Dinkey Creek

Great

Camp rangers and staff at the store are all very nice. Nice drive with meadows and wildflowers.

Camp rangers and staff at the store are all very nice. Nice drive with meadows and wildflowers.

The Sheriff , National Park Employees and the Forest Rangers are all on different sides, conflicting guidance was given regarding evacuation for the Basin fire 20 mi away . The sheriff told us to pack up and leave , the forest ranger on site in radio communications with the office in Prather said they were holding meetings to advise of the campsite on evacuation yet the ranger was called to leave the post not the campers , to be fair the National park camp employees were the only ones to get it right , Dinkey was not evacuating but only under a smoke warning . Yet how were we to know , there is no phone service or internet , so we ended up coming off the mountain and ending what would have been our family reunion to find out the closure area was below dinky creek road for all of July 2024 with the campground to remain open . Of course people should take precautions with forest fires and play it safe , so not to blame anybody in particular, unfortunately this are the current conditions of the sierra .

The Sheriff , National Park Employees and the Forest Rangers are all on different sides, conflicting guidance was given regarding evacuation for the Basin fire 20 mi away . The sheriff told us to pack up and leave , the forest ranger on site in radio communications with the office in Prather said they were holding meetings to advise of the campsite on evacuation yet the ranger was called to leave the post not the campers , to be fair the National park camp employees were the only ones to get it right , Dinkey was not evacuating but only under a smoke warning . Yet how were we to know , there is no phone service or internet , so we ended up coming off the mountain and ending what would have been our family reunion to find out the closure area was below dinky creek road for all of July 2024 with the campground to remain open . Of course people should take precautions with forest fires and play it safe , so not to blame anybody in particular, unfortunately this are the current conditions of the sierra .

The campground was clean and sites were far enough apart to not feel like you’re on top of your neighbor. We stayed at 5 days and really enjoyed all of the hiking areas and the rock water slides ! Definitely will be coming back. My only complaint was the bathrooms did get clogged several times but I think that was due to other campers not reading the “hold for 5 seconds to flush “ properly signs.

The campground was clean and sites were far enough apart to not feel like you’re on top of your neighbor. We stayed at 5 days and really enjoyed all of the hiking areas and the rock water slides ! Definitely will be coming back. My only complaint was the bathrooms did get clogged several times but I think that was due to other campers not reading the “hold for 5 seconds to flush “ properly signs.

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.

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.

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.