South Shore Campground in CA -- Campground & RV Camping in California

South Shore Campground is set on a hillside in a mixed conifer forest within the central Sierra Nevada's Eldorado National Forest, sitting just above the south shore of Lower Bear River Reservoir at 5,900 feet. Some campsites offer partial lake views. On-site amenities include drinking water, vault toilets, and picnic tables with grills, with one campsite and one vault toilet built to accessible standards. A boat ramp and general store are located about a mile away on the reservoir, which draws anglers for trout fishing, while the Pardoe Trail to the Mokelumne Wilderness starts nearby.

Road difficulty 3 of 5 -- a rough drive in. Recorded as maintained for passenger cars, dirt, pitching to 12%, 40% of it on a shelf. Flat ground is scarce -- under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.

Crowded here -- the nearest through road is 0.1 miles off, a 34-site campground. Most of them shaded. The Lower Bear River Reservoir shoreline is 0.4 mi off. Mokelumne Peak stands 3,227 ft above the site, 7.6 miles east. The nearest town, Amador Pines, is 16 mi off.