Indian Springs Campground, Camptonville, CA

Indian Springs Campground is located in the Yuba River Ranger District, Tahoe National Forest (58 min west of Reno, NV) with an elevation of 5,487 feet. There are a total of 34 campsites. The campground is normally open from mid May to the end of October. 26 sites can accommodate RVs and trailers between 18 and 35 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. Some amenities include swimming. Activities include fishing, hiking trails.

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Campsite Reviews (43)

3.4 out of 5

5 star		19%
4 star		37%
3 star		12%
2 star		26%
1 star		7%

@NataliaMA86A8E · Camped on Jul 14, 2024 at Campsite #11

Vault toilets

@KennethG129539 · Camped on Jul 12, 2024 at Campsite #14

Great Camp ground, lots of room bathrooms maintained well. The road noise from the highway is a little much.

@AaronS9956434 · Camped on Jun 29, 2024 at Campsite #10

Way too close to the freeway. Who thought this was a good location for a camp grounds? I thought other reviews were exaggerating. The grounds are literal 50 yards from the I80 For our entire two day stay my partner and I had to speak at a 8/10 on the volume scale just to hear each other for the entire trip, day and night. Also the train passes every two hours and sounds it's horn each time it passes the camp grounds, even at midnight, 2am and 4am. If you are looking for a camping spot where you feel like you are camping under the I5 in Sacramento this is your spot. It is also right across the street from an OHV area, so in those rare moments where you can't hear the I80 you hear quads and razors. The grounds are well maintained though.

@KirkR1199584 · Camped on Jun 20, 2024 at Campsite #7

Way too noisy at my campsitedont choose #7

@JosephT2650800 · Camped on May 24, 2024 at Campsite #6

Site 6I was there over the Memorial Day weekend and the campground was full but absolutely very site around me was quiet and beyond respectful. I know people say the noise from i80 can be a bit much, but my site is as close as can be to the hwy and that early in the year I hear the river as much as the hwy. So it has never bothered me in the past. The bathrooms were well supplied and clean. There wasn't a host when I was there but the forestry crews are always a pleasant sight and friendly people.

@DanielleF49934 · Camped on Sep 22, 2023 at Campsite #11

This is a great campground as long as you don't mind the noise from the road / train tracks. It's in a great spot for getting to tons of trailheads, and there are plenty of nice trails to walk right from the campground. There are also several spots for swimming within a 2 minute walk of your campsite!

@AshlynDFCA9DB1 · Camped on Aug 11, 2023 at Campsite #33

Love this campground!

@MeganM1621244 · Camped on Aug 4, 2023 at Campsite #17

Beautiful swimming hole, clean bathrooms for being pit toilets and close to a ton of great exploring options.

@KatieR2BF24E20 · Camped on Aug 4, 2023 at Campsite #12

Great access to a swimming hole, cell phone service, but otherwise one of our least favorite spots. The noise from the freeway didnt bother us, but I can see how that would disturb your nature experience. The campsites are very on top of each other - the group next to us had at least 20 people on one spot, so it was kind of a bummer. Quite a bit of garbage at the site and the swimming hole. We didnt see a camp host. Bathrooms were rough. We ended up going to Onion Valley/North Fork area and had a great experience there.

@JoeG6594421 · Camped on Aug 1, 2023 at Campsite #25

Arrived on a Tuesday afternoon to find our campsite covered in trash and other debris from previous users. No oversight in making sure your site is in good order before you arrive. I would not recommend. The highway noise is minimal and river access easy, but the condition of the grounds or maintenance needs improvement.

@KaylaQ10EFA095 · Camped on Jul 15, 2023 at Campsite #23

We made reservations weeks in advance and when we arrived late to our campsite, it was marked as open. Thankfully no one was in it. We setup in the dark and the next morning realized the campsite was completely trashed. Shoes, socks, food wrappers, plastic water bottles in the fire pit, and food all around the picnic table. Still highway noise from the upper loop but not bad.

@KirkR1199584 · Camped on Jul 6, 2023 at Campsite #8

Noise from the freeway was not bad for me(mostly deaf) but others may find it not so good at night

@WillA062A645AA · Camped on Jul 3, 2023 at Campsite #7

Person was parked in our campsite until 7pm, which is not recreation.gov's problem, however, i searched for hours on who I can call and no phone number listed or contact information I could find to assist with the issue. The number to rec.gov for this campsite (which is the same number for all campsites in the area) was out of service. Should have at least 1 number to call to report an issue.

@SteveH6337222 · Camped on Oct 16, 2022 at Campsite #6

Overall Indian Springs is okay. If there was not the heavy sound of vehicle traffic on I-80 it would be fantastic. There’s also the occasional train horn. Everything else was fantastic. Great site. Quiet. I didn’t even see a single mosquito.

@THOMASF4323684 · Camped on Oct 1, 2022 at Campsite #19

My stay here was great! I could list dozens of positives! The only two negatives I can report are 1) the traffic noise from I-80, and 2) the presence of pine resin dripping from the trees. If you are ready to deal with these two negatives, then you will have a wonderful time here. I'd rate it 90 out of 100.

@LETICIAL691761 · Camped on Aug 19, 2022 at Campsite #3

Amazing!

@AndrewP1911421 · Camped on Aug 9, 2022 at Campsite #14

Only there one night. Nice enough campground with a nice swimming hole. Traffic on freeway doesn’t impede things during the day. But, at night, if you’re a sensitive sleeper, the freeway is a bit much.

@JorgeC2927204 · Camped on Jul 25, 2022 at Campsite #9

Site 9 is too close to the highway and railway. There's a lot of noise from traffic and trains which can be annoying. It also didn't have much shade during the day. The site had shade in the morning and evening but not during the day. I would recommend sites 20-28, those sites are shaded and are further from the noise.

@TovaL4603561 · Camped on Jul 22, 2022 at Campsite #9

The water was great and being so close to the river was fantastic. The entire campground is very loud. Don’t think I’ll come again because of how loud the cars are and how you can hear them all night.

@MarcL8507337 · Camped on Jul 16, 2022 at Campsite #21

Site was flat, plenty of shade. Stayed in a 20' trailer. Plenty of room for tents. The freeway sounded like wind blowing through the trees, you could still hear each other and listen to the birds. But it was a constant noise. The swim hole is very nice and deep.

@TonyaS9161710 · Camped on Jul 8, 2022 at Campsite #14

During the day It was perfect. However however at night the train sounds the helicopter and the noise from the freeway was Unbearable.

@SusanB4210667 · Camped on Jun 24, 2022 at Campsite #8

It smells good (some of the restrooms not so much), nice and dark for star viewing, flat tent sites, clean, nice swimming hole. However, the non-stop traffic noise is incredible, think: planes, trains and automobiles, especially when there's a lot of trucks on the highway. Toilets out of paper Friday evening, still out of paper Saturday morning... bring your own

@CindiC9320422 · Camped on Jun 18, 2022 at Campsite #25

Campground location & swimming hole was absolutely gorgeous.

@BenjaminB477 · Camped on Oct 1, 2021 at Campsite #6

Had a great time camping at Indian Springs. The campground was clean and well maintained. There is cell service (Verizon). Note there is noise from the highway as well as noise from the trains. This did not impact my enjoyment of the site. Camped here during a campfire ban, there were other people observed at the campground having illegal campfires as well as people with dogs off leash.

@CassandraM585 · Camped on Aug 13, 2021 at Campsite #29

The swimming hole exceeded my expectations, clean, easy to access. The waterfall is gorgeous.

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