Bear River Campground, Northern Sierra Nevada, California     Custom Search   AMENITIES: Campfires are allowed Restrooms Picnic and Barbecue area is available Located at an elevation of 6,000 feet. When you stay at Bear River Campground you can enjoy hiking, swimming, tubing (in the summer time), and fishing. You may be lucky and see wild animals here (though very rare because they are very shy). The wildlife here includes deer, raccoons, foxes and porcupine. Is it ok to gold pan on bear river by the camp sites?  Says Ron Morrison On a delightful day you can have a delightful picnic at the picnic area. You are allowed to have a campfire at this campground. California is a wonderful spot for campers. Bear River       Campground is a campground pretty frequently visited by folks in Colfax. A number of folks camp here when they come to visit Empire Mine State Park. As expected there are restrooms here. There's such a vast number of things to   do next to Bear River Campground, and when you're here you're always having a wonderful time. There's a heap of outdoors recreation available in the vicinity such as playing golf, hiking, whitewater paddling, fishing, and swimming, so probably you want to stick around for a while. So many local attractions and the nice variety of outdoors recreation will make you glad you came. Bear River Campground is situated in the Northern Sierra Nevada. The personnel of this wonderful campground and the splendid quality of everything here have folks coming here. Ok, it's time you went on a camping trip, don't you think? Bear River Campground in California is a wonderful spot to go. The type   II-V Highway 174 Bridge to Lake Combie sector of Bear River is 11 miles long. Don't go whitewater boating on this section of Bear River unless you believe your whitewater boating capabilities are very splendid.   Sierra Sun Cloud Inn, Colfax 3 miles away    Stagecoach Motel, Grass Valley 8 miles away    Gold Miners Inn, An Ascend Hotel Collection Member, Grass Valley 9 miles away    Best Western Gold Country Inn, Grass Valley 9 miles away Other campgrounds near Bear River Campground, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:    Orchard Springs Resort, Colfax, 3 miles away    Long Ravine Campground, Placer County, 5 miles away    Auburn State Recreation Area - Mineral Bar/Iowa Hill Bridge, Colfax, 5 miles away    Ponderosa Rv Resort, Auburn, 5 miles away    Greenhorn Campground, Grass Valley, 5 miles away    Rollins Lake Resort, Colfax, 6 miles away    Peninsula Camping and Boating Resort, Grass Valley, 6 miles away    Holiday Adventure Resorts, Colfax, 6 miles away    Auburn State Recreation Area - Upper Clementine Access, Applegate, 6 miles away    Auburn State Recreation Area - Upper Clementine Access, Weimar, 6 miles away Paddling Rivers Near Bear River Campground, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:    Bear River, Nevada / Placer County, 4 miles away       Class II-V - 11 miles long (Highway 174 Bridge to Lake Combie)    American River - North Fork, Placer County, 4 miles away       Class IV-V - 4.8 miles long (Colfax-Iowa Hill Road to Colfax-Foresthill Road Bridge)    American River - North Fork, Placer County, 7 miles away       Class II-III - 5 miles long (Colfax-Foresthill Road Bridge to Ponderosa Way Bridge)    American River - Middle Fork, Placer / El Dorado County, 8 miles away       Class I(II) - 7.1 miles long (former Greenwood Bridge to Mammoth Bar)    American River - North Fork, Placer County, 9 miles away       Class II - 3 miles long (Confluence with Middle Fork to Folsom Lake) Public Lands near Bear River Campground, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:    Empire Mine State Park, California, 8 miles away    Auburn State Park, California, 10 miles away    Marshall Gold Discovery State Park, California, 16 miles away    Malakoff Diggins State Park, California, 17 miles away    Folsom Lake State Park, California, 19 miles away Trails near Bear River Campground, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:    South Yuba Trail, Nevada County, 14 miles away       2.3 hiking miles, 929 feet elevation difference    Green Valley Trail, Placer County, 15 miles away       2.8 hiking miles, 2371 feet elevation difference    Humbug Trail, Nevada County, 15 miles away        4 hiking miles, 1041 feet elevation difference    Euchre Bar Trail, Placer County, 18 miles away       3.3 hiking miles, 1947 feet elevation difference    American Eagle Trail, Placer County, 20 miles away        1.8 hiking miles, 190 feet elevation difference Beaches Near Bear River Campground, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:    Pine Island Beach, Nevada County, 17 miles away Golf Courses Near Bear River Campground, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:    Darkhorse Golf Club, Auburn, 5 miles away    Lake Of The Pines, Auburn, 5 miles away    Winchester County Club, Meadow Vista, 6 miles away    Raspberry Hill Public Golf, Auburn, 8 miles away    Black Oak Golf Course, Auburn, 8 miles away Lakes Near Bear River Campground, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:    Lake Combie, Placer County, 6 miles away    Lake Theodore, Placer County, 6 miles away    Halsey Forebay, Placer County, 6 miles away    Herring Reservoir, Nevada County, 9 miles away    Lake Vera, Nevada County, 12 miles away Current weather conditions and forecast for Bear River Campground, Northern Sierra Nevada, California Local climate location: NEVADA CITY 4 miles away Outdoors Recreation Near Truckee-Grass Valley, California Outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Truckee-Grass Valley, California, the metro area neareast to Bear River Campground. 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