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About Mccabe Flat Campground
Number of accommodations: 10
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2026 Season availability
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- River Access
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Reviews (23)
What Guests Are Saying
Mccabe Flat Campground offers a beautiful and scenic location near the Merced River, with clean and well-maintained campsites. Many visitors appreciate the attentive park ranger, who enhances the camping experience by ensuring cleanliness and quiet hours. However, some guests have reported issues with the reservation system and bathroom cleanliness, as well as inconvenient parking arrangements.
What Guests Are Saying
Mccabe Flat Campground offers a beautiful and scenic location near the Merced River, with clean and well-maintained campsites. Many visitors appreciate the attentive park ranger, who enhances the camping experience by ensuring cleanliness and quiet hours. However, some guests have reported issues with the reservation system and bathroom cleanliness, as well as inconvenient parking arrangements.
Review Summary
Wendy W
VerifiedMay 26, 2026 • Stayed at: 004
Thank you to BLM for the clean restrooms!
Shara L
VerifiedMay 30, 2026 • Stayed at: 009
Site 9. We had a campervan. There is a large flat area for a tent, but large boulders block access for vehicle. We parked campervan in front of the boulders. It was flat. Wish we could have been on the other side of the boulders. It's a downhill walk to the river. Vault toilets nearby. Tried to pan for gold, no luck, but kids still had fun. Visited mid May - river was high, son caught a fish, but may have better luck when less water in the river. Bathrooms by the visitor center is not actually at the visitor center, but the parking lot that is downhill and across from visitor center. Potable water filling station spigot just before you enter the Merced park, I think it was after the suspension bridge.
Kathryn S
VerifiedJune 12, 2026 • Stayed at: 006
It was clear no one checks on the sites between campers as someone before me left cracked egg shells all over the ground and charcoal on the table.
Iris M
VerifiedJune 16, 2026 • Stayed at: 003
Loved this spot, close enough to the park while still an uncrowded camp
Jo B
VerifiedJune 18, 2026 • Stayed at: 001
The campsite is great. However Recreation.gov was terrible. It allowed several people to book the same site (#01). This caused conflict among people who had all booked the same walk in site.
Carlos G
VerifiedJuly 8, 2026 • Stayed at: 004
Beautiful location next to the river. The beach makes it a nice spot for a swim when is hot and the river is not moving too fast.
Kelly D
VerifiedJuly 8, 2026 • Stayed at: 008
Where to begin. You can’t park your car at the site so you have to carry all your stuff a good distance from the parking lot (good luck finding a parking spot with all the beach users). Bathrooms were atrocious. Trash was littered all over the beach. This site in particular was directly next to the public beach. We woke up at 8:30am to about 15 LOUD people directly next to our site underneath a pop up canopy that were there for the day at the beach. We only stayed one night and forfeited our second night because of how bad it was.
Melissa C
VerifiedJuly 12, 2026 • Stayed at: 009
We went for 4th of July weekend and saw a lot of use and activity. Overall it was a very great experience, we are able to enjoy the river and have a nice time out there.
Yessenia M
VerifiedJuly 24, 2026 • Stayed at: 001
Having to go up to the Help Center to connect to Wi-Fi and try and make the reservations every morning at 7AM for the first come come, first serve was inconvenient and we had to move spaces because the Wi-Fi didn't work well and someone beat me to the reservation online.
Juana G
VerifiedAugust 3, 2026 • Stayed at: 002
Their website is kink of confusing, I tried several times to reserve a spot, it keeps saying that was available, but when we reserve it and it was ready to pay, it keeps showing there is an error. After many attempts we finally did it, we stayed at McCabe #2 site and what I think is that they are acting very strict. The camp site is for 8 people, but they limit to 3 tents only which it doesn’t make sense. For example if there are 4 couples and only 3 tents are available is not accurate.
Location Mccabe Flat Campground
Address:
Briceburg Visitor Center Campgrounds
Mariposa, CA, 95338
United States
The nearest major road is Highway 140, located approximately 20 miles to the southeast, providing access to the region.
