Fir Top Campground, Nevada City, CA

Fir Top Campground is located in the Sierraville Ranger District, Tahoe National Forest (1 hr 48 min west of Reno, NV) with an elevation of 6,080 feet. There are a total of 12 campsites. The campground is normally open from the beginning of August to mid October. Sites can accommodate RVs and trailers between 31 and 45 feet. All sites are currently reservable. Reservations can be booked up to 6 months in advance. Each site includes a picnic table and fire ring. There is a fee of $24.00 per night. Some amenities include dump station, boat ramp, swimming, flush toilets. Activities include biking, boating, fishing, hiking trails, floating sports.

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Campsite Reviews (20)

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@AndrsO516195BC · Camped on Jul 19, 2024 at Campsite #7

Beautiful and peaceful place

@RajendraV6663E · Camped on Jul 5, 2024 at Campsite #12

Good things:Gorgeous location with beautiful lake and sierra mountains in the background. Small campgrounds make the place very quiet.Bad things:Mosquitoes...Mosquitoes ...Mosquitoes ... A lot of them. We had horrible time dealing with the mosquitoes. Road - GPS took us through highway 20 and 18. But we had to stop at 11 miles short because of the 11 miles unpaved road. Only 4-wheel drives can make it. We had to come back all the way to I80 and take 89 at Truckee. Even that had 2 miles of unpaved road at the end, but it was OK.

@JoseLM1E538FCB · Camped on Aug 18, 2023 at Campsite #11

The campsite was nice. This site is the only one with a flushing toilet from what I saw. The lake is not too far. The lake was beautiful. There is plenty of shade, but Id recommend a canopy for a nice nap. It got very cold. Take thermal cloths to put under your PJs. All in all it was a great spot. The Road is not bad. I took 80 from Sacramento to truckee. I got on hwy 89 in truckee, then a left onto Jackson meadows Road that turned into Dog Valley Rd. I took a left on GraniteValley Rd, a rocky dirt road. It was the only rough patch my entire trip and its not very long of a drive either. Maintained nicely. I drove a Subaru Crosstrek for reference. No problems.

@RussM6B1B0DA8C · Camped on Aug 17, 2023 at Campsite #12

We had a great time. It rained on us a little guess still fun.

@MatteoC23B6DF8 · Camped on Aug 11, 2023 at Campsite #6

Love this campground but it was the second year in a row where not all of the bathroom facilities were working.

@NikolayS878295 · Camped on Jul 23, 2022 at Campsite #3

no campfire? no designated campfire sections? I wont visit again......disappointment at all. You check in and they don't tell you anything what allowed what not!

@AshleyA3817646 · Camped on Jul 2, 2022 at Campsite #3

Water availability and facilities were great. No cell service for T Mobile for many miles. Plan accordingly.

@AutumnS7708592 · Camped on Jul 1, 2022 at Campsite #3

Absolutely wonderful. Such a beautiful site and they were spread out enough to enjoy. There are a few other campgrounds in this area but they are spread out as well. The lake was an amazing adventure too. Great bathrooms, good water. Shade is available and the amenities were maintained well.

@KennethC181016 · Camped on Jul 26, 2021 at Campsite #11

Clean campground,restrooms,feel this is the best campground at jackson meadows

@KennethC866 · Camped on Jul 26, 2021 at Campsite #11

Clean campground,restrooms,feel this is the best campground at jackson meadows

@RileeN870 · Camped on Jul 5, 2021 at Campsite #11

TO ANYONE WHO IS THINKING OF THIS AREA WHO DOESN'T HAVE A HIGH CLEARANCE/ ALL WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE: be extremely cautious with how you are directed to the reservoir. We made the mistake of following the GPS from the San Francisco Bay Area and ended up on a really rough road (Bowman Road). This road is fatal for any car that’s not made for off roading, as we sadly figured out. We weren’t given any other direction on how to get to the campsite other than bowman road, and only after looking at the very bottom of this listing after having to turn around and come home did I see that it said not to follow the GPS. It needs to be clearer to ONLY take the road listed and to to clearly explain that bowman road up to the lake is only for off road capable vehicles. We weren’t even able to make it to the camp site as we had to turn around and limp our car back to the freeway where we found about 2000$ in damage. The road is full of large rocks, and massive dips that are impossible to get around due to the narrowness of the road and the 500 foot drop straight down on one side. We’re extremely frustrated and disappointed as we had both checked in to how to get to the location many times before finding instructions on some blog post three pages into a google search. ****Please put a notice to all drivers to only take the way specified in the listing, so no one else goes through what we through. On top of it, we weren’t able to get any of our money back because of all the cancellation fees charged for the site. Really really upset, but hoping this will at least help someone else not do what we did. Updated to add that the proper directions are not even available for mobile devices, only on the desktop site,

@RileeN7176559 · Camped on Jul 5, 2021 at Campsite #11

@KristofJ651386 · Camped on Jul 2, 2021 at Campsite #10

Amazing place

@KristofJ507 · Camped on Jul 2, 2021 at Campsite #10

Amazing place

@JamesE595 · Camped on Jun 21, 2021 at Campsite #9

The lake and camp site were beautiful. Not crowed. A very peaceful experience.

@JamesE8517315 · Camped on Jun 21, 2021 at Campsite #9

The lake and camp site were beautiful. Not crowed. A very peaceful experience.

@MelissaO147590 · Camped on Jun 20, 2021 at Campsite #3

Always a great stay, there were few other visitors. Facilities were clean and staff that we ran into were helpful and friendly. We almost had Fir Top to ourselves and the lake was beautiful and mostly quiet.

@MelissaO192 · Camped on Jun 20, 2021 at Campsite #3

@JaneC592 · Camped on Sep 4, 2020 at Campsite #1

Campground was great. Problem is the system they use to book reservations. If someone cancels less than 48 hours the site sits empty as opposed to allowing someone else to camp there. Unacceptable that Recreation.gov is managed from a remote site. What a waste of our limited camp sites available already.

@JaneC5303587 · Camped on Sep 4, 2020 at Campsite #1

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