Fiddle Creek Campground, Camptonville, CA

Fiddle Creek Campground is located in the Yuba River Ranger District, Tahoe National Forest (1 hr 18 min east of Oroville, CA) with an elevation of 2,275 feet. There are a total of 15 campsites which are all tent-only sites. The campground is normally open from mid April to the end of October. Max equipment length is 15 feet. All sites are currently reservable. Reservations can be booked up to 6 months in advance. There is a fee of $24.00 per night. Activities include boating, fishing, hiking trails, floating sports.

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Campsite Reviews (26)

3.8 out of 5

5 star		35%
4 star		27%
3 star		23%
2 star		12%
1 star		4%

@KellyR2232633 · Camped on Aug 19, 2024 at Campsite #15

Only issue was bear locker was broken. Not good in bear territory . Bathrooms were very clean, well stocked with tp and the deoderizer worked great

@StaceyH6370986 · Camped on Aug 12, 2024 at Campsite #11

No potable water and no campfires allowed and the campsites 9 and 10 where the trail is to the water smells like a nasty dead animal.

@MattF1509261 · Camped on Jul 26, 2024 at Campsite #5

Crowded and parking was difficult.

@JonathanW14164 · Camped on Jun 26, 2023 at Campsite #5

Great site.

@LISAS7216541 · Camped on Jun 7, 2023 at Campsite #15

Pros: Campground and vault toilet were clean and well-kept. Cons: Campsites are close together with no privacy, campground is too close to the road so there’s traffic noise and, at night, headlights to deal with, and mosquitoes were pretty bad.

@JonathanW14164 · Camped on Jul 5, 2022 at Campsite #4

This is a magical site that I return to year after year, such a gem. The fire in site 4 was not level and very full, maybe fix that to mitigate wildfire risk?

@AngelF7841389 · Camped on May 26, 2022 at Campsite #7

Out houses were clean. There was plenty of shade in our site but others were barren. The fire pits needs to replaced as embers leaked out of it and we had to stay on top of it.

@AliciaM7101165 · Camped on Oct 8, 2021 at Campsite #14

Perfect location and clean campgrounds!!

@AliciaM244 · Camped on Oct 8, 2021 at Campsite #14

Perfect location and clean campgrounds!!

@coryh990 · Camped on Oct 1, 2021 at Campsite #9

very nice, very open campsites. large bear boxes. access to water. pretty landscape.

@CoryH3849369 · Camped on Oct 1, 2021 at Campsite #9

very nice, very open campsites. large bear boxes. access to water. pretty landscape.

@AngelF7841389 · Camped on Aug 11, 2021 at Campsite #5

It’s an amazing destination that I have returned to for more than 40 years. Unfortunately this year due to fires we had to cut it short. I did notice that the outhouses were not maintained well. I have never seen more spiders, bugs and dirt in many years.

@AngelF545 · Camped on Aug 11, 2021 at Campsite #5

@talithav279 · Camped on Aug 4, 2021 at Campsite #9

We spent two nights at fiddle creek campground, right when the River fire started in 2021. After a first smoky night, we spent a wonderful day just splashing in the river with a 3, 5 and 9 year old. We never left the campground. Everyone felt safe in the river and had a blast throwing rocks, wading, reading, and looking at animals. Because of the high fire risk we decided not to build a campfire. The vault toilets were not impeccably clean, but decent enough and never ran out of toilet paper. The folks changing reservation signs and cleaning the bathrooms were helpful and answered our questions about the fires. (We did not have any cell phone reception at the campground or nearby roads and relied on their info.) Most people on the campground were not wearing masks as the sites are spaciously set up, but some did not remember to keep their distance from our unvaccinated kids either. There were no rowdy groups or parties into the night, only the occasional car or truck in the night on the 49 and the wonderful sound of the river. We would visit again.

@talithav475591 · Camped on Aug 4, 2021 at Campsite #9

@SueL1402712 · Camped on Aug 1, 2021 at Campsite #4

i've been coming to this campground my entire life. I've never seen the outhouses so dirty and full!! one of the two outhouses was so full they closed it.

@SueL257 · Camped on Aug 1, 2021 at Campsite #4

i've been coming to this campground my entire life. I've never seen the outhouses so dirty and full!! one of the two outhouses was so full they closed it.

@SheilaB297 · Camped on Jul 6, 2021 at Campsite #9

This campground is going down hill. I’ve been camping here for many years and the past couple of years the outhouses have been out of control. Absolutely disgusting. Waste was stacked up so high and it smelled so bad. They do not have sanitation come clean out the waste tanks on a regular basis, that is evident. This issue has caused the worst fly problem in the campground I’ve ever encountered. I won’t be returning to this particular grounds until they see to regular trash removal of the grounds dumpsters, and the emptying of the outhouse tanks.

@SheilaB3985410 · Camped on Jul 6, 2021 at Campsite #9

@dietz1gm346359 · Camped on May 21, 2021 at Campsite #2

"Big Fan"

@MarkP6983494 · Camped on May 21, 2021 at Campsite #8

great spot on a beautiful river and close to Downieville. These are not drive up campsites, have to carry gear from parking lot.

@MarkP272 · Camped on May 21, 2021 at Campsite #8

great spot on a beautiful river and close to Downieville. These are not drive up campsites, have to carry gear from parking lot.

@dietz1gmailcom · Camped on May 21, 2021 at Campsite #2

"Big Fan"

@SheilaB297 · Camped on Jul 16, 2020 at Campsite #8

Too crowded, and no regard for a reasonable quiet time ( after 10 pm). The grounds were unkempt. It seems this campground year after year becomes less and less pleasant.

@PeterH231 · Camped on Sep 5, 2019 at Campsite #1

Fiddle Creek has nice shady campsites, and brilliant access to the Yuba river. Really the only complaint I have was that, 2 years ago, only one of the two bathrooms was working. It was busy weekend, and it really was most unpleasant to only have one bathroom.

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