North Fork (CA)

The North Fork campground is hard to beat. No highway noise and minimal insects. The bathrooms and facilities are well maintained. The camp host (same host as Summer 2023) is friendly and helpful. As others have stated you can't beat the ambience of a creek running down the side of the camp and a water hole loved by kids and our group of 60+ year old kids! The wooded sett ing kept the temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. Either there were more responsible campers or a better clean up of bear boxes this year. Last year two bear boxes at a number of camp sites were filled with garbage from previous campers.

One great hike to do -- The Donner trail tunnels.

We love this camp ground. Access to water, safe for kids. Only wish the restrooms were upgraded and/or included showers

I love this place.

The camp host was great and very on top of things. I appreciated that they reminded everyone of the rules and made sure dogs were on a leash. The bathrooms were cleaned often, and fully stocked. A+ camp host.

I love the day use area.

We left in the middle of the night on our second night as we did not feel safe. When we arrived, there were several cars parked in the spot next to us and our neighbors proceeded to play music and watch tv from a projector while loudly partying. It was not the camping experience I anticipated, but thought that it would be a one night thing and they would be asked to leave in the morning as they were clearly not following the camp rules. 24 hours later, even more vehicles and people had arrived and we were warned by the camp host not to use the restrooms as the party goers had vomited all over and made a mess. Things felt very out of control at this point and unsafe. The men were on dirtbikes, blasting music with explicit lyrics, and saying inappropriate things in front of my children. One of the men in particular kept coming over asking to “borrow” things and I did not appreciate him continuing to wander into our site. Other campers nearby began to express concern about safety and I made the decision to get out of there because it felt like a potentially dangerous situation.

Beautiful and secluded. Fill up on the spring water. Take the short hike along the river to the waterfall area.

Five stars for the campground and location. Two stars for the other campers and general upkeep.

The location was gorgeous, the campgrounds were spacious, and the bear lockers were huge. The sad part was the amount of litter and leftover food in the firepit from prior campers and in the creek. The first neighbors also left a few things after they departed, so my partner and I cleaned up both campsites a bit. The second night, there was a party with loud music and people. And by night, I mean 2-3 AM. Not much could be done without cell service or courage to confront the group.

I'd still go back despite the drawbacks.

Never saw a camp host. There was a huge group that played music from 7pm-9pm and then 9am onwards. Finally turned their generator off at 9pm. Defeats the whole purpose of camping in the mountains!!!!!!! Take the trail off #10 to North Fork River to escape the BS….. amazing 6 miler road leading to campground, feels dispersed but ain’t… wish the rules were enforced…. What can ya do?

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Great campground, creek running next to our spot (#2) was relaxing and helped us sleep. Fun swimming hole across the main road. Definitely coming back!

Nice campground under the the trees next to a very nice creek about 5 miles down a one lane road. The campground and Toilets were well maintained and clean, the campsites were good size with some next to the creek, some next to the hill and some in the middle of a loop. There was potable water available too.