Plumas-Eureka State Park CA 96103

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Brian Hovander

This is the best state campground I know of in California. The amenities are fabulous. The only deficiency is the lack of pictures of the campsites for reservation purposes. Because this is not available anywhere (at a quality level) I am posting below pictures of all the campsites. I can only upload 50 at a time so at least some of them can be observed. Note that these pictures were taken around noon (two separate days) to show the available shade for each site. If you have solar cells you might want to snag one in the hot sun. The bear boxes are high up, out in the sun and do not accommodate very tall ice chests. You have to pull the chest out to open the lid to access the inside of the ice chest. The historic gold mining town is great and they play a video on the history of the gold rush if you ask for it. I will also provide a map I corrected and labeled that shows the location of all the campsites. Note that some have a grouped parking area (not good for trailers, etc.). We found a couple of gold nuggets in the streams while there the last time. One was about an ounce or so. The mountain there is loaded with gold. A docent said that if they were to mine that mountain with modern gold-mining techniques the worldwide price of gold would collapse to $250 an ounce. Oh, just kidding about the gold nuggets (we DID NOT find) but I did learn or read that one camper did look down from the bridge and spotted a gold nugget that weighed in at an ounce. That would definitely make it worthwhile camping in this gold-infested area.

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angela sandhu

Gorgeous State park. Lots to do and explore. We spent the entire day here!

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David Friedlander-Holm

So much great to see! Campground was relaxing and amazing (the flush toilets were clean, the showers worked tho show up early afternoon to not get a bbrrrr cold one!) Hikes in the area and park are top notch! We’ll be back!