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Oxbow Reservoir, Northern Sierra Nevada, California

   

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AMENITIES:
Pool
Boating
Service and Repair is available
Restrooms

Activities: boating, waterskiing, hiking, swimming and canoeing

Naturally there are restrooms here. Scores of people opt for Oxbow Reservoir to explore nearby Marshall Gold Discovery State Park. There are so many entertaining things to do near Oxbow Reservoir; being here is always fun. So many local attractions and such a glorious variety of outdoors recreation are certain to keep you coming back over and over.
California is a great outdoors state.
This campground is to be found in the gorgeous Northern Sierra Nevada. Oxbow Reservoir is a campground reasonably frequently
 
    visited by people in Georgetown. Ready to raise that tent; Oxbow Reservoir in California is exactly what you need.
There's lots of outdoors recreation available in close proximity such as fishing, playing golf, swimming, hiking,
 and whitewater paddling, so you won’t get bored. The positive surroundings and all the glorious passtime activities have people coming from near and far.
Nearby there is a splendid 17-mile-in-distance class II-IV(V+) whitewater stretch, the Oxbow Bend to Drivers Flat Road sector of American River - Middle Fork. It can be said that this stretch of American River - Middle Fork is a location for expert whitewater rafting or kayaking. For your protection you must always check current conditions ahead of going whitewater rafting or kayaking. A striking wilderness trail around here is Bake Oven Trail; it's 9 miles from beginning to end and has an altitude difference of 2,032 feet. Roughly
 
one and a half days of tough hiking on the Bake Oven Trail is time well used. Great backcountry trekking awaits you on the around here Nevada Point Trail; this backpacking trail has a variation between top and bottom of 2,771 feet and is 5.  

Gold Country Inn, Placerville

15 miles away
  
Sierra Sun Cloud Inn, Colfax

15 miles away
  
Bella Vista Bed And Breakfast, Placerville

15 miles away
  
Historic Cary House Hotel, Placerville

15 miles away


Other campgrounds near Oxbow Reservoir, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:

   Ralston Campground, Placer County, 1 miles away
      
   Dru Barner Park, Georgetown, 4 miles away
      
   Camp Chiquita Campground, Georgetown, 4 miles away
      
   Lake Walton Campground, El Dorado County, 5 miles away
      
   Chicken Hawk Campground, Placer County, 5 miles away
      
   Starlight Cafe, Foresthill, 6 miles away
      
   Sugar Pine Staging Area, Alta, 6 miles away
      
   Parker Flat Staging Area, Alta, 7 miles away
      
   Forbes Creek Rocky Ridge - Tahoe National Forest, Nevada City, 7 miles away
      
   Big Reservoir/Morning Star, Alta, 7 miles away
      

Paddling Rivers Near Oxbow Reservoir, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:

   American River - Middle Fork, Placer / El Dorado County, 0 miles away
      Class II-IV(V+) - 17 miles long (Oxbow Bend to Drivers Flat Road)

   American River - Middle Fork, Placer County, 2 miles away
      Class IV-V - 2.1 miles long (Mosquito Ridge Road to confluence with Middle Fork)

   American River - North Fork, Placer County, 10 miles away
      Class IV-V - 14.5 miles long (Euchre Bar to Colfax-Iowa Hill Road)

   American River - North Fork, Placer County, 11 miles away
      Class II-III - 5 miles long (Colfax-Foresthill Road Bridge to Ponderosa Way Bridge)

   American River - Middle Fork, Placer / El Dorado County, 13 miles away
      Class I(II) - 7.1 miles long (former Greenwood Bridge to Mammoth Bar)


Public Lands near Oxbow Reservoir, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:

   Marshall Gold Discovery State Park, California, 15 miles away

   Auburn State Park, California, 21 miles away

   Malakoff Diggins State Park, California, 23 miles away

   Empire Mine State Park, California, 23 miles away

   Folsom Lake State Park, California, 28 miles away


Trails near Oxbow Reservoir, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:

   Bake Oven Trail, Placer County, 4 miles away
       9 hiking miles, 2032 feet elevation difference

   Nevada Point Trail, El Dorado County, 5 miles away
      5.3 hiking miles, 2771 feet elevation difference

   Green Valley Trail, Placer County, 9 miles away
      2.8 hiking miles, 2371 feet elevation difference

   Euchre Bar Trail, Placer County, 10 miles away
      3.3 hiking miles, 1947 feet elevation difference

   American Eagle Trail, Placer County, 10 miles away
       1.8 hiking miles, 190 feet elevation difference

   Pigeon Roost Trail, Placer County, 11 miles away
      1.4 hiking miles, 763 feet elevation difference

   Italian Bar Trail, Placer County, 11 miles away
       4 hiking miles, 2437 feet elevation difference


Golf Courses Near Oxbow Reservoir, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:

   Apple Mountain Golf Resort, Camino, 15 miles away

   Camino Heights Golf Course, Camino, 15 miles away

   Cold Springs Golf & Country, Placerville, 17 miles away


Lakes Near Oxbow Reservoir, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:

   Oxbow Reservoir, El Dorado County, 0 miles away

   Chiquita Lake, El Dorado County, 4 miles away

   Stumpy Meadows Lake, El Dorado County, 11 miles away

   Slab Creek Reservoir, El Dorado County, 13 miles away

   Lake Theodore, Placer County, 18 miles away


Current weather conditions and forecast for Oxbow Reservoir, Northern Sierra Nevada, California
Local climate location: COLFAX 12 miles away


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