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Campfire Restrictions in Effect on National Forests

Recreation Information

We continue to recommend that you recreate locally. All visitors should practice self-sufficiency during your visits to national forests. Recreating responsibly will help ensure that expanded access to recreational facilities, services, and opportunities continues.

For the Please Do Your Part poster in other languages go here.

Please see below for the current updates:

FIRE RESTRICTIONS ARE IN EFFECT

No campfires are allowed outside of developed campgrounds. Even in developed campgrounds, if there is not a campground host, campfires are prohibited. The list of developed campgrounds & other developed sites that are exempt from fire restrictions can be found here. The restrictions apply to wood and charcoal fires. Gas stoves, gas lanterns, and gas fire pits are allowed with a California Campfire Permit.

MOKELUMNE WILDERNESS PERMITS

Obtaining wilderness permits has changed due to Covid 19. Check out the new procedures on the Permit page.

CAMPGROUNDS & OTHER FACILITIES

Check out the Campground Status page to determine if your destination is open yet. We will continue to phase in opening of facilities and services as federal, state and county policies and facility preparations allow.

**Most family campgrounds, day use sites, trailheads, staging areas and boatramps are open.**

Group camps and rental cabins will not be open this season.
Reservations: The concessionaire (REPM) posted a closure in the Reservation System (not a cancellation) for the campgrounds they manage that are still closed. This gives the visitors that had reservations the option to 1) cancel and receive a refund; or 2) hold their reservation to see if it's going to be open. A closure will not allow new reservations to be made but it does save the existing ones. When REPM is given authorization to “reopen” the campground and remove the closure on recreation.gov, existing reservations are still valid and those visitors will get an email from recreation.gov letting them know about the change in status. New reservations can also be made. If the campground does not reopen by the date of the existing reservation, then that reservation will be cancelled and refunded.

Automated Fee Stations: New technology is helping to improve recreation operations, allowing visitors to pay fees with credit / debit cards which also reduces the risk of COVID-19 exposure with cash. Visitors will see new automated fee stations at the following locations:

Pyramid Creek TH, Pipi CG/Day Use, Pardoes Point CG/Day Use, Sunset CG, Icehouse CG/Day Use, Wench Creek CG, Yellowjacket CG, Loon Lake CG/Day Use

Know Before You Go

OFFICES - Our virtual offices are staffed to provide visitor information. The phone #s and hours are on the left side of this page.
CHECK CURRENT CONDITIONS/STATUS - Check out our Current Conditions web page for the status of campgrounds, roads, facilities, weather, fire, forest closure orders and other regulations.
CAMPING OUTSIDE OF CAMPGROUNDS (Dispersed Camping)
- "Pick Your Own Spot Camping" Recreation Opportunity Guide (pdf)
- Forest Maps (page link)
- Motor Vehicle Use Map - MVUM (page link). Our free map available for download.
- Forest Publications (page link)

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COVID19 Information and Links

Continuing our service to you while doing our part to address the COVID-19 Pandemic is very important. This page contains the links to related documents and websites for the Eldorado NF, federal, state and local governments that pertain to this forest.