Elevation: 342 feet
15 mi drive to downtown Mariposa (about 31 min)
Policies & Rules
General
- Please print this reservation with the QR code and post it on the Camp Site Post when you arrive. Alternately, fill out the registration slip provided on-site and attach it to your Camp Site Post.
- Water• A drinking water tap is located on north side of Briceburg Suspension Bridge at the Information Kiosk. No potable water available at Campgrounds. OK to use river water for washing.
- Access• The Briceburg Suspension Bridge is difficult to cross with large vehicles. We do not recommend crossing the suspension bridge with trailers longer than 18 feet, or RV’s longer than 22 feet. Use a second person outside the vehicle to help spot. The bridge weight limit is 15 tons (33,000lbs / 14,968kgs).• The Merced River Road leading to the campgrounds is a narrow gravel and dirt road. Large potholes are common. The speed limit is 15 mph throughout with 5 mph in the campgrounds. Please drive slowly and pull over in turnouts to allow other vehicles to pass.
- Fire• Campfires are allowed only in designated metal fire rings in designated campsites.• No campfires on the beach!• No firewood is sold at the campground. Firewood may be purchased in Mariposa at local stores.• Fire Restrictions occur every summer. Each year is slightly different depending on current environmental conditions. Usually by July, campfires and charcoal fires are not allowed. Check for current status https://www.blm.gov/office/mother-lode-field-office• Propane and/or gas stoves are permitted year-round.
- Safety• Swimming is only recommended when the water is below 700 cubic feet per second. https://www.dreamflows.com/graphs/day.225.php• No lifeguards are on duty. The Merced River is undammed, and its flow changes dramatically through the year.• Inner tubing is inherently dangerous and not recommended when the water is above 700 cubic feet per second.• Personal Floatation Devices (PFDs) are required for all float trips launching from one place and taking out at another. This includes inner tubing. At flows above 700 cfs, a wetsuit and helmet are also recommended regardless of boat type.
- Communication• Cell service is limited along the Merced Wild and Scenic River. Verizon service is poor at best near the Briceburg Visitor Center, McCabe Flat Campground, and at Good Gulch (just upstream from Willow Placer Campground). • Wi-Fi is available year-round at the Briceburg Visitor Center for visitors to help communicate with your party and make travel arrangements including creating Recreation.gov reservations online. • Many modern phones offer satellite messaging. Practice this feature before you need it.• There is no cell service once you travel downstream from the Briceburg Visitor Center.
- Non-reservable sites:• Some sites remain available on-site for first come first serve. This will be reflected in the available inventory on Recreation.gov at time of booking.• A campsite is considered occupied only once the fee is paid in full, the pay stub or envelope is attached to the campsite post, and the tent is up/camp is set-up.• The camping fee is $20 per site per night. With a Golden Age/Senior Pass, or Golden Access/Person with disability Pass, the fee is half price.
- The following Supplemental Rules are misdemeanor laws that are in force within the Merced River Recreation Management Area defined as one quarter mile upstream from Briceburg to one quarter mile downstream from Railroad Flat Campground and one quarter mile each side of the Merced River. They have been established for visitor safety and to protect the natural recourses. a. No person shall discharge a firearm within a quarter mile of each side of the Merced River. b. No person shall occupy a campsite with more than two motor vehicles or more than eight people. c. No person shall camp outside the designated campgrounds. d. No person shall operate a motor vehicle on the Old Railroad Bed between Lake McClure and Railroad Flat Campground; or between Briceburg and the National Forest Boundary. e. No person shall operate a motor vehicle on the Briceburg Road unless it is registered for street use in California. f. No person shall operate a motor vehicle off the Briceburg Road or the developed Campground Road. g. No person shall enter a developed campground between 10 pm and 6 am unless that person is a registered camper. h. No person shall operate or possess a motor vehicle or motorized equipment in the classified “Wild” section of the Merced River; which is described as the section between the high-water mark of Lake McClure and the Railroad Flat Campground. i. No person shall possess any glass beverage container within one quarter mile of each side of the Merced River. j. No person shall occupy a campsite for longer that 30 minutes without paying the required fee and displaying the tag on the campsite post.
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