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  • Eagle Campground
  • Lassen National Forest, Susanville CA
  • very pretty, next campground has wifi, level enough to bike around

  • Sardine Campground
  • Tahoe National Forest, Sierra City CA
  • busy but pretty quiet, very scenic. nature trail. a short hike past the swimming pond to a great sunset over non-swimming Sardine Lake, shining off the Sierra Buttes to the left.

  • Tioga Lake Campground
  • Inyo National Forest, Lee Vining CA
  • Elevation: 9,700 ft The first campground after leaving Yosemite at Tioga Pass. You see the lake pretty much when you leave the park, and the campground is near where the lake level used to be before climate change and the LA Water Authority stole all the water. There is a spectacular view up the valley and some way down the valley. It was full at 5:30 on a September Monday, Most of the sites are paired up, their two parking places together then separate paths to the picnic table and tent area for each. Not the greatest for van living, although the parking spot net to #2 is good.

  • Wildhorse Crossing Campground
  • Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Mountain City NV
  • this was closed for the gov't shutdown, but looked very nice. Across a little bridge over the river on a little point.

  • Angel Lake Campground
  • Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Wells NV
  • very pretty, nestled in the bowl of a lovely alpine lake

  • East Fork Campground
  • San Juan National Forest, Pagosa Springs CO
  • About a mile off the highway. Pretty crowded on Memorial Day weekend, considering there's nothing here. I am here because it's only 11 miles from Pagosa Springs.

  • Twin Peaks Campground
  • San Isabel National Forest, Twin Lakes CO
  • First campground coming off Independence Pass heading south. Real pretty. Still, $19 doesn't get you a lot in Colorado. Checkout time is noon. Elevation 9,620' - yikes!

  • Hopewell Lake Campground
  • Carson National Forest, Las Piedras NM
  • Elevation 9,800' No wonder I'm a huffin and puffin A real gem of a campground, at the edge of a high mountain meadow. Today there is one a-hole running his totally unshielded generator all afternoon. Other than that, a really, nice, almost perfect campground. A google comment says the Continental Divide Trail runs through the campground. Explains those two "Trail" signs.

  • Stough Reservoir Campground meadow
  • Modoc National Forest, Cedarville CA
  • itty bitty reservoir, campground was unexpectedly full with someone's family reunion, so I drove a mile further on up the road and camped in a meadow. Worked out fine.

  • Hat Creek dispersed
  • Lassen National Forest, Old Station CA
  • A mile or so north of Cave Campground is a gravel road (called Wander Lane on the Google map) and a bridge over Hat Creek. If you follow that road you will see a couple of good campsites.

  • McClure Campground
  • Grand Mesa Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, Paonia CO
  • Elevation: 8,200' A nice place to stop early on Saturday afternoon. Most of the sites are in the pines and have good shade. The ones on the edges are in the aspens, so not as shady.

  • Gurnsey Campground
  • Lassen National Forest, Chester CA
  • not too far from the south entrance to Lassen, looked ok.

  • Big Biloxi Campground
  • Desoto National Forest, Gulfport MS
  • Boring but very handy to the Gulfport and the coast. They withheld part of the senior discount!

  • Pigeon Point Campground
  • Trinity National Forest, Junction City CA
  • On a bend in the Trinity River. The main deal here is the heavily used boat ramp, I think the campground was built as an adjunct to it. Just seven sites, a couple of which are really nice. Busy Route 299 is only 30 yards away, so when a truck passes you hear it. Fortunately, the road is not busy after dark. Not quite as torrid as Redding, but still pretty darned hot until the sun goes down.

  • Willow Creek Campground
  • Modoc National Forest, Adin CA
  • Small but very handy campground 50 mile north of Susanville. Very near the road, but the road is not heavily traveled. The stream is very small but pretty

  • Glass Creek Campground
  • Inyo National Forest, Mammoth CA
  • Campground is less than a mile off 395 on a good gravel road. It's free and the campsites are quite spacious.

  • Lake Basin Campground
  • Plumas National Forest, Graeagle CA
  • Buck Hall Recreation Area
  • Francis Marion National Forest, McClellanville SC
  • on the Intracoastal Waterway. The campground fills early with fishermen, but there is overflow camping a little inland, hence the $3!

  • Rocky Rest Campground
  • Tahoe National Forest, Downieville CA
  • on the South Fork of the Yuba River. very crowded in August. There is an excellent, deep pool in the river right here. The river is shallow and kinda boring at the next campground west - Indian Valley. Sites 6,7,8 are the best, right on the bluff overlooking the river. Best sites: 7 and 8 are on the river, 6 is best site and most private yet convenient to the bridge.

  • Las Petacas Campground
  • Carson National Forest, Taos NM
  • Good things about this place are that it's cheap and very close to Taos. Other than that, it's dusty, noisy, cramped and bumpy roads US 64 is way too close, so it's noisy, and after dark the headlights are annoying. It gets quiet later.

  • Sutton Campground
  • Suislaw National Forest, Florence OR
  • Nice clean bathroom, no shower, near 101 but quiet, 20 yards out of the campground you're in the sand dunes