Sugar Pine Point Campground
Recreation Opportunity Guides (ROG) - These guides contains information, maps, and directions to assist you in enjoying your trip to the Eldorado National Forest.
Please do not leave any food unattended and use the bearproof garbage bins for waste.
General Information
- CAUTION: There are bears in the area. Please keep all foods, soaps, and garbage properly stored in bear boxes.
- Check ahead. Campfires may not be allowed during fire restrictions.
- Please check with the campground attendant or entrance board before setting up your camp.
June - September
Check in: 2:00 p.m.; Check-out: 1:00 p.m.
Interagency Senior and Access passes are accepted for single family units. Give your Interagency pass number when making a reservation.
- Check out time is 1:00 p.m.
- Camping Fires: Please use the grill or fire ring provided. Make sure your fire is dead out before leaving, using only water, not soil. Use only dead and down wood for your campfires.
- Maximum Stay Limit: 14 days per district per year.
- Vehicles with an Off‐Highway Vehicle license “green or red sticker” are not legal on campground roads. These vehicles must be trailered to staging areas and authorized routes.
- $30/single
- $60/double
- $5/extra vehicle fee
Site Information:
- Number of Sites = 8
- Double Site # = 7, 8
- Tent Site # = All
- Keep family pets on a leash at all times.
- Please cleanup after your pet.
Address: 26820 Silver Drive Pioneer, CA 95667
Phone: (209) 259-3774
Hours: 8 AM until 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday (Closed on federal holidays)
Getting There
Latitude / Longitude
Latitude: 38.547154
Longitude: -120.240428
Elevation
6,000 feet
Directions
40 miles east of Jackson, 2.5 miles south of Highway 88 via the Bear River Road, and 3 miles east on Forest Road 8N20.
Parking
- Single units are limited to 2 vehicle and 6 people per site.
- Double units are limited to 4 vehicles and 12 people.
- An extra vehicle is allowed for a fee if the parking spur will accommodate it.
- Vehicle = Any equipment that is required to be licensed/registered. Includes RVs, trailers, cars/ trucks, boat/car trailer, motorcycle/ATV, etc. Vehicles parked in a truck or on a trailer are not counted separately.
Facility and Amenity Information
Restrooms
Restrooms are available at this site.
Water
Potable water is not available at this site.
- There is no piped water available at the campground. Bring water. Lake water is available close by but should be boiled or filtered before using. Water quality testing is not performed on open water sources.
Picnic Tables
Picnic tables are available at this site.
Horse/Pack Animal Information
Horse/Pack animals are not allowed at this site.
Other Amenities
Within 5 Miles
- Bear River Resort: restaurant, store, boat launch, boat rentals, fishing licenses, dump station, showers.
- Emergency phone at Bear River Resort and Pardoes Point.
On -Site
- Campground Host = Yes
- Boat ramp/boarding dock = No
- Showers = Bear River Resort (fee)
- Restroom Type = Vault
- Dump Station = No
- Garbage Disposal = Yes
- Bear boxes = No
- Fire Rings = Yes
- Grills = No
- Picnic area = No
- Group site(s) = No
- Hookups = No
