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Big Reservoir/Morning Star, Northern Sierra Nevada, California

   

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AMENITIES:
Tent camping is available
Pets are allowed
Campfires are allowed
Boating
Boat Rentals
Restrooms
Showers
Tap Water

Activities: swimming

There are fine tent sites here where you may raise that tent, and if you adore boating you are in luck, boating is delightful here at Big Reservoir/Morning Star. Needless to say there are showers at this campground. Feel free to take those puppies, pet animals are allowed, and as expected there are restrooms here.
Campfires are welcome; swimming at Big Reservoir/Morning Star is tremendous exercise and a lot of excitement too.
At Big Reservoir/Morning Star entertaining stuff
 
    to do is plentiful; you always have a good time when you're here. This campground is located in the charming Northern Sierra Nevada.
When was the last time you went for a camping trip? Big Reservoir/Morning Star in California
 is exactly the place. The workforce of this good campground and the perfectly taken care of facilities have people coming from far and near. The perfect local attractions and such a perfect variety of outdoors recreation will make you delighted you came.
Rental boats are on hand here at Big Reservoir/Morning Star, and there are water hookups. Big Reservoir/Morning Star is a very popular campground with residents of Alta.
There's such a great deal of things to do at Big Reservoir/Morning Star including fishing, whitewater paddling, swimming, and hiking, so you won’t run out of things to do. In the event that you're trying to find a type IV-V whitewater segment to run, you're in
 
luck; the Euchre Bar to Colfax-Iowa Hill Road segment is a tremendous 14.5-mile-long piece of American River - North Fork. This segment of American River - North Fork is advised for proficient whitewater boaters exclusively.  

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Other campgrounds near Big Reservoir/Morning Star, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:

   Forbes Creek Rocky Ridge - Tahoe National Forest, Nevada City, 1 miles away
      
   Parker Flat Staging Area, Alta, 1 miles away
      
   Sugar Pine Staging Area, Alta, 1 miles away
      
   Shirttail Creek, Alta, 2 miles away
      
   Monzarita Day Use Campground, Placer County, 2 miles away
      
   Forbes Campground, Placer County, 3 miles away
      
   Chicken Hawk Campground, Placer County, 3 miles away
      
   Tahoe National Forest - Shirttail Creek Campground, Dutch Flat, 3 miles away
      
   Giant Gap, Dutch Flat, 3 miles away
      
   Baxter RV Campground, Alta, 4 miles away
      

Paddling Rivers Near Big Reservoir/Morning Star, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:

   American River - North Fork, Placer County, 2 miles away
      Class IV-V - 14.5 miles long (Euchre Bar to Colfax-Iowa Hill Road)

   American River - Middle Fork, Placer County, 7 miles away
      Class IV-V - 2.1 miles long (Mosquito Ridge Road to confluence with Middle Fork)

   American River - Middle Fork, Placer / El Dorado County, 7 miles away
      Class II-IV(V+) - 17 miles long (Oxbow Bend to Drivers Flat Road)

   American River - North Fork, Placer County, 12 miles away
      Class II-III - 5 miles long (Colfax-Foresthill Road Bridge to Ponderosa Way Bridge)

   Yuba River - South Fork, Nevada County, 12 miles away
      Class IV - 14 miles long (Washington to Edwards Crossing)


Public Lands near Big Reservoir/Morning Star, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:

   Malakoff Diggins State Park, California, 17 miles away

   Marshall Gold Discovery State Park, California, 20 miles away

   Empire Mine State Park, California, 21 miles away

   Auburn State Park, California, 24 miles away

   Tahoe National Forest, California, 31 miles away


Trails near Big Reservoir/Morning Star, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:

   Euchre Bar Trail, Placer County, 2 miles away
      3.3 hiking miles, 1947 feet elevation difference

   Green Valley Trail, Placer County, 3 miles away
      2.8 hiking miles, 2371 feet elevation difference

   American Eagle Trail, Placer County, 3 miles away
       1.8 hiking miles, 190 feet elevation difference

   Italian Bar Trail, Placer County, 6 miles away
       4 hiking miles, 2437 feet elevation difference

   Bake Oven Trail, Placer County, 7 miles away
       9 hiking miles, 2032 feet elevation difference

   Burnett Canyon Trail, Placer County, 8 miles away
      1.1 hiking miles, 753 feet elevation difference

   Mumford Bar Trail, Placer County, 9 miles away
      5.1 hiking miles, 3289 feet elevation difference


Lakes Near Big Reservoir/Morning Star, Northern Sierra Nevada, California:

   Oxbow Reservoir, El Dorado County, 7 miles away

   Chiquita Lake, El Dorado County, 11 miles away

   Rucker Lake, Nevada County, 13 miles away

   Lake Valley Reservoir, Placer County, 14 miles away

   Kelly Lake, Placer County, 15 miles away


Current weather conditions and forecast for Big Reservoir/Morning Star, Northern Sierra Nevada, California
Local climate location: COLFAX 13 miles away


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