Free camping near Dorrington, CA
Yes. 8 of the 53 camps within 25 straight-line miles of Dorrington, CA are listed as free; 41 charge a fee and 4 have no price on record. The closest free one is USFS dispersed camp — Calaveras County, CA, 6.3 miles northeast, on U.S. Forest Service land. The closest camp of any kind is Wakalu Hep Yo, 2.9 miles northeast, a fee campground.
The 50 nearest camps to Dorrington, CA
| Camp | Miles | Cost | Water | Nearest town | Season today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wakalu Hep Yo | 2.9 | Fee | — | 2.9 mi to Dorrington | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — Calaveras County, CA | 6.3 | Free | North Fork Stanislaus River (river) | 1.0 mi to Ramsey | — |
| Sand Bar Flat | 10 | Fee | — | 5.9 mi to Cold Springs | — |
| Big Meadow Group | 11 | Fee | — | 5.1 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Horse Gulch Campground | 12 | Unpriced | — | 2.6 mi to Big Meadow | — |
| Big Meadow | 12 | Fee | — | 4.8 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Mokelumne Cg | 12 | Fee | — | 12 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Moore Creek | 12 | Free | — | 12 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Beardsley Dam | 12 | Fee | — | 3.6 mi to Cold Springs | — |
| Hells Kitchen Campground | 12 | Unpriced | Bloods Creek (stream) | 1.5 mi to Skyhigh | — |
| White Azalea Cg | 12 | Free | North Fork Mokelumne River (river) | 7.9 mi to Ganns | — |
| Teleli Pulaya | 14 | Fee | — | 2.2 mi to Cold Springs | — |
| Fraser Flat | 14 | Fee | — | 1.1 mi to Cold Springs | — |
| Stanislaus River | 14 | Fee | — | 3.5 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Cole Creek Camping Area | 16 | Free | Cole Creek (stream) | 8.3 mi to Allen | — |
| Spicer Group | 16 | Fee | — | 5.6 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Bear River Group | 16 | Fee | — | 11 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| South Shore Cg | 16 | Fee | — | 11 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Cascade Creek | 16 | Fee | — | 6.0 mi to Strawberry | — |
| Utica Sandy Flat | 16 | Fee | — | 3.9 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Pardoes Point Cg | 16 | Fee | — | 11 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Utica Rocky Point | 16 | Fee | — | 3.7 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Spicer | 16 | Fee | — | 5.4 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Meadowview | 16 | Fee | — | 0.9 mi to Strawberry | — |
| Pinecrest | 17 | Fee | — | 0.9 mi to Strawberry | — |
| Sugar Pine Point Cg | 17 | Fee | — | 11 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Union Reservoir West Campground | 17 | Unpriced | North Fork Stanislaus River (river) | 3.5 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Union Reservoir East Campground | 17 | Unpriced | Summit Lake (water) | 3.6 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Pioneer Trail | 17 | Fee | — | 1.4 mi to Strawberry | — |
| Lodgepole Overflow | 18 | Fee | Poison Creek (stream) | 1.2 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Mill Creek | 18 | Fee | — | 8.1 mi to Strawberry | — |
| Silvertip | 18 | Fee | — | 1.9 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Herring Reservoir | 18 | Fee | — | 5.3 mi to Strawberry | — |
| Lake Alpine | 18 | Fee | — | 2.4 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Herring Creek | 19 | Fee | Herring Creek Reservoir (water) | 3.2 mi to Cow Creek | — |
| Hull Creek | 19 | Fee | — | 4.7 mi to Cold Springs | — |
| Niagra Creek | 19 | Fee | — | 10 mi to Strawberry | — |
| Kerrick Corrals | 19 | Free | North Fork Tuolumne River (stream) | 3.3 mi to Strawberry | — |
| Pine Marten | 19 | Fee | — | 3.4 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Silver Valley | 19 | Fee | Duck Lake (water) | 1.3 mi to Cape Horn | — |
| Middlefork Cosumnes Cg | 19 | Fee | — | 13 mi to Grizzly Flats | — |
| Backpackers | 19 | Fee | Silver Creek (stream) | 1.2 mi to Cape Horn | — |
| Niagra Ohv | 20 | Fee | — | 10 mi to Strawberry | — |
| Pipi Cg | 20 | Fee | — | 7.0 mi to Grizzly Flats | — |
| Pine Valley | 21 | Free | Bell Creek (stream) | 5.5 mi to Strawberry | — |
| Hacienda | 22 | Fee | — | 4.0 mi to Twain Harte | — |
| Fence Creek | 22 | Fee | — | 12 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Boulder Flat | 22 | Fee | — | 13 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Brightman Flat | 23 | Fee | — | 14 mi to Bear Valley | — |
| Eagle Meadows | 23 | Free | Eagle Creek (stream) | 3.7 mi to Dardanelle | — |
The other 3 inside the circle are on the live map — open it centred on Dorrington, CA.
Who manages the camps near Dorrington, CA
Who manages them: 53 on the Forest Service.
- Stanislaus National Forest — 44 camps: 6 free, 34 fee, 4 unpriced
- Eldorado National Forest — 9 camps: 2 free, 7 fee
Season read for these camps, today
Our record has no season word for any of these 53 camps today. Call the managing office before you go.
Forecast near Dorrington, 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 Dorrington, 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.