Poppy Campground, Northern Sierra Nevada, California     Custom Search   AMENITIES: Boating Restrooms This is a tremendous site for boating, and as expected it can be hard to get to a primitive campground like this one, but it's worth the effort. There are obviously restrooms at this campground; primitive camping is a fine way to be in close proximity to the fresh air. There is so much entertaining stuff to do in the vicinity of Poppy Campground, and campgrounds like these are good. There's loads of outdoors recreation available close by such as swimming, fishing, whitewater paddling, hiking, and playing golf, so running out of enjoyable things to do won’t happen. The natural prettiness at this primitive campground       is splendid, and this is a primitive campground which unsurprisingly means that there are not too many services. This campground is one of the fine spots to camp here in the Northern Sierra Nevada. At last, the time is right for   camping once more, and Poppy Campground is a good local campground if you happen to be in California. All the good local attractions close by and such a good variety of outdoors recreation are guaranteed to keep you coming back many times. This part of California has a good deal of outdoors activities available. A tremendous 20.3-mile-in-distance whitewater section on Rubicon River is close by. This, the Ellicott Bridge to Ralston Afterbay section, is a class V. You are projected to get wet paddling this section of Rubicon River, so you should be prepared for that. Check current conditions previous to going on the whitewater, otherwise it's not safe and sound. The variation in   elevation is 1,582 feet for a pretty 1.6-mile-in-distance hiking and backpacking trail close by; we are of course chatting about the Parsley Bar Trail.   Worldmark Olympic Village Inn, Olympic Valley 14 miles away    PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn, Olympic Valley 14 miles away    Village At Squaw Valley, Olympic Valley 15 miles away    Donner Lake Village, Truckee 15 miles away Other campgrounds near Poppy Campground, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:    French Meadows - Tahoe National Forest, Nevada City, 1 miles away    Tahoe - Lewis, Norden, 1 miles away    McGuire Campground, Placer County, 2 miles away    Dewey Campground, Placer County, 2 miles away    Coyote Group, Norden, 2 miles away    Euchre Bar Trailhead, Norden, 2 miles away    Black Bear Campground, Placer County, 2 miles away    Gates Group - Tahoe National Forest, Nevada City, 2 miles away    Lewis Campground, Placer County, 2 miles away    Ahart Campground, Placer County, 2 miles away Marinas near Poppy Campground, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:    Homewood Marina, Homewood, 19 miles away Paddling Rivers Near Poppy Campground, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:    Rubicon River, Placer/ El Dorado County, 9 miles away       Class V - 20.3 miles long (Ellicott Bridge to Ralston Afterbay)    American River - North Fork, Placer County, 10 miles away       Class IV-V - 12.3 miles long (Tadpole Creek to Euchre Bar)    Yuba River - South Fork, Nevada/ Placer County, 11 miles away       Class IV-V - 5.2 miles long (Kingvale to Cisco Grove)    Yuba River - South Fork, Nevada/ Placer County, 13 miles away       Class IV-V(V+) - 7.5 miles long (Cisco Grove to Spaulding Reservoir)    Fordyce Creek, Nevada County, 15 miles away       Class IV-V - 12 miles long (Fordyce Lake to Lake Spaulding) Public Lands near Poppy Campground, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:    Tahoe National Forest, California, 16 miles away    Donner Memorial State Park, California, 17 miles away    Eldorado National Forest, California, 18 miles away    Burton Creek State Park, California, 21 miles away    Sugar Pine Point State Park, California, 21 miles away Trails near Poppy Campground, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:    Parsley Bar Trail, Placer County, 5 miles away       1.6 hiking miles, 1582 feet elevation difference    Tevis Cup Trail, Placer County, 5 miles away       11.1 hiking miles, 1773 feet elevation difference    Hunters Trail, Placer County, 6 miles away       5 hiking miles, 1957 feet elevation difference    Sailor Flat Trail, Placer County, 6 miles away        7.6 hiking miles, 2534 feet elevation difference    Rubicon Trail, El Dorado County, 6 miles away       8.4 hiking miles, 2275 feet elevation difference    Steamboat Trail, Placer County, 7 miles away        11.6 hiking miles, 2686 feet elevation difference    Long Valley Trail, Placer County, 7 miles away        5.6 hiking miles, 816 feet elevation difference Golf Courses Near Poppy Campground, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:    Tahoe Donner Golf Course, Truckee, 18 miles away    Coyote Moon Golf Course, Truckee, 19 miles away    Old Greenwood Golf Course, Truckee, 19 miles away Lakes Near Poppy Campground, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:    Nancy Lake, Placer County, 9 miles away    Long Lake, Placer County, 9 miles away    Salmon Lake, Placer County, 10 miles away    Lake Sterling, Nevada County, 13 miles away    Kelly Lake, Placer County, 14 miles away Current weather conditions and forecast for Poppy Campground, Northern Sierra Nevada, California Local climate location: LAKE SPAULDING 5 miles away Outdoors Recreation Near Truckee-Grass Valley, California Outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Truckee-Grass Valley, California, the metro area neareast to Poppy Campground. 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