Big Meadows Campground
Big Meadows Campground Recreation Opportunity Guide (ROG) - This guide contains information, maps, and directions to assist you in enjoying your trip to the Eldorado National Forest.
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.
June - October
The campground is generally open between May 15th and November 1st. These dates are affected by snowfall.
- Do not feed the animals.
- Please use the fire ring provided.
- Please keep family pets on a leash at all times.
- Use only dead and down wood for your campfires.
- Please use the stove or fire ring provided and make sure your fire is dead out before leaving. Use only water, not soil.
- Check out time is 1:00 p.m.
- Maximum Stay Limit: 14 days per district per year.
Interagency Senior and Access passes are accepted for single family units.
- $10/ single site
- $20/ double site.
Site Information:
- Number of Sites = 53
- Double Site # = 39
- Tent Site # = 15, 21, 25, 51, 53
- Tent, Trailer, or R.V. Site # = 1‐14, 16, 18‐20, 22‐24, 2649, 50, 52, 54
Address: 7600 Wentworth Springs Rd Georgetown, CA 95634
Phone: (530) 333-4312 / Rock Creek Trail Status: (530) 334-6477
Hours: 10 AM until 4 PM, Tuesday through Friday (Closed on federal holidays)
Getting There
Latitude / Longitude
Latitude: 39.074505
Longitude: -120.427383
Elevation
5,300 feet
Directions
Location: 22 miles east of Georgetown on Wentworth Springs Road and 27 miles northeast on Forest Highway 2.
Parking
- Parking is allowed only in designated camping spurs and parking areas.
- Single units are limited to 2 vehicle and 6 people per site.
- Double units are 4 vehicles and 12 people.
- An additional fee will be charged for extra vehicles 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
Vault toilet(s)Water
Potable water is available at this site.
- Water system tested monthly during use season.
Picnic Tables
Picnic tables are available at this site.
Horse/Pack Animal Information
Horse/Pack animals are not allowed at this site.
Other Amenities
Boat launch available at Hell Hole and French Meadows Reservoirs.
On -Site
- Campground Host = Usually
- Boat ramp/boarding dock = No
- Showers = No
- Restroom Type = Vault
- Dump Station = No
- Garbage Disposal = Yes
- Bear boxes = Yes
- Fire Rings = Yes
- Grills = No
- Picnic area = No
- Group site(s) = No
- Hook-ups = No
