Dorabelle Campground in CA -- Campground & RV Camping

Dorabelle Campground sits at 5,500 feet elevation in Sierra National Forest, set in a pine, fir, and cedar forest above Shaver Lake. Some campsites offer lake views, and boat mooring is available nearby. Sites include dirt parking spurs, tables, fire rings, and grills, with vault toilets and drinking water provided on site. Five hiking trails branch directly from the camp, including the 2-mile Osprey Cove Trail and the 1-mile Peninsula Loop. Shaver Lake supports swimming, motorized boating, canoeing, jet skiing, and fishing for trout, salmon, and bass.

Getting there: From Clovis: Take Highway 168 north for 49 miles to the town of Shaver Lake. Turn right on Dorabelle Road and go .5 miles to the campground. Campground registration information is at the campground entry station.

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 65-site campground with the nearest through road 0.2 miles off.
• Flat ground is scarce: under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
• The Shaver Lake shoreline is 0.2 mi off.
• Mount Stevenson stands 900 ft above the map pin, 1.1 miles northwest.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
• 2 hike-in sites, with most of them shaded.

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