Wild Plum Campground, Camptonville, CA

Wild Plum Campground is located in the Yuba River Ranger District, Tahoe National Forest (1 hr 28 min west of Reno, NV) with an elevation of 4,480 feet. There are a total of 47 campsites. The campground is normally open from mid May to the end of October. 22 sites can accommodate RVs and trailers between 15 and 45 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 biking, fishing, horseback riding, hiking trails, floating sports.

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@RenataC539248C · Camped on Oct 5, 2024 at Campsite #35

This is a beautiful campground. Campsites are spaced out. Lots of trees and shade. Creek flowing. Clean pit toilets.

@TimH9025603 · Camped on Sep 16, 2024 at Campsite #30

A nice campground. Parking is limited for more than 1-vehicle, but this is stated in the particular campsite info

@RichardU756828 · Camped on Sep 6, 2024 at Campsite #44

Unfortunately no potable water. Although not your fault, dry conditions prevented campfire. As is often the case, camposites were available at the site that had not been available at time of online booking. Very polite and helpful campground hosts.

@AndreaS6053955 · Camped on Aug 11, 2024 at Campsite #37

The campground was beautiful as always the hosts were great. We enjoyed hiking and chilling at the lake.

@ErikaD3577870 · Camped on Aug 9, 2024 at Campsite #3

This little campground is a gem that I continue to return to year after year! Great camp hosts who helped keep the bears away. Please help keep this beautiful little campground clean and keep bears wild by using the locking bear boxes for your food and toiletries, and taking your trash to the locking dumpsters.

@KristinI68E8EF · Camped on Aug 9, 2024 at Campsite #30

Beautiful campground, but #30 is not good for a trailer. Narrow driveway is very sloped and requires expert backing up skills. If your door is on the passenger side you step out into the neighbor's site. Great site for tents. Cabover trucks could work, bring all your heavy duty leveling blocks, lynx blocks won't cut it.

@AlexR3373838 · Camped on Aug 8, 2024 at Campsite #45

I have been coming here for over 20 years, I have seen a few changes, This time the bathrooms were little dirty and no toilet paper. Also the dumpster where full by Saturday night, and I wasnt able to throw my trash in the dumpster do to this situation

@PatriciaC59210 · Camped on Aug 6, 2024 at Campsite #5

loved this campground and look forward to booking again

@RandiHCDDDF9CB · Camped on Aug 2, 2024 at Campsite #30

We had a really nice time at this Wild Plum! We stayed in site # 30, which was a quiet site, not too close and not too far from the toilets and dumpsters, and also set away from the creek. It had a bear locker, picnic table, fire ring, and three different places you might consider putting a tent. The only downside of this particular spot was the lack of shade in the very middle of the day. The campground had a good number of water spigots if you need them, but bring your own drinking water. We loved the convenience of a nice scenic trail loop connecting to the campground. The camp host was very nice, and the campground was well-tended.

@HannahC9644971 · Camped on Jul 27, 2024 at Campsite #5

Love Wild Plum. Have camped here for many, many years.Bears were a huge problem this year. They are way too acclimated to humans.Dumpsters and campsites were raided in the day time as well as nightly. Bears have broken/figured out how to open the dumpsters.So - please replace dumpsters IMMEDIATELY. Garbage strewn around the dumpsters was a big mess and attractive to many creatures.Also - I noticed there is a new type of bear box available at one or two sites.Please install in all campsites in ADDITION TO existing bear boxes. One bear box is not big enough to fit food & multiple ice chests that most families bring camping.

@PatrickW387339 · Camped on Jul 25, 2024 at Campsite #15

Active bears, and rattlesnakes.

@JenaMB99629D05 · Camped on Jul 21, 2024 at Campsite #32

We do like the setting, but there was an aggressive bear that wandered the camp day and night eating peoples food and scaring the kids. The sites have bear bases but the bear can open them so all of our food was eaten in the middle of the day on our first day! We drove to Truckee to get new food ( local grocery stores dont have fresh food) then we had to watch our camp all day and chase off the bear whenever it came to eat our new groceries. The camp host was nice and let us use a bear box in a different site with a different style bear box that is harder to open, but then we had an awkward exchange with the people who showed up to camp in that spot and were shocked to find our food in their box. We then had to go to multiple sites and ask to put some of our food in other peoples bear boxes. It was very uncomfortable but we didnt have a choice. Also the bear opened the dumpsters each night and spread garbage all over the campground. I used to love seeing bears, but this bear was scary because it would walk right up on you in the middle of the day. I was worried that it might hurt my kids or my small dog so we were on edge the entire trip.

