Dinkey Creek

#64 did not disappoint. We could hear the creek running and had our own fresh spring flowing downhill. To be fair the campsite main area is mostly downhill. There's a flat and shaded spot for tent a little ways down hill with wild orchids growing everywhere. Dinkey Creek is just a 5 minute walk downhill. We tried fishing and gold panning. We saw deer. People walked through the campsite on their way to Creek. This tends to be annoying because there are paths on either side of campsite. The host did not mind that I parked on the dirt, as there is not a paved driveway, like other sites.

Our family of 3, including the doggo, is happy to have spent another Father's day here this year. I enjoyed meeting the neighboring site, family of 2. Wished I would of gotten the contact info!

Great campground. Only complaint is the non flushable toilet and lack of restrooms. Other than that 5/5

Always had a great experience camping at Dinkey Creek. All campers knows their site voices, sites are spaced out properly to accommodate two to three tents, bathrooms were cleaned daily.
We stayed at site 6 that has the perfect amount of space to fit our travel trailer and truck. Trees have been cut down as you’ll get some shade.

I was only there for the very last day of the season. Campsite was pretty spacious. Bathrooms have running water and flush toilets which is nice. Dinkey Creek Runs along the campground, just an extremely short walk from the campsites. I will say that during peak season when it is warm enough, that the creek is used by swimmers. If you're looking to fish the creek, you're gonna want to climb and traverse some rocks and if the rocks are wet, they are extremely slick.

Rangers and camp hosts are always friendly, Bathroom are always kept clean

All of the staff and camp hosts were extremely nice and helpful. It's important to take the various hikes so you don't miss the beautiful water features. Lots of nice pools of water cascading down the rocks. The old sawmill was worth the short walk from our campsite in loop B and we crossed a pretty stream on the way.

This is a very pretty forested campground which offers no particular attraction in the fall, when the creek is nearly dry, but affords a beautiful environment for getting together with friends or just getting away and outdoors in the mountain air, where the trees smell great, the stars are brilliant, deer graze and squirrels scurry around. We had a great time and it looked like other families there did the same. Apparently bears are not a factor here because there were no bear boxes. Someone in our group left food out overnight and it was untouched. Each campground area is quite large so there’s plenty of space between neighbors, but don’t count on more than one level tent pad in your campsite. On the downside: the bathroom nearest us was locked and out of order all weekend, and the next two closest ones were left non-functional one night due to too much (apparently) heavy partying by some of our neighbors (I will spare you the details). But kudos to the brave staff who got them cleaned up in the morning. Bring TP, when there are fewer bathrooms, they run out.

Dinky Creek has nice sized spots and there was never a noise issue for us. We stayed for 9 nights and had very few neighbors. My only issue was the signage was awful. We had a person who had an ankle injury and there was no clear instructions to the old Mill and the end of season staff had no idea how to get there so we were unable to go. They need more water spickets and better information trails and sites to see.

Be sure to check out the big trees at McKinley Grove

The spot is so dusty, I mean too much. This might be same for most of CA campgrounds. Here is a solution: why don’t they spread wood chips on spots like kids playground. It would be perfect, since there are plenty of dead woods to be removed.
For this place, there are not many spigots, only by toilet. Also, toilets are rare too.