Dinkey Creek is spread out along the banks of its namesake creek in a thick forest of Ponderosa pines and cedars. The facility's high country setting with trees, streams and open space, make it a scenic destination for all types of visitors.
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⛺021, Loop: C
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Gravel · Pet Friendly · Campfire
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⛺032, Loop: C
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⛺035, Loop: E
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⛺036, Loop: E
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⛺038, Loop: E
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⛺039, Loop: E
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🚐041, Loop: E
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🚐042, Loop: E
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🚐043, Loop: E
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⛺044, Loop: E
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🚐045, Loop: E
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Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐046, Loop: E
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Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐047, Loop: E
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⛺048, Loop: E
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⛺049, Loop: E
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⛺050, Loop: E
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🚐052, Loop: E
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⛺053, Loop: E
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🚐054, Loop: E
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⛺055, Loop: E
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⛺056, Loop: E
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⛺057, Loop: E
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⛺058, Loop: E
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🚐059, Loop: E
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Pet Friendly · 30 ft long · Paved
🚐060, Loop: E
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🚐061, Loop: E
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⛺062, Loop: F
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⛺063, Loop: F
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⛺064, Loop: F
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🚐065, Loop: F
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Pet Friendly · 35 ft long · Paved
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⛺067, Loop: F
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⛺068, Loop: F
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⛺069, Loop: F
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
⛺072, Loop: F
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⛺074, Loop: F
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⛺075, Loop: F
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🚐076, Loop: F
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Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
⛺077, Loop: G
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⛺084, Loop: G
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⛺085, Loop: G
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Pet Friendly · 30 ft long · Paved
🚐093, Loop: H
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Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
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Pet Friendly · 30 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · 50 ft long · Paved
⛺003, Loop: B
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Paved · Pet Friendly · Campfire
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Pet Friendly · 30 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · 35 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · 25 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · 25 ft long · Paved
⛺010, Loop: B
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🚐013, Loop: B
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
🚐014, Loop: B
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Pet Friendly · 45 ft long · Paved
🚐015, Loop: B
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Pet Friendly · 29 ft long · Paved
🚐016, Loop: B
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Pet Friendly · 45 ft long · Paved
🚐017, Loop: B
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Pet Friendly · 50 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · 50 ft long · Paved
🚐019, Loop: C
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Pet Friendly · 50 ft long · Paved
🚐020, Loop: C
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
⛺021, Loop: C
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Gravel · Pet Friendly · Campfire
⛺022, Loop: C
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Gravel · Pet Friendly · Campfire
⛺023, Loop: C
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Gravel · Pet Friendly · Campfire
⛺024, Loop: C
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⛺025, Loop: C
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⛺026, Loop: C
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⛺027, Loop: C
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⛺028, Loop: C
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⛺029, Loop: C
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⛺030, Loop: C
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Gravel · Pet Friendly · Campfire
⛺031, Loop: C
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⛺032, Loop: C
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⛺033, Loop: C
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⛺034, Loop: C
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⛺035, Loop: E
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⛺036, Loop: E
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · 50 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
⛺044, Loop: E
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Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
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Pet Friendly · 50 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
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⛺055, Loop: E
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⛺056, Loop: E
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⛺057, Loop: E
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⛺058, Loop: E
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Pet Friendly · 30 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · 50 ft long · Paved
⛺062, Loop: F
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Pet Friendly · 35 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · 50 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
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⛺074, Loop: F
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⛺075, Loop: F
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🚐076, Loop: F
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Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
⛺077, Loop: G
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🚐078, Loop: G
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Pet Friendly · 50 ft long · Paved
🚐079, Loop: G
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Pet Friendly · 50 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · 35 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · 50 ft long · Paved
⛺084, Loop: G
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⛺085, Loop: G
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Paved · Pet Friendly · Full shade
🚐086, Loop: G
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
🚐087, Loop: G
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
⛺088, Loop: G
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🚐089, Loop: G
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Pet Friendly · 30 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · 35 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · 30 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
🚐095, Loop: H
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Pet Friendly · 50 ft long · Paved
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🚐098, Loop: H
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Pet Friendly · 30 ft long · Paved
🚐099, Loop: H
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
🚐100, Loop: H
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
🚐101, Loop: H
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Pet Friendly · 30 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
🚐110, Loop: I
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Pet Friendly · 50 ft long · Paved
🚐111, Loop: I
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
🚐112, Loop: I
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
⛺113, Loop: I
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⛺114, Loop: J
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Paved · Pet Friendly · Full shade
⛺115, Loop: J
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⛺116, Loop: J
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⛺117, Loop: J
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🚐118, Loop: J
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
⛺119, Loop: J
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🚐120, Loop: J
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
🚐121, Loop: K
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Pet Friendly · 50 ft long · Paved
🚐122, Loop: K
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Pet Friendly · 50 ft long · Paved
🚐123, Loop: K
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Pet Friendly · 30 ft long · Paved
🚐124, Loop: K
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Pet Friendly · 30 ft long · Paved
🚐125, Loop: K
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
🚐126, Loop: K
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long · Paved
⛺127, Loop: K
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Paved · Pet Friendly · Campfire
🚐A, Loop: DINK
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Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
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1058 reviews
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Dinkey Creek is a well-maintained campground with clean restrooms and friendly hosts, making it a great destination for families and groups. Visitors enjoy the beautiful setting, access to swimming holes, and spacious campsites, though some sites can be sunny and noisy during busy weekends. Overall, the campground offers a positive experience, despite occasional issues with loud campers and maintenance concerns.
