Campsite #11 at Fir Top Campground, CA

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Campsite #11

5 reviews
6 people
40 ft Back-In
2 no signal
11
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Campsite #11 Features: Back-In parking, Fire ring, Picnic Table, RV Site, Tent Site, Trailer Site, Pets Allowed

Campsite Reviews (5)

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@JoseLM1E538FCB · Camped on Aug 18, 2023 at Campsite #11
The campsite was nice. This site is the only one with a flushing toilet from what I saw. The lake is not too far. The lake was beautiful. There is plenty of shade, but Id recommend a canopy for a nice nap. It got very cold. Take thermal cloths to put under your PJs. All in all it was a great spot. The Road is not bad. I took 80 from Sacramento to truckee. I got on hwy 89 in truckee, then a left onto Jackson meadows Road that turned into Dog Valley Rd. I took a left on GraniteValley Rd, a rocky dirt road. It was the only rough patch my entire trip and its not very long of a drive either. Maintained nicely. I drove a Subaru Crosstrek for reference. No problems.
@KennethC866 · Camped on Jul 26, 2021 at Campsite #11
Clean campground,restrooms,feel this is the best campground at jackson meadows
@KennethC181016 · Camped on Jul 26, 2021 at Campsite #11
Clean campground,restrooms,feel this is the best campground at jackson meadows
@RileeN7176559 · Camped on Jul 5, 2021 at Campsite #11
TO ANYONE WHO IS THINKING OF THIS AREA WHO DOESN'T HAVE A HIGH CLEARANCE/ ALL WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE: be extremely cautious with how you are directed to the reservoir. We made the mistake of following the GPS from the San Francisco Bay Area and ended up on a really rough road (Bowman Road). This road is fatal for any car that’s not made for off roading, as we sadly figured out. We weren’t given any other direction on how to get to the campsite other than bowman road, and only after looking at the very bottom of this listing after having to turn around and come home did I see that it said not to follow the GPS. It needs to be clearer to ONLY take the road listed and to to clearly explain that bowman road up to the lake is only for off road capable vehicles. We weren’t even able to make it to the camp site as we had to turn around and limp our car back to the freeway where we found about 2000$ in damage. The road is full of large rocks, and massive dips that are impossible to get around due to the narrowness of the road and the 500 foot drop straight down on one side.

We’re extremely frustrated and disappointed as we had both checked in to how to get to the location many times before finding instructions on some blog post three pages into a google search.

****Please put a notice to all drivers to only take the way specified in the listing, so no one else goes through what we through. On top of it, we weren’t able to get any of our money back because of all the cancellation fees charged for the site. Really really upset, but hoping this will at least help someone else not do what we did.

Updated to add that the proper directions are not even available for mobile devices, only on the desktop site,
@RileeN870 · Camped on Jul 5, 2021 at Campsite #11
TO ANYONE WHO IS THINKING OF THIS AREA WHO DOESN'T HAVE A HIGH CLEARANCE/ ALL WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE: be extremely cautious with how you are directed to the reservoir. We made the mistake of following the GPS from the San Francisco Bay Area and ended up on a really rough road (Bowman Road). This road is fatal for any car that’s not made for off roading, as we sadly figured out. We weren’t given any other direction on how to get to the campsite other than bowman road, and only after looking at the very bottom of this listing after having to turn around and come home did I see that it said not to follow the GPS. It needs to be clearer to ONLY take the road listed and to to clearly explain that bowman road up to the lake is only for off road capable vehicles. We weren’t even able to make it to the camp site as we had to turn around and limp our car back to the freeway where we found about 2000$ in damage. The road is full of large rocks, and massive dips that are impossible to get around due to the narrowness of the road and the 500 foot drop straight down on one side.

We’re extremely frustrated and disappointed as we had both checked in to how to get to the location many times before finding instructions on some blog post three pages into a google search.

****Please put a notice to all drivers to only take the way specified in the listing, so no one else goes through what we through. On top of it, we weren’t able to get any of our money back because of all the cancellation fees charged for the site. Really really upset, but hoping this will at least help someone else not do what we did.

Updated to add that the proper directions are not even available for mobile devices, only on the desktop site,

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