ever experienced. It was unusable. The ammonia from the waste was so strong it burned your lungs to be in there. We ended up driving up the hill to the parking lot restroom every time we had to go. It was clean and we saw it being serviced while we were there. Also the picnic tables are in pretty bad shape. Site 8 table had a big hole in it. Local kids will party at the day use parking lot until the middle of the night. Bring earplugs.

Despite all this we loved the location. It was quite during the week days with only 3 of the sites occupied end of July, though all sites were reserved. I don't think they enforce the no-show policy/fee. The water was warm and the kids loved it. It's close to a popular Yuba river swimming hole, so we did that for an afternoon too.