Free camping near Bear Valley, CA
Yes. 21 of the 88 camps within 25 straight-line miles of Bear Valley, CA are listed as free; 59 charge a fee and 8 have no price on record. The closest free one is Pacific Valley, 8.6 miles east, on U.S. Forest Service land. The closest camp of any kind is Lodgepole Overflow, 1.6 miles east, a fee campground.
Dave has slept at one of these camps.
The 50 nearest camps to Bear Valley, CA
| Camp | Miles | Cost | Water | Nearest town | Season today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lodgepole Overflow | 1.6 | Fee | Poison Creek (stream) | 1.2 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Silvertip | 1.9 | Fee | — | 1.9 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Lake Alpine | 2.4 | Fee | — | 2.4 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Pine Marten | 3.4 | Fee | — | 3.4 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Stanislaus River | 3.5 | Fee | — | 3.5 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Silver Valley | 3.5 | Fee | Duck Lake (water) | 1.3 mi to Cape Horn | — |
| Backpackers | 3.6 | Fee | Silver Creek (stream) | 1.2 mi to Cape Horn | — |
| Utica Rocky Point | 3.7 | Fee | — | 3.7 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Utica Sandy Flat | 3.9 | Fee | — | 3.9 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Union Reservoir West Campground | 4.3 | Unpriced | North Fork Stanislaus River (river) | 3.5 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Union Reservoir East Campground | 4.4 | Unpriced | Summit Lake (water) | 3.6 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Hells Kitchen Campground | 4.6 | Unpriced | Bloods Creek (stream) | 1.5 mi to Skyhigh | — |
| Big Meadow | 4.8 | Fee | — | 4.8 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Big Meadow Group | 5.1 | Fee | — | 5.1 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Spicer | 5.4 | Fee | — | 5.4 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Spicer Group | 5.6 | Fee | — | 5.6 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Horse Gulch Campground | 5.6 | Unpriced | — | 2.6 mi to Big Meadow | — |
| Mosquito Lakes | 8.0 | Fee | — | 8.0 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Pacific Valley | 8.6 | Free | Pacific Creek (stream) | 3.9 mi to Cape Horn | — |
| Cole Creek Camping Area | 9.3 | Free | Cole Creek (stream) | 8.3 mi to Allen | — |
| Highway 4 Ohv-Hermit Valley | 9.3 | Free | North Fork Mokelumne River (river) | 4.9 mi to Cape Horn | — |
| Hermit Valley | 9.5 | Free | North Fork Mokelumne River (river) | 5.0 mi to Cape Horn | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — Calaveras County, CA | 10 | Free | North Fork Stanislaus River (river) | 1.0 mi to Ramsey | — |
| Kennedy Flat | 10 | Free | North Fork Mokelumne River (river) | 5.7 mi to Cape Horn | — |
| Grouse Flat | 10 | Free | North Fork Mokelumne River (river) | 5.9 mi to Cape Horn | — |
| Bear River Group | 11 | Fee | — | 11 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Pardoes Point Cg | 11 | Fee | — | 11 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| South Shore Cg | 11 | Fee | — | 11 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| White Azalea Cg | 11 | Free | North Fork Mokelumne River (river) | 7.9 mi to Ganns | — |
| Sugar Pine Point Cg | 11 | Fee | — | 11 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Moore Creek | 12 | Free | — | 12 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Mokelumne Cg | 12 | Fee | — | 12 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Fence Creek | 12 | Fee | — | 12 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Niagra Creek | 13 | Fee | — | 10 mi to Strawberry | — |
| Bloomfield I | 13 | Fee | — | 10 mi to Markleeville | — |
| Boulder Flat | 13 | Fee | — | 13 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Highland Lakes | 13 | Fee | — | 13 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Mill Creek | 13 | Fee | — | 8.1 mi to Strawberry | — |
| Bloomfield Ii | 13 | Free | North Fork Mokelumne River (river) | 8.4 mi to Peaceful Pines | — |
| Brightman Flat | 14 | Fee | — | 14 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Wakalu Hep Yo | 14 | Fee | — | 2.9 mi to Dorrington | — |
| Cascade Creek | 14 | Fee | — | 6.0 mi to Strawberry | — |
| Niagra Ohv | 14 | Fee | — | 10 mi to Strawberry | — |
| Silver Lake Cg | 14 | Fee | — | 3.7 mi to Kirkwood | — |
| Clark Fork | 15 | Fee | Clark Fork (river) | 0.9 mi to Peaceful Pines | — |
| Clark Fork | 15 | Free | Clark Fork (river) | 0.4 mi to Peaceful Pines | — |
| Dardanelle | 15 | Fee | — | 14 mi to Strawberry | — |
| Woods Lake Cg | 15 | Fee | — | 2.5 mi to Kirkwood | — |
| Sand Flat | 15 | Fee | — | 15 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Middlefork Cosumnes Cg | 15 | Fee | — | 13 mi to Grizzly Flats | — |
The other 38 inside the circle are on the live map — open it centred on Bear Valley, CA.
Who manages the camps near Bear Valley, CA
Who manages them: 85 on the Forest Service; 2 on the BLM; 1 on an agency our record does not name.
- Stanislaus National Forest — 56 camps: 12 free, 40 fee, 4 unpriced
- Eldorado National Forest — 20 camps: 4 free, 16 fee
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest — 8 camps: 4 free, 2 fee, 2 unpriced
- Sierra Front Field Office — 2 camps: 2 unpriced
- Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit — 1 camp: 1 free
- The Forest Service — 1 camp: 1 fee
Season read for these camps, today
Our record has no season word for any of these 88 camps today. Call the managing office before you go.
Forecast near Bear Valley, CA
This is the Weather Service forecast for the town, fetched when the page opens. It is not a forecast for any camp in the table; ground higher up or in a canyon can run colder or windier. It needs JavaScript; without it, see weather.gov.
Camping near other towns close by
The nearest towns that have their own page, with the straight-line miles between the towns.
Every distance on this page is a straight line from Bear Valley, CA, not a driving distance — a camp four miles out across a canyon can be an hour of road. Cost is the audited three-state verdict on each camp's own record: free, fee, or unpriced where we could not confirm a price. A blank column is a gap in the record, not a statement that the thing is absent. Camps come from state and federal agency records, not from a visit, except the ones marked. Seasons, permits and fire rules change: confirm with the managing office before you go. Found a fee where we show free? Tell us on the contact page.