Silver Creek

Beautiful location with clean campsites. The ranger who manages the campground is friendly and helpful. My only complaint about this campground has been the lack of running, potable water.

Would have been 5 stars, but there was no running water, necessitating trips to town and a state park to obtain/buy water. This is inexcusable. Hopefully you have repaired this problem. This is not a remote backpacking only site, so people come expecting running water. Otherwise, a very nice place.

Most beautiful views. Clean restrooms. No water though because of a break in the line somewhere. So it was dry camping but we were in a 28foot class C rig. Camp host was great. We were there the last weekend before closing for the winter, so it was quiet. Definitely will be returning as this is our family’s favorite campground for the last 25 years!

There are two separate campsites that are both called "Silver Creek" that are about an hour's drive apart. If you type the name into maps, you will end up at the wrong one. Please consider renaming one of the sites. Once we got to the correct campsite, it was nice and quiet, but the host was sold out of firewood.

I have been camping at Silver Creek for 50 years. Last three camp hosts have been great. Only problem is with company running campground. No water? Seems like a readily fixable problem

Have been camping at Silver Creek since the mid 1990's. Great spot at 7,000 feet. Nearby Raymond Meadow Creek provides a spot to take a refreshing dip on a hot day. Fire rings are relatively new as are the bear boxes. Traffic on Highway 4 calms down after dark so there's not a lot of man-made noise. The water system hasn't worked for four or five years now, so bring plenty for drinking, washing, cooking. No cell service ( AT&T) is a plus. Ice and other essentials available at the Markleeville General Store. There's a walking path between Sites 3 and 4 which leads to the highway.

I love the location of this campground. Hwy 4 is relatively quiet and 7000 ft elevation is a sweet spot in summer - not too chilly at night and not too hot during the day. Site#4 is spacious with plenty of level ground and good shade. Markleeville general store is only 10 miles away with lots of river access points between. Camp hosts Mike and Sierra made the rounds unobtrusively. There's a combo lock on the dumpster which is unusual. The lack of fresh water is the only real draw back, but perhaps that keeps the numbers down. I just had to think ahead and carry water in. Overall it seems reasonably well kept and made a wonderful retreat away from the fireworks over 4th of July weekend.

I had a reservation for three nights. I only ended up staying for two nights. This was actually a nice campground (clean bathrooms and bear boxes and campfire rings with grates) and I found myself thinking on the first and second day that I couldn't wait to come back and to bring a group of friends later in the summer. So, my rating is from my personal experience and not the result of the campground itself. There are tons of great hiking trails in the area and a great reservoir lake near the campground. However, I did have someone who came into my camp site in the middle of the night. In spite of trying to get them to leave by pressing the panic button on my car to activate the alarm, this individual returned. I once again activated my alarm and was able to get to my car and drive away (I came back in the morning to get my gear). I camp solo frequently and have never had an experience like this. However, I think the proximity to the road made for easy access for someone to enter the campground undetected. I highly discourage any solo camper from staying here, but it would be a great place for a group.

Beautiful campground. When booking, try not to book near the restroom, it was incredibly foul. The hosts were hands off. The website advertises that they have water, but there is none.

Lack of water at the campground apparently prevents the campground hosts from cleaning the bathrooms. The men's vault toilet floor on the campground loop for Sites 1 - 10 was filthy.
Silver Creek hasn't had running water for 4 or 5 years now (either Westrek or USFS Humbolt-Toiyabe District are to blame) yet previous campground hosts found a way to clean and disinfect the vault toilet on a daily basis.