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Forest Publications
Discover the wealth of recreation opportunities on the Eldorado. These guides contain information, maps, and directions to assist you in enjoying your trip to the Eldorado National Forest. Download one or more of these guides. You will need Acrobat Reader to view these documents. (PDF format)
Forest Visitor Guide (pdf)
Recreation Opportunity Guides (ROG)
Developed Recreation
Rentals
- Sly Guard Cabin
- Harvey West Cabin
- Loon Lake Chalet
- Robbs Hut
- Robbs Trail Map latlong/utm - (401kb)
- Van Vleck Bunkhouse
- Van Vleck Trail Map latlong - (634kb)
- Van Vleck Trail Map utm - (632kb)
Natural History
Recreation and Forest Programs
- Using Firearms
- Forest Rules
- Pick Your Own Spot Camping
- Christmas Tree Permit
- Crystal Collecting
- Recreational Panning and Dredging
- Volunteering
- Woodcutting (Fuelwood)
- Nursery
- Lookouts
Desolation Wilderness
- General Desolation Wilderness Information with zone map
- Rules and Regulations
- Zone Quota Map
- Zone Quota List
Mokelumne Wilderness
Motorized Use
Trails
- Hiking, Biking, Equestrian Trails
- Ice House / Union Valley Bike Trails and Campgrounds
- Fleming Meadow Trail System
- Pacific Crest Trail
Winter - Ski and Snowshoe
- Winter Recreation Opportunity Guide
- Amador District Trails
- Echo Lake Johnson Pass
- Echo Summit
- Loon Lake Winter Recreation Area
- Strawberry Canyon Area
- Echo to Kirkwood Ski Trail
- Silver Bear Snowmobile System (see Motorized above)
Campground Information and Layout Maps
- Airport Flat
- Bear River Group
- Big Meadows
- Big Silver Group
- Black Oak Group
- Blue Lakes (text only)
- Caples Lake
- Capps Crossing
- China Flat
- Dru Barner
- Fashoda Tent
- Gerle Creek
- Hell Hole
- Hell Hole -- Upper
- Ice House
- Jones Fork
- Kirkwood
- Loon Lake
- Loon Lake Boatramp
- Loon Lake Groups
- Lovers Leap
- Middle Fork Cosumnes
- Middle Meadows Group
- Mokelumne
- Moore Creek
- Northshore
- Northwind
- Pardoes Point
- PiPi
- Ponderosa Cove
- Pleasant
- Red Fir Group
- Sand Flat
- Silver Creek
- Silver Fork
- Silver Lake (east)
- South Fork Group
- South Shore
- Strawberry Point
- Stumpy Meadows
- Sugar Pine Point
- Sunset
- Wench Creek
- Wench Creek Groups
- Wentworth Springs
- Westpoint
- White Azalea
- Wolf Creek
- Wolf Creek Groups
- Woods Lake
- Wrights Lake
- Wrights Lake Equestrian
- Yellowjacket