Silver Fork Campground
Recreation Opportunity Guides (ROG) - These guides contains information, maps, and directions to assist you in enjoying your trip to the Eldorado National Forest.
Reservations
General Information
- CAUTION: There are bears in the area. Please keep all foods, soaps, and garbage properly stored in bear boxes.
- Please check with the campground attendant or entrance board before setting up your camp.
Memorial Weekend to Labor Day
Check in time is 2:00 p.m. Check out time is 1:00 p.m.
- 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.
Interagency Senior and Access passes are accepted for single family units.
- $36/single
- $72/double
Site Information:
- Number of Sites = 35
- Double Site # = 10, 11, 18, 23
- Tent Site # = 2‐4, 19, 25, 27, 31, 33
- Tent, Trailer, or R.V. Site # = 1, 5‐9, 12‐16, 20‐22, 24, 26, 28‐30, 32, 34, 35
- Keep family pets on a leash at all times.
- Please cleanup after your pet.
Address: 4260 Eight Mile Road Camino, CA 95709
Phone: (530) 644-2324
Hours: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM 7 days a week, including Juneteenth and July 4th (Summer hours); 8:00 AM until 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday (Winter hours) (Closed on federal holidays)
Getting There
Latitude / Longitude
Latitude: 38.69861
Longitude: -120.20767
Elevation
5,600 feet
Directions
32.5 miles east of Placerville on Highway 50, 8 miles south of Kyburz on Silver Fork Road.
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
Vault toilet(s)Water
Potable water is available at this site.
- Water system tested monthly during use season.
- RV filling from piped water sources in campgrounds and day use areas is NOT permitted.
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:
- Hiking in Caples Creek area
- Equestrian Trailhead and camping area
On -Site
- Campground Host = Yes
- Boat ramp/boarding dock = No
- Showers = No
- Restroom Type = Vault
- Dump Station = Yes
- Garbage Disposal = Yes
- Bear boxes = Yes
- Fire Rings = Yes
- Grills = Yes
- Picnic area = No
- Group site(s) = No
- Hookups = No
