Sweetwater (Stanislaus National Forest) in CA -- Campground & RV Camping
Sweetwater (Stanislaus National Forest) in CA
CampgroundUSFS
10 mi from Pine Mountain Lake
Official campground & reservations ↗
Road Access
- Road difficulty 2 of 5: a moderate drive in.
- Recorded as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt, pitching to 6%.
Rig fit
- Longest published RV site: 32 ft.
- Longest published trailer site: 32 ft.
- Longest published fifth-wheel site: 32 ft.
- 3 pull-through sites.
Campground details
Setting
Sweetwater Campground is a mixed-conifer forested site along Highway 120, located just outside Yosemite National Park. The campground features paved interior and spur roads with 12 single camping units that accommodate tents and RVs up to 32 feet. Every site is furnished with a picnic table, campfire pit with grill, and a bear box. Facilities include three drinking water faucets fed by a well and a double-vault toilet. Rainbow Pools sits less than a mile away, with the Preston Falls Trailhead seven miles down the road.
Getting there: 15 miles east of Groveland on Highway 120
- Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 13-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
- Middle Tuolumne River runs 0.3 mi off.
- Sawmill Mountain stands 2,278 ft above the map pin, 3.7 miles east.
- Most of them shaded.
Climate averages
October normals 47–74°F, 1.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
Starlink Radar
Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy
Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 89 of 100.