Hi people,

I'm looking for resources for good camping locations. I've googled a couple times and couldn't get anything that helped. Does anyone know of any good sites for camping sites. I recently went camping to Lake Comanche and the camping bug has bitten me. Can you recommend any good online resources or camping locations in the Northern Cal area that you liked?

Kareem

I would suggest getting some 4x4 guides from 4x4now.com, particularly the Wells guides. Here is a short list of favorite camp spots in Northern California, #1 being best. ALL of these I have attended atleast once and never saw another person, most I have never seen anyone at all.

1. Fordyce Waterfall Campsite, before 3rd water crossing. BEST CAMPSITE IN THE US WITH NO COMPETITION. Extreme 4x4 trail with extreme scenery. Camping is on a penensula with 75' X10' waterfall in front and 50' waterfall behind!
2. Briggs Cabin, Paniment Valley, free, hot showers and endless cool stuff.
3. Buck Island Lake, Rubicon Trail.(getting ruined, may be closed)
4. Mirror Lake, Mirror Lake Trail near Shaver Lake. VERY NASTY hill getting out, but fun. Awesome Fishing.
5. Summit Lake, Dusy Trail, lovely high altitude lake.
6. Unknown Lake, Kavanaugh Ridge Trail near Bridgeport. EXTREMELY high, covered in snow all year, with nice trees to block wind, camp on water.
7. Coyote Lake, Coyote Lake Trail, challenging fun trail, one very hard spot. GIGANTIC high Mountain Lake.
8. Grouse Lake, Swamp Lake Trail. Cute little Lake camp right next to water.
9. Ershim Lake, Eshirm Trail, nice, Dark, remote lake.
10. Mt. Wilson, short 4x4 trail with views of ALL of Lake Tahoe. Surprising to see open.
11. Snake Lake, Snake Lake trail. Scary but fun trail off scenic Gold Valley trail system. Lovely Lake, camp west side.
12. Rubicon Springs, Rubicon Trail, several nice spots despite being used alot, go when not crowded. Large water crossing site is best. Only pay campsite on my list.
13. River campsite far south end of Slickrock trail. Awesome waterside camp. Easy to get to from south.
14. Tuba River Camp, start of Fordyce Creek Trail, large, awesome river. Right off I80, but you cannot here the traffic.

Anyhow that enough of that...I could add good mentions for Barrett Lake, Hell Hole, Russels Camp, Geologists Cabin, Salien Hot SPrings, Swamp Lake, Strawberry Lake, Brewer Lake........The list is endless. That is why guide books can help to narrow things down. Also attend X gatherings to find these amazing places in a safe, fun environment

Oops, sorry. New to Xterras, keep forgetting they make a 4x2 version. All my reccomendations obviously require 4x4. Not much cool stuff for 4x2. You could make it to the amazing Unkown Lake for sure though....

There are many many places to camp all over California.

Start with this link .

The US Forest Service website is also very useful to find campgrounds all over the country. Click this link , pick a National Forest in CA, then click "Recreational Activities" in the menu on the left, then "Camping" in its submenu.

There are also many many privately-operated campgrounds, such as Camanche Lake.

A great place to camp that is 2wd-friendly is Blue Lake Campground operated by PG&E. It's located about 15 miles east of Kirkwood Ski Resort on Hwy88.

Any campgrounds on or around Lake Tahoe are also fantastic.

Happy hunting!

Didn't Mitsubishi also make 4x2 Monteros?

Try this, too...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22wheretogocampingbook%22

Not any of the Monteros per say. The Montero Sport had a limited 4x2 version though...