Yellowjacket - Eldorado National Forest, Northern Sierra Nevada, California

  Scores of people choose this campground when they come to explore Marshall Gold Discovery State Park. We all ought to go for a weekend of camping from time to time; Yellowjacket in California is the outdoors at its most excellent. Now, you may believe that's a heap but there's even more fun stuff to do here in the Northern Sierra Nevada. A spree to Folsom Lake State Park when you're here at Yellowjacket is a tremendous idea, and American River - South Fork has a wonderful whitewater paddling spot nearby.
From a precipitation point of view Yellowjacket
    is a rather normal spot; the month of January is the wettest with most of the rain; July is the month with the least moisture. This camp ground is one of the splendid places to camp here in the Northern Sierra Nevada.
If you're here at Yellowjacket, you could stop by Slate
Creek, and if you're visiting from El Dorado, you won't be the only one. Yellowjacket is a popular spot with people in El Dorado. If you are in California all through camping season, you ought to go camping.
The perfect people who manage this place and a good variety of exciting things are reason enough to come here. Some activities here at Yellowjacket are relaxing, and whitewater paddling, so getting bored is not something that is likely to happen. The great local attractions and such a great variety of outdoors recreation are pleasant reasons to come.
 
This is such a fun place for a campground. A visit to Yellowjacket wouldn’t be complete without a journey to close by Marshall Gold Discovery State Park, and whitewater paddling is splendid on Cosumnes River - Middle Fork.
The warmest time of the year brings highs in the 90's to Yellowjacket. Once the sun is down it descends down to the 60's. High temperatures through the winter are normally in the 50's, and winter nights come with lows in the 30's to Yellowjacket. It's totally impossible to run out of exciting things to do next to Yellowjacket; it's one of those places where everything is perfect.

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Latitude: 38.689398
Longitude: -120.90559

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These outdoors activities are available near Yellowjacket - Eldorado National Forest.
 Camp Grounds Near Yellowjacket - Eldorado National Forest:
Placerville Koa Kampgrounds, Shingle Springs , 1 miles away
D.L. Bliss State Park, El Dorado , 4 miles away
Emerald Bay State Park, El Dorado , 4 miles away
Kirtlan Camp white Meadows, El Dorado , 5 miles away
American River Resort-coloma, Coloma , 6 miles away
Coloma Resort and RV Park, Coloma , 6 miles away
Camp Lotus, Lotus , 6 miles away
 Hotels Near Yellowjacket - Eldorado National Forest:
Quality Inn & Suites Cameron Park, Cameron Park , 5 miles away
Best Western Placerville Inn, Placerville , 5 miles away
Lexington Historic Cary House Hotel, Placerville , 7 miles away
Gold Country Inn, Placerville , 9 miles away
Albert Shafsky House Bed And Breakfast, Placerville , 9 miles away
NATIONAL 9 INN, Placerville , 9 miles away
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites EL DORADO HILLS, El Dorado Hills , 11 miles away
 Ski Areas Near Yellowjacket - Eldorado National Forest:
Royal Gorge, California , 48 miles away, 1600 vertical feet
Soda Springs, California , 50 miles away, 652 vertical feet
Sugar Bowl, California , 52 miles away, 1500 vertical feet
Boreal, California , 52 miles away, 500 vertical feet
Donner Ski Ranch, California , 52 miles away, 750 vertical feet
Alpine Meadows, California , 53 miles away, 1802 vertical feet
Squaw Valley, California , 53 miles away, 2850 vertical feet
Homewood, California , 56 miles away, 1650 vertical feet
Tahoe Donner, California , 57 miles away, 600 vertical feet
Sierra at Tahoe, California , 57 miles away, 2212 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Yellowjacket - Eldorado National Forest:
American River - South Fork, El Dorado County , 5 miles away, Class II-IV - 20.5 miles long (Route 193 to Folsom Lake)
American River - South Fork, El Dorado County , 7 miles away, Class III+ - 15 miles long (Lotus Campground to Folsom Lake)
Cosumnes River - Middle Fork, El Dorado County , 10 miles away, Class IV-V+ - 11 miles long (Outingdale to Highway 49)
Cosumnes River, El Dorado / Amador / Sacramento County , 10 miles away, Class II-V - 20 miles long (Highway 49 to Highway 16)
American River - South Fork, El Dorado County , 13 miles away, Class IV-V - 7 miles long (Slab Creek Dam to White Rock Powerhouse)

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