Sierra Campground
The managing agency’s description mentions a closure. Read it below and confirm before you drive out.
The numbers that decide it
- Longest rig
- 80 ft
- Sites
- 16
- Electric hookups
- Not published
- Pull-through sites
- No
- Paved access
- No
- Accessible sites
- Not published
- Driveway grade
- Slight
- Bear boxes
- Not published
- Campfires
- Yes
- Shade
- Yes
- Group sites
- Not published
Site-level detail from Recreation.gov, checked 2026-08-05. Where a field says “not published”, the agency has not published it — it does not mean zero. See it on Recreation.gov
Sierra Campground
Closed per forest order 17-24-18 . Sierra Campground is located seven miles north east of Sierra City on the North Yuba River along Hwy 49. There are 16 campsites, vault toilets and river water source-purify before drinking.The campground overlooks the river and is surrounded by fir trees.
Before you go
Reservations
Reservations accepted
Fees
$20 per site $5 for extra vehicle
Hours
Typically stays open from Memorial Day to Labor Day
Restrictions
Camping outside designated campground is prohibited in this area
Make it a night on a better road
Byway plans the drive in — real stops, real weather, nothing invented.