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About Fiddle Creek
Number of accommodations: 14
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2026 Season availability
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Reviews (60)
What Guests Are Saying
Fiddle Creek Campground offers a beautiful, well-maintained environment with easy access to the river, making it a great spot for families and nature lovers. Guests appreciate the clean facilities, peaceful atmosphere, and the enjoyable experiences by the river, despite challenges like parking issues and mosquito presence. While some amenities, like bear lockers, have been noted as needing attention, the overall experience remains positive, encouraging many to return.
What Guests Are Saying
Fiddle Creek Campground offers a beautiful, well-maintained environment with easy access to the river, making it a great spot for families and nature lovers. Guests appreciate the clean facilities, peaceful atmosphere, and the enjoyable experiences by the river, despite challenges like parking issues and mosquito presence. While some amenities, like bear lockers, have been noted as needing attention, the overall experience remains positive, encouraging many to return.
Review Summary
cory h
VerifiedOctober 3, 2021 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: AREA FIDDLE CREEK
very nice, very open campsites. large bear boxes. access to water. pretty landscape.
cory h
VerifiedOctober 3, 2021 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: AREA FIDDLE CREEK
very nice, very open campsites. large bear boxes. access to water. pretty landscape.
Angel F
VerifiedAugust 27, 2021 • Stayed at: 005, Loop: AREA FIDDLE CREEK
It’s an amazing destination that I have returned to for more than 40 years. Unfortunately this year due to fires we had to cut it short. I did notice that the outhouses were not maintained well. I have never seen more spiders, bugs and dirt in many years.
Angel F
VerifiedAugust 27, 2021 • Stayed at: 005, Loop: AREA FIDDLE CREEK
It’s an amazing destination that I have returned to for more than 40 years. Unfortunately this year due to fires we had to cut it short. I did notice that the outhouses were not maintained well. I have never seen more spiders, bugs and dirt in many years.
talitha v
VerifiedAugust 13, 2021 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: AREA FIDDLE CREEK
We spent two nights at fiddle creek campground, right when the River fire started in 2021. After a first smoky night, we spent a wonderful day just splashing in the river with a 3, 5 and 9 year old. We never left the campground. Everyone felt safe in the river and had a blast throwing rocks, wading, reading, and looking at animals.
Because of the high fire risk we decided not to build a campfire. The vault toilets were not impeccably clean, but decent enough and never ran out of toilet paper. The folks changing reservation signs and cleaning the bathrooms were helpful and answered our questions about the fires. (We did not have any cell phone reception at the campground or nearby roads and relied on their info.) Most people on the campground were not wearing masks as the sites are spaciously set up, but some did not remember to keep their distance from our unvaccinated kids either. There were no rowdy groups or parties into the night, only the occasional car or truck in the night on the 49 and the wonderful sound of the river. We would visit again.
talitha v
VerifiedAugust 13, 2021 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: AREA FIDDLE CREEK
We spent two nights at fiddle creek campground, right when the River fire started in 2021. After a first smoky night, we spent a wonderful day just splashing in the river with a 3, 5 and 9 year old. We never left the campground. Everyone felt safe in the river and had a blast throwing rocks, wading, reading, and looking at animals.
Because of the high fire risk we decided not to build a campfire. The vault toilets were not impeccably clean, but decent enough and never ran out of toilet paper. The folks changing reservation signs and cleaning the bathrooms were helpful and answered our questions about the fires. (We did not have any cell phone reception at the campground or nearby roads and relied on their info.) Most people on the campground were not wearing masks as the sites are spaciously set up, but some did not remember to keep their distance from our unvaccinated kids either. There were no rowdy groups or parties into the night, only the occasional car or truck in the night on the 49 and the wonderful sound of the river. We would visit again.
Sue L
VerifiedAugust 12, 2021 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: AREA FIDDLE CREEK
i've been coming to this campground my entire life. I've never seen the outhouses so dirty and full!! one of the two outhouses was so full they closed it.
Sue L
VerifiedAugust 12, 2021 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: AREA FIDDLE CREEK
i've been coming to this campground my entire life. I've never seen the outhouses so dirty and full!! one of the two outhouses was so full they closed it.
Sheila B
VerifiedJuly 19, 2021 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: AREA FIDDLE CREEK
This campground is going down hill. I’ve been camping here for many years and the past couple of years the outhouses have been out of control. Absolutely disgusting. Waste was stacked up so high and it smelled so bad. They do not have sanitation come clean out the waste tanks on a regular basis, that is evident. This issue has caused the worst fly problem in the campground I’ve ever encountered. I won’t be returning to this particular grounds until they see to regular trash removal of the grounds dumpsters, and the emptying of the outhouse tanks.
Sheila B
VerifiedJuly 19, 2021 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: AREA FIDDLE CREEK
This campground is going down hill. I’ve been camping here for many years and the past couple of years the outhouses have been out of control. Absolutely disgusting. Waste was stacked up so high and it smelled so bad. They do not have sanitation come clean out the waste tanks on a regular basis, that is evident. This issue has caused the worst fly problem in the campground I’ve ever encountered. I won’t be returning to this particular grounds until they see to regular trash removal of the grounds dumpsters, and the emptying of the outhouse tanks.
Location Fiddle Creek
Address:
Yuba River Ranger Station
Nevada City, CA, 95959
United States
From Downieville, travel south on Highway 49 for about 12 miles. The campground is on the left side of the highway.
From Nevada City, travel north on Highway 49 for 30 miles. The campground is on the right side of the higway.
Elevation: 691 feet
31 mi drive to downtown Nevada City (about 43 min)
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Last updated: September 2, 2026