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Tahoe National Forest › American River Ranger District › California
› Placer County
› Foresthill
› Shirttail Creek Campground
› Campsite #22
Campsite #22 at Shirttail Creek Campground, CA
$48
Campsite #22
| Drive-In | 12 people |
| 50 ft | Pull-through |
| 4 | no signal |
5/29
6/4
Campsite #22 Features: Drive-In access, Pull-through parking, 50ft driveway, RV Site, Tent Site, Trailer Site, Pets Allowed
Campsite Reviews (4)
4.0 out of 5
| 5 star | | 25% |
| 4 star | | 50% |
| 3 star | | 0% |
| 2 star | | 0% |
| 1 star | | 25% |
@KimberlyH57940 · Camped on Jun 27, 2024 at Campsite #22
Despite being a double site, please note that there is only ONE bear locker available. This severely limited us on our ability to properly secure our food(Site 25 which is a triple site has 2 bear lockers).I booked this site along with site # 20 and they make a fantastic large group site! Site #22 has a nice large gathering area but it is in full sun for most of the day so we used this area for the campfire in the evenings and spent the days in site #20 which has a nice amount of shade throughout the day.If you choose to book this site without booking # 20 I would warn that you will feel close to the other group.We were able to fit a 32' trailer, Truck and a large SUV on the parking strip, we could have fit an additional vehicle if we needed to as well. Since this site is a pull thru it was very easy to get in and out of. The site wasn't too unlevel, we needed to bring the passenger side of the trailer up about 3 inches to level it on the parking area.We spent a lot of time down by the lake but due to the location of the site we decided it was best to drive to the lake parking lot to bring our things down to the shore area, we then returned the vehicles to the campsite (the parking lot requires an additional fee) and walked back down. Waking down to the shore while carrying everything would have been difficult, the walk back up was at a definite incline so not an enjoyable walk when carrying anything.There are 2 large picnic tables but they are placed in an L formation too close to the fire pit in my opinion. no one wants to sit on an uncomfortable bench as opposed to a comfy camp chair. due to the location about 1/2 of the area around the fire pit was difficult to place chairs around unless you wanted to be very close to the fire.
@nacisab5615476 · Camped on Sep 4, 2023 at Campsite #22
Campsite 22 is a double site. We were a group of 9 and it fit 5 tents comfortably (2 large family size, 2 medium, 1 small), and could have still fit another 2 tents. The sight had 2 picnic tables, 2 grills, and 1 fire pit. The bathroom was a close walk (under a minute) but not in view from the site. There was 2 water stations near, 1 being at the bathroom. All the bathrooms were very clean and maintained. The lake was less than a 5 minute walk from the campsite and there were multiple bathrooms on the way. We enjoyed a few hours at the lake each day. It was very clean and pretty. Bring water shoes as its mostly rocks underneath. Everyone played in the water. We had floaties and tossed a football. Fortunately none of us got stung by the occasional wasp that came around every time we cooked but we did get bit a lot by the mosquitoes even though we wore repellent. We brought a netted canopy we put right over the picnic table and ate inside of it. This site had a good portion of shade with the sun draping in through the tall trees. We were able to enjoy most of the day without having to worry about sunscreen unless we went down to the water. Campsites are close together but we stayed during the week days following Labor Day weekend and only had a couple other campers who were not in view. Had we stayed during the weekend there definitely would had been people at the site right next to us very close in view and no doubt could hear everything. For that reason I would definitely not stay at this campground during a busy holiday weekend like Labor Day. Between the 9 of us we had 4 different cell providers and none of got service at all, not even walking around or at the lake. It was very nice to spend time with no one on their phones. It was an amazing family camping trip and we will definitely go back and book site 22 again.
@JOHNL751 · Camped on Sep 27, 2020 at Campsite #22
We didn't know that there was a sell-off of the water in the reservoir before we got there. You could barely see the water from the shirt tail camp. The bathroom(?) were almost to the maximum capacity. The camp host said that they were under staffed.
@AndrewC179 · Camped on Jul 17, 2020 at Campsite #22
Overall I would recommend this site!
The Good
- The walk down to the water was easy and close.
- The trails were clean and easy to walk
- The place was beautiful!
- There was running water near the campsites
- The camp site was clean and staff was very friendly
- The bathrooms were clean
The Bad
- There was no AT&T service
- There were so many bugs, everyone left with bug bits even after we sprayed ourselves with bug repellent.
- The bathroom seats were large enough children could fall in.
The Good
- The walk down to the water was easy and close.
- The trails were clean and easy to walk
- The place was beautiful!
- There was running water near the campsites
- The camp site was clean and staff was very friendly
- The bathrooms were clean
The Bad
- There was no AT&T service
- There were so many bugs, everyone left with bug bits even after we sprayed ourselves with bug repellent.
- The bathroom seats were large enough children could fall in.
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