Indian Valley

The North Fork of the Yuba was flowing full and the campgroud was mostly empty. The bathroom facilites were clean and everyone we met was nice. Steve and Cash Gillis are great hosts, they helped make our stay enjoyable. Our stay at Indian Valley Campground this year was one of the best we have had.

Small campground by the Yuba River. 16 sites total with water, no electric or dump station. The camp was clean including the 4 roomy vault toilets which were very clean in my opinion. The camp hosts were friendly. Unfortunately because of the huge snow and rain access was a bit limited to the river, but other campers said normally in June the river is much more accessible. We would go again, we stayed June 1-4.

Small campground by the Yuba River. 16 sites total with water, no electric or dump station. The camp was clean including the 4 roomy vault toilets which were very clean in my opinion. The camp hosts were friendly. Unfortunately because of the huge snow and rain access was a bit limited to the river, but other campers said normally in June the river is much more accessible. We would go again, we stayed June 1-4.

In the past we have stayed at Cal-Ida simply because we could easily get a last minute spot there. I have always wanted to camp at Indian Valley but it is really hard to score a site there and now I understand why. It was awesome a totally different experience than Cal-Ida. It was full but the campers were very respectful and quiet. The host kept the bathrooms clean and stocked with TP. You could hear the river at night and it was pretty cool. Next year we will be trying real hard to score more spots at Indian Valley!

In the past we have stayed at Cal-Ida simply because we could easily get a last minute spot there. I have always wanted to camp at Indian Valley but it is really hard to score a site there and now I understand why. It was awesome a totally different experience than Cal-Ida. It was full but the campers were very respectful and quiet. The host kept the bathrooms clean and stocked with TP. You could hear the river at night and it was pretty cool. Next year we will be trying real hard to score more spots at Indian Valley!

Beautiful site on the Yuba River, BUT unsafe! We went mountain biking for the day and came back to a cleaned out campsite.....everything in the bear locker was stolen. There is no onsite campground host so if you stay here, take everything with you that you don't want stolen( by humans not bears). Have been camping for over 50 years and Indian Valley is the only place this has happened.

Beautiful site on the Yuba River, BUT unsafe! We went mountain biking for the day and came back to a cleaned out campsite.....everything in the bear locker was stolen. There is no onsite campground host so if you stay here, take everything with you that you don't want stolen( by humans not bears). Have been camping for over 50 years and Indian Valley is the only place this has happened.

The bathrooms were disgusting the last few times Iv been there. Decent area but wouldn’t really recommend

The bathrooms were disgusting the last few times Iv been there. Decent area but wouldn’t really recommend

Lots of mosquitoes and the vault toilets smelled throughout the camp. Especially in the morning. The views were great and the river refreshing. The town of Downieville is cute and really nice folks.