Union Flat Campground, Camptonville, CA

Union Flat Campground is located in the Yuba River Ranger District, Tahoe National Forest (1 hr 42 min east of Oroville, CA) with an elevation of 3,360 feet. There are a total of 11 campsites. The campground is normally open from mid May to the end of October. 7 sites can accommodate RVs and trailers between 15 and 50 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. Fees range from $24.00 to $48.00. Some amenities include swimming. Activities include biking, fishing, floating sports.

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Campsite Reviews (32)

3.6 out of 5

5 star		47%
4 star		9%
3 star		13%
2 star		9%
1 star		19%

@MichaelS838841 · Camped on Aug 4, 2024 at Campsite #4

I was extremely disappointed that my reserved site was not reserved. The river/creek was not as close as the photos made it appear.

@BenG5400481 · Camped on Jul 7, 2024 at Campsite #5

The toilets were very well cleaned on a regular basis, a lot better than previous years. The cleaners do a great job. Water supply not working, would have been good to know this before we got there.

@TylerF2D8B30A3 · Camped on May 25, 2024 at Campsite #9

No potable water available on site. Recreation.gov site lists drinking water as available, but none on site on arrival

@TonyC5232821 · Camped on Jun 24, 2023 at Campsite #2

A total let down! Got stuck at this campsite because the nice campground Loganville up the street was full. This site is located 25 feet from Highway 49 so plenty of traffic noise. It's small and only one dirt road (no loop) so everyone that drives in looking for a spot turns around and drives by again dusting out every set-up campsite, Total dust fest! Plenty of partying going on in many of the sites if that's what your into. We actually had someone in the middle of the night mistake our tent for there's and began to enter our tent until I yelled. I'd stayed here again if they gave me a $1000 dollars.

@ByronW88F47A6B · Camped on Jun 23, 2023 at Campsite #7

Very few places to find a level spot for a tent. Very few spots for a tent that aren't completely rocky. This campground is located on a site where tons of rocks from the river bed have been displaced (on to the current campground area) for industrial gold mining purposes. It's also just a few yards away from the highway traffic.

@GabrielaC40733 · Camped on May 26, 2023 at Campsite #1

Clean campgrounds, the bathrooms were well stocked with TP and kept clean. The sound of the rushing water in the river was very lulling. In a great location to explore Downieville, Sierra City and the Lakes Basin.

@SteveO8520246 · Camped on Jul 24, 2022 at Campsite #6

Great spot

@TonyC5232821 · Camped on Jun 16, 2022 at Campsite #9

Lots of loud bikers partying all night. It's great if you like campers next to you playing music till 3am.

@ColleenS904301 · Camped on Jun 13, 2022 at Campsite #1

Easy access. Right by the river.

@MarissaM115852 · Camped on Sep 25, 2021 at Campsite #9

Such a beautiful, secluded campground on the river. Absolutely will be back.

@MarissaM469 · Camped on Sep 25, 2021 at Campsite #9

Such a beautiful, secluded campground on the river. Absolutely will be back.

@ForestP122 · Camped on Sep 24, 2021 at Campsite #5

Nice place, very large campsites. Convenient location for Downieville mtb riding

@JosephS858 · Camped on Sep 24, 2021 at Campsite #1

Clean, convenient facilities, and very nice to be able to dip our feet in the river after a long day of riding.

@josephs9140090 · Camped on Sep 24, 2021 at Campsite #1

Clean, convenient facilities, and very nice to be able to dip our feet in the river after a long day of riding.

@ForestP1737974 · Camped on Sep 24, 2021 at Campsite #5

Nice place, very large campsites. Convenient location for Downieville mtb riding

@CharlesL794562 · Camped on Aug 11, 2021 at Campsite #9

Great location, my second time staying here. Nothing like going to sleep with the sound of a river 30 feet away.

@CharlesL470 · Camped on Aug 11, 2021 at Campsite #9

Great location, my second time staying here. Nothing like going to sleep with the sound of a river 30 feet away.

@BrettD495 · Camped on Jul 17, 2021 at Campsite #11

This place is terrible don't go there

@BrettD1244976 · Camped on Jul 17, 2021 at Campsite #11

This place is terrible don't go there

@StephenB811 · Camped on Sep 6, 2020 at Campsite #11

I always love camping at Union Flat. Ive been camping there for over 28 years. I am disappointed with your reservation system portal. First the map is wrong. The pictures associated with some sites are wrong. Also its disappointing that you dropped more Fcfs sites. (Down to 1) however even with the messed up online reservation system, its always good to stay at Union Flat.

@StephenB287309 · Camped on Sep 6, 2020 at Campsite #11

@WesleyG434 · Camped on Aug 13, 2020 at Campsite #1

very nice area. even if its near the road it is very quiet at night. very accessible to river. the only problem is theres no water from the faucet. It took hours to fill up the bucket.

@RickD552 · Camped on Jul 20, 2020 at Campsite #10

First time and will definitely be back. Beautiful little spot to camp along the river. Bathrooms were clean and garbage was taken care of. Mostly quiet and peaceful. 6 miles to downieville and 6 miles to Sierra city. Only gas as of my trip in July 2020 was a small pump at Bassetts. They have 87 and 91 octane. No diesel.

@KatherineCB595 · Camped on Jul 19, 2020 at Campsite #4

The biggest problem with this campground is the element of insiders controlling who camps here and what sites they have. I was very specific when booking sites in January (2020) because I knew we needed two adjacent sites for our group of 9 people (we have camped at Indian Valley for years) and so I was very familiar with the campground. Imagine my surprise when we arrived to find that site #4 seemed to be missing, site #6 was in its place, and the sites we had reserved had been shuffled. By the other campers? By the group of "mining claim" people who had taken over the sites at the far end of the loop? Who knows... what was clear was that the mining people (and most of the campers in the campground) all knew each other and, to my dismay, it seemed that the shuffling of the campsite numbers was done with the approval (?) of the forest service. All that said, people were very respectful and we did not feel any negative vibes from the other campers, although the forest service people did hassle us about where our tent was pitched (apparently they didn't care that the site numbers had been shuffled...) We will not be going back to this campground, although the location is beautiful and the sites we did book and were able to secure (by dint of rearranging the campground site numbers to their proper locations) were lovely. We camped here in July. It took me a long time to decide to write this review, but I think it is important that unsuspecting campers know what they are getting into when they book here.

@PaulM942 · Camped on Jul 13, 2020 at Campsite #8

Beautiful campground right on the river. Road 93 right across the highway provides miles of off roading adventure as well.

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