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Forks Campground (Sierra)
1 mi south of Bass Lake, CA · Verizon 5G · AT&T 5G · T-Mobile 5G
About Forks Campground (Sierra)
Forks campground is located on a hillside overlooking Bass Lake. The camp is forested with cedar, ponderosa pine and oak trees and offers a few sites with limited lake views, while others are adjacent to the creek. Bass Lake offers a beach and boat ramp. Popular activities include swimming, motorized boating, non-motorized boating, water skiing, sailing and fishing for bass, trout, bluegill and catfish. Goat Mountain Trail (2.6 miles) can be accessed directly from this camp. Other foot trails in the area include Willow Creek (2.7 miles), Spring Cove (2.6 miles) and Way-of-the-Mono Interpretive Trail (1 mile). A variety of educational programs are offered on weekends during the summer. Each unit has a picnic table, pedestal grill, stone fire ring and paved parking spur. Forks Campground provides flush toilets (including ones that meet accessibility standards) and drinking water. The…
- Fees: $30.00 ($33.30)* Single Site $56.00 ($62.16)* Double Site $7 fee for additional vehicles During holidays fees increase $2 per site
- Season: May
- Managed by: Sierra National Forest, FS
- Where: 1 mi south of Bass Lake, CA · 37.31267, -119.57003
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Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: May–Jun & Sep–Oct (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: None.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goat Mountain | Hiking | 0.1 mi | 2.6 mi |
| Broken Shovel Mine B Spur T3 | ATV road | 0.3 mi | 0.1 mi |
| Broken Shovel Mine B Spur T2 | ATV road | 0.4 mi | 0.1 mi |
| Way of the Mono | Hiking | 0.6 mi | 0.5 mi |
| Willow Cove 2 | Horse | 1.3 mi | 0.4 mi |
| Willow Creek | Hiking | 1.3 mi | 2.2 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
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From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way is clear overhead but fades toward town glow.
Class 4 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Dump station: 16.2 mi
Water fill-up: 16.2 mi
Propane: 4.7 mi
Camps nearby
- Recreation Point 1.2 mi
- Lupine 1.3 mi
- Cedar Bluff 1.3 mi
- Skylake Yosemite Camp 1.5 mi
- Crane Valley 1.7 mi
- Spring Cove 1.7 mi