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

           
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