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2026 Season availability
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Reviews (52)
What Guests Are Saying
Cal-ida offers a beautiful and peaceful camping experience with clean facilities and friendly staff. Campers appreciated the tidy bathrooms and convenient access to the Yuba River and nearby trails. However, some noted issues with noise from neighboring campers and occasional mosquito problems, as well as a lack of water availability at times.
What Guests Are Saying
Cal-ida offers a beautiful and peaceful camping experience with clean facilities and friendly staff. Campers appreciated the tidy bathrooms and convenient access to the Yuba River and nearby trails. However, some noted issues with noise from neighboring campers and occasional mosquito problems, as well as a lack of water availability at times.
Review Summary
Lisa B
VerifiedSeptember 22, 2025 • Stayed at: 008, Loop: AREA CAL-IDA
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Lisa B
VerifiedSeptember 22, 2025 • Stayed at: 008, Loop: AREA CAL-IDA
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Lisa B
VerifiedOctober 9, 2025 • Stayed at: 010, Loop: AREA CAL-IDA
The waterfall
Lisa B
VerifiedOctober 9, 2025 • Stayed at: 010, Loop: AREA CAL-IDA
The waterfall
Gregory S
VerifiedDecember 25, 2025 • Stayed at: 005, Loop: AREA CAL-IDA
Great place to camp. No one bothers you, other campers were friendly.
They turned off the water part way through. Would have been nice to have water the whole time.
Gregory S
VerifiedDecember 25, 2025 • Stayed at: 005, Loop: AREA CAL-IDA
Great place to camp. No one bothers you, other campers were friendly.
They turned off the water part way through. Would have been nice to have water the whole time.
Joseph H
VerifiedMay 9, 2026 • Stayed at: 005, Loop: AREA CAL-IDA
The creek is awesome the only problem is other campers dont have there dogs on leash and anytime I was cooking dogs would walk up to my camp site where I have my dog on a leash...
Shawna B
VerifiedJune 1, 2026 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: AREA CAL-IDA
Great smaller campground with access to Fiddle Creek to cool off. The only downside were the numerous helicopters flying logs off the opposite hillside at 6am.
Lisa R
VerifiedJune 22, 2026 • Stayed at: 003, Loop: AREA CAL-IDA
Really nice site with a wonderful host. Walking distance to the Yuba River. Mosquitos were a killer in early June though- beware!
Lisa B
VerifiedJune 29, 2026 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: AREA CAL-IDA
Camp master always checking on us. Just wish the bathroom nearest to my site was a little cleaner.
Location & Directions for Cal-ida
Yuba River Ranger Station, Nevada City, CA 95959 United States
Elevation: 700 ft
Getting There
From Downieville, travel south on Highway 49 for about 13 mi. The campground is on the right side of the highway.
From Nevada City, travel north on Highway 49 for about 31 mi. The campground is on the left side of the highway.
Highway access
The campground is accessible from Highway 49, which is approximately 13 miles south of Downieville and 31 miles north of Nevada City.
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Last updated: October 24, 2026
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