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Eldorado National Forest › Amador Ranger District › California
› Amador County
› Pioneer
› South Shore Campground
› Campsite #6
Campsite #6 at South Shore Campground, CA
$36
Campsite #6
| 6 people | |
| 25 ft | Back-In |
| 2 | no signal |
6/29
7/6
Campsite #6 Features: Back-In parking, RV Site, Tent Site, Trailer Site
Campsite Reviews (5)
3.0 out of 5
| 5 star | | 60% |
| 4 star | | 20% |
| 3 star | | 20% |
| 2 star | | 0% |
| 1 star | | 0% |
@KelleyH4C29A97 · Camped on Jul 22, 2024 at Campsite #6
This campground is built on a fairly steep hillside so the parking areas are fairly small and right off the road, but many of the campsite areas are below the road and some even have stairs leading down to them. The parking is also unpaved, uneven and unlevel (if traveling in a camper, make sure you have levelers!). If you're driving a small RV or camper van, be aware that there are many low overhanging branches that you will hit on the campground road. This road also currently has several very big, deep potholes that are difficult to avoid on the narrow road. Campsite areas vary in size because of the hillside from quite small (like 6 which only has room for the existing picnic table and maybe two tents) to bigger ones further up the hill. Despite being on a hillside, the area is heavily forested so there is no view of the lake except some filtered view through the trees. Unfortunately, there is no easy access to the lake from this campground even though the lake is right across the road because the shoreline is made of large boulders or has brush and is heavily treed and after seeing a large rattlesnake cruise through our campsite in the afternoon (and several more snake tracks through the powder dirt seen while on my bike ride), I was reluctant to walk through any brush. Lake access can be from the Pardoes Point Campground boat ramp (about a mile away) or driving back over the dam and parking by the resort (a mile in the other direction). There is ZERO cell service. There were no signs of bears and not even any bear boxes provided for the sites or bear proof dumpsters. Trash was overflowing at the dumpsters from the weekend, but despite not getting picked up until Tuesday morning, it was undisturbed by bears. Overall, it was a nice campground, beautiful area, the vault toilets were reasonably clean, but not a place that I would stay more than a couple days.
@MarleneJ59A6AA · Camped on Jun 25, 2024 at Campsite #6
Great camping grounds. Completely shaded Picnic table and fire pit available. Bathrooms were super clean.Definitely booking again
@MichelleC42331 · Camped on Jul 21, 2023 at Campsite #6
Nice campsite, easy to get to, campsites were somewhat close together. Close to a resort across the lake that had billiards and beach access. My reservation was for campsite 6, which was one of the closest to the main road so it got some car noise throughout the day. Vault toilets were clean enough.
@LonT331 · Camped on Jul 11, 2021 at Campsite #6
Camp hosts were very friendly and informative. Camp ground was clean, bathrooms were immaculate.
@LonT7830305 · Camped on Jul 11, 2021 at Campsite #6
Camp hosts were very friendly and informative. Camp ground was clean, bathrooms were immaculate.
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