Chowchilla Recreation Area Day Use in CA -- Campground & RV Camping in California
Chowchilla Recreation Area Day Use in CA
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
Chowchilla Recreation Area is a day-use park situated on the shores of the 1,780-acre Eastman Lake in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Fed by the Chowchilla River, the park features a reservable picnic shelter that holds up to 100 people, a playground, horseshoe pits, and flush toilets. Overnight camping is not permitted. Visitors use the park to access eight miles of multi-use trails for hiking, biking, and horseback riding, as well as the lake, which is designated as a Trophy Bass Fishery with additional catches of crappie, trout, and catfish.
The road in has not been measured -- unknown, not bad.
The H. V. Eastman Lake shoreline is 0.1 mi off. Private here -- the nearest through road is 0.7 miles off. The nearest town, Yosemite Lakes, is 12 mi off.
September normals 61–94°F, 0.1″ rain. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.