@JoanZE943E8A47 · Camped on Jul 14, 2024 at Campsite #34

As a seasoned camper of 59 years at this campground (and mostly in the same camp site), it is the best place to camp (although we do not advertise this often...to keep it available for all of us who know this secret)! This year the camp hosts, Terry and Suzanne, were exceptional from the first greeting. They informed us about the bear activity and were very helpful every time that we had a question. They even helped out when I had a flat tire in the campground:). The bathrooms were kept very clean and they were constantly watching to make sure that people did not leave unattended campfires.Camping on the Haypress is a must as it is not only beautiful, it sings you to sleep each night (and deadens any noise from neighbors...or the bears this year - LOL)

@MichelleB91734 · Camped on Jun 14, 2024 at Campsite #30

The description is deceiving. Reserved a spot for a 20 ft trailer, but there was no place to park our car. The spot was a single spot only, this was not in the description. Tempted to park n the spot next to us but it was reserved...and never showed. Only a few spots are big enough for a camper and car, be careful with the description.... 20 feet means exactly 20 feet. Also, the bathrooms could have been better. Although cleaned every day, there were a few times where the TP ran out AND there was a group of 20 people with like 6 cars at the end of the loop. They parked in the street and we had to back up a 20 ft trailer and try to turn around. The camp host and campers did NOTHING. Not cool. Outside of this, we had a lovely site and the location is peaceful

@RobinIC10A6A8F · Camped on Oct 6, 2023 at Campsite #7

Beautiful burbling creek and lots of pine trees and shade. Each site has a fire pit and picnic table and bear box to lock your food in. Weve been to Wild Plum a handful of times before. Theres always been a campground host before. Maybe thats just in the summer. Most recently we were up for Sierra City Oktoberfest and everything was clean and nice but there was no firewood for sale and even the general store was out so they sent us to a guy at the library who was out but led us in a caravan to the outskirts of town to get some. So that was nice of the guy but I wish there was firewood at the campground. And beware there is no electricity at the campground so you wont be able to inflate your plug in air bed Check out Salmon Lake in the Summer yo swim to a rocky island and jump into clear blue waters. One of my favorite regions of California

@RandyS7957196 · Camped on Sep 18, 2023 at Campsite #17

Nice campground, especially if youre a tent camper. We have a 26 trailer and reserved space 17 online because it was long enough to get the trailer in. It was. But it was also on a fairly steep slope so we had to find another spot. Thankfully we were there mid week so the upper loops were almost empty. Got a workable spot and enjoyed our time. Park rangers need to get better dumpsters though. A bear came every morning and tipped them over to release the lids. Smart bear.

@MichaelR189137 · Camped on Sep 16, 2023 at Campsite #13

Drove 2.5 hours to get away for the night only to find out that someone already setup camp in our reserved spot. Talked to other campers and about 5 others had to move from their reserved spot as well because people were moving the reserved signs around. Tired to find a camp host but was told they dont work on the weekends. We had to drive another 2.5 hours back home because of no other sites available. Its been over a week and still havent heard anything back from the facility when I called them. Never going back to this site again. Save your money.

@JeffreyR327920 · Camped on Sep 9, 2023 at Campsite #27

We had nearly the entire campground to ourselves and at night, all we heard was the rushing stream nearby. It was perfect. My only negative thought would be the bathrooms. The smell is just too much...

@MeganO5BE15727 · Camped on Aug 31, 2023 at Campsite #28

Site 28. Overall amazing location. Beautiful hiking nearby and the place felt clean and safe. I will say we had a lot of rain the two days we stayed overnight and many parts of our campsite flooded. Not ideal for tent camping with the standing puddles but overall we had a great experience.

@JaniceA3913267 · Camped on Aug 27, 2023 at Campsite #37

Hike to the Sierra Buttes Lookout - spectacular view from the top!

@DeanTD74F6DE0F · Camped on Aug 16, 2023 at Campsite #6

Great campsites on the creek. Close to Gold Lake Hwybwith tons of hiking.

@maritzaG5A573C · Camped on Aug 15, 2023 at Campsite #1

This is one of the best campsites ever! We have been coming here for the last 20 years and have never been able to find anything better.

@kristab6231872 · Camped on Aug 14, 2023 at Campsite #28

Great little campsite near the river. Loved it!

@RichardB341941 · Camped on Aug 10, 2023 at Campsite #3

The best camp ground around awesome sites with the creek next to it. I will always camp once a year here

@DanH6147433 · Camped on Aug 7, 2023 at Campsite #14

Small & Quiet

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