About Dinkey Creek
Number of accommodations: 120
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2026 Season availability
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Reviews (458)
What Guests Are Saying
Dinkey Creek offers a beautiful natural setting with excellent hiking opportunities and friendly camp hosts who provide helpful service. The campground is well-maintained, and many visitors appreciate the spacious campsites and clean facilities. However, issues such as the lack of functioning flush toilets and potable water have caused some inconveniences, alongside noise from generators and nearby campers. Overall, many families enjoy returning to this campground for its charm and the memorable experiences it provides.
What Guests Are Saying
Dinkey Creek offers a beautiful natural setting with excellent hiking opportunities and friendly camp hosts who provide helpful service. The campground is well-maintained, and many visitors appreciate the spacious campsites and clean facilities. However, issues such as the lack of functioning flush toilets and potable water have caused some inconveniences, alongside noise from generators and nearby campers. Overall, many families enjoy returning to this campground for its charm and the memorable experiences it provides.
Review Summary
Rosa S
VerifiedJune 14, 2022 • Stayed at: 074, Loop: F
If you’re looking for a place or your kids can run free, make noise, laugh, run, and enjoy themselves this is not the place. This time around we couldn’t play music not even low.
We have been coming to Dinkey Creek for the past six years our last five years were memorable, we played music, played games, laughed, hiked, went in the creek and enjoyed ourselves. This year we don’t know what changed, management? Grounds keepers?
From the moment we arrived we were targeted.
The Grounds keeper was rude, shoved papers in my 17 year olds face. Yelled at my husband when my husband wasn’t even at the camp site while we were playing music. He Kept making rounds and found any little thing to complain. Honestly this all started when we played Mexican music.
So if you have kids, want to play music during non quiet time hours, laugh, run, and play, this is not the place to camp at.
Rude, racist, no customer service!
Justine M
VerifiedJune 13, 2022 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: B
Our site was conveniently next to the general store that offered everything we needed for a reasonable price. Staff was friendly and the bathrooms were usually well kept. There was one day where both bathrooms were out of order and we had to walk a quarter mile to the restroom at the ranger station. It's a great place to relax either at the campsite or the creek nearby. Every hike is a drive to get to, so best to stay and relax unless you plan on the drive and some off roading.
Pamela D
VerifiedJune 13, 2022 • Stayed at: 095, Loop: H
Great park and area! Loved the creek and the nearby grove of redwoods! Rangers were friendly and helpful. Our site was clean and inviting. Lots of trees down but still had shade and a canapy . Bathrooms were great and clean. No water that was drinkable. The website does not tell you that, we barely had enough water for our stay! And signs tell you not to use the pump water. We loved our stay but they should get drinkable water to the pumps!
Ashley D
VerifiedJune 7, 2022 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: B
Beautiful spot , nice fishing. Although I had high expectations reading reviews I didn't expect them to be so strict. We just started setting up at 2pm put some music on mind you it wasn't loud at all . Within 30 mins the owner came by telling us to turn it down. Then he kept driving down our loop throughout the day . I totally felt uncomfortable. He then came by again in the morning 6am sharp complaining about our car that we paid extra for additional car to fit in our parking spot . Said we had to rearrange it. So we did.... then 1030am came and here he was asking me if I was leaving yet. I said checkout it at 12pm , we have our stuff ready we were just eating breakfast. I never felt so uncomfortable camping somewhere. I told my family and kids let's just go.
Olivia E
VerifiedJune 7, 2022 • Stayed at: 031, Loop: C
Dinkey Creek is a wonderful campground with fun for the whole family. We cannot wait to return. It’s one of our very favorite spots in the Western Sierra.
DOLORES M
VerifiedJune 6, 2022 • Stayed at: 087, Loop: G
Dinkey Creek is our favorite camping place for our annual church camping. The children always enjoyed the natural slide and swimming pools. The toilet is spacious and very clean...always. Camp personnel always make it a point to keep the toilet clean and also the people are respectful to keep it clean. There's also plenty of shades all over the camp sites. We have been here many times and will never tire coming back even if it means 6 hours drive for most of us coming from San Bernardino County.
Lisa W
VerifiedJune 6, 2022 • Stayed at: 121, Loop: K
Loved it here! We had space #121 with our Travel Trailer and fit perfectly. The sites in the "K" loop are at the end of the campground and back right up to the forest. This is a very dog-friendly campground so bring your pooches!
Wayne G
VerifiedJune 6, 2022 • Stayed at: 122, Loop: K
Great spot. Nice clean restrooms. Excellent campsites. Really enjoyed ourselves
Plenty to do and no cell phone access! If you do need to get connected to the real world, just a short 15 minute drive or so to get reception.
Sheri B
VerifiedJune 3, 2022 • Stayed at: 108, Loop: I
This has been my get away since childhood. I love Dinkey and will return of coarse. I am heartbroken with the scar of the Creek Fire. Some of my favorite shaded sites have lost all their trees, including the site I stayed. The land will recover but this trip for me was probably the saddest I’ve spent at Dinkey. See ya next year
Martin N
VerifiedJune 2, 2022 • Stayed at: 016, Loop: B
Natural, clean, welkomming
Location Dinkey Creek
Address:
Sierra
Shaver Lake, CA, 93664
United States
From Clovis, California, travel east on Highway 168 to Shaver Lake.
Turn southeast onto Dinkey Creek Road and travel 13 miles to the campground.
Latitude & Longitude: 37.0681 / -119.157
Elevation: 1741 feet
Policies & Rules
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Please register at the campground office; if closed, register the following morning |
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Be bear aware; keep all food out of site in approved containers or locked inside your vehicle and remove all food from area after eating; always keep a clean camp and do not feed any wild animals. |
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Two pets per site and leashed at all times. |
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Please Note: One RV with tow vehicle for single site or one vehicle for single tent camping. Two RV’S with tow vehicle per double site or two vehicles for double tent only camping. Most sites can accommodate 1 extra vehicle that is not included with the reservation fee. Extra vehicle will be charged a per night fee and collected at the campground. |
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Fire restrictions may be imposed at any time due to hot, dry weather conditions, at which time campfires and charcoal fires may not be allowed. For current fire conditions or weather closures contact the High Sierra Ranger District, Sierra National Forest (559) 855-5355 |
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Reserved Sites will be held until check out time (NOON) the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of that following day to hold a reservation or the site will be forfeited and released to other guests. |
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Don't Move Firewood: Protect California's forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. For more information visit firewood.ca.gov. |
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Click here to learn more about the Sierra National Forest |