Campground was ok restroom and water were not close. Mosquitos were horrible!! Swimming holes and natural water slides were awesome, but you have to drive or 15-minute hike to get to certain areas. The camp host Dakota and his uncle were GREAT!!!
I had a great time camping. It had been over 30 years camping with my father. The camp sites are clean and well shaded with trees. The staff keep the restrooms clean but bring something to kill big spiders that might crawl into the restrooms.
Always a great place to take the family. This years camp host was welcoming and kept the campground family friendly and clean! Thank you Dinkey Creek personnel.
I had a great time camping. It had been over 30 years camping with my father. The camp sites are clean and well shaded with trees. The staff keep the restrooms clean but bring something to kill big spiders that might crawl into the restrooms.
Always a great place to take the family. This years camp host was welcoming and kept the campground family friendly and clean! Thank you Dinkey Creek personnel.
The campsite was very clean and all the rangers answered all our questions wonderfully. The janitors also kept the bathrooms clean. It was a great experience.
normally we book 4-6 campsites for our family annual camping trip. we were able to enjoy our time without anyone bothering us or us bothering other campers. Only problem we had was visiting the abandon sawmill, we always do day and night visits to the mill. we were there for a week and on the second day we did a night hike through the mill and had a great experience. on the 4th day we decided to do it again but we were greeted by the forest Ranger who was very rude and told us that area was off limits at night. He threaten to give us a citation if we did not leave the area, mind you I been doing this every time I camp at Dinkey and never had any issues going to the mill at night. I'm not sure if this was a one time thing since there are no signs that state the area is off limits at night time.
Dinkey Creek is my favorite place to visit and has been for the last 6 yrs.
we always have a great time.
We were told to leave by the sheriff who was putting roadblocks out on the roads going down into the canyon, he said the basin fire was as headed up the canyon , we were told by the forest ranger that she had been called to evacuate, but federal camp site people said there was no evacuation.. the coordination between these agencies is lacking and not safe to know who to rely on.
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Location & Directions for Dinkey Creek
Sierra, 53001 Dinkey Creek Rd, Shaver Lake, CA 93664 United States
The closest entrance is: Ash Mountain Entrance Station
Approximate drive: 53.6 mi · over 1 hr (92 min)
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
Check out time
12PM
Register at the campground office upon arrival.
Reserved sites must be occupied or they will be forfeited.
Cancellation policy
Reservation fees are non-refundable. For campsites, cabins, lookouts, yurts, group sites, and similar stays, we charge a reservation service fee of $8.
Standard cancellations usually have a $10 cancellation fee. Customers can generally cancel before the check-in date online.
Late cancellation rules differ by stay type.
Individual campsites: cancelling after 12:00am local time the day before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
Cabins, lookouts, and yurts: cancelling less than 14 days before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
One-night reservations: a late cancellation usually forfeits the full amount paid, up to the total original reservation cost.
Modifications are allowed before the cut-off window, but fees depend on the change. Changing to dates completely outside the original reservation dates may trigger a $10 change fee. Extending or shortening a stay that still includes original dates usually has no change fee, though refunds may depend on timing and facility rules. Switching to the same type of campsite for the same dates usually has no change fee, but price differences are charged or refunded.
Early departures may or may not be refunded. At certain facilities, partial refunds may be possible if staff can mark the site available for other visitors. No refund is given for a night if the early departure is requested after that day's check-out time.
Security deposits are separate. Security deposits may be refunded to the original payment method if the facility is left in acceptable condition, as determined by the property.
Wildlife & food storage
Keep food secured to avoid attracting bears.
Pets
Limit of two pets per site, must be leashed.
Vehicles & parking
Vehicle limits apply based on site type; extra vehicles incur a fee.
Fires & fuel
Fire restrictions may occur in dry conditions; contact for updates.
Do not move firewood; buy locally to protect forests.
Safety & rules
Visit for more information on the Sierra National Forest.