Robinson Creek South

Overview

Robinson Creek South Campground is located just 9 miles from Bridgeport, California, next to Robinson Creek at an elevation of 7,000 feet. The Twin Lakes area is close by, offering boating, fishing, hiking and horseback riding opportunities.

Recreation

Robinson Creek offers good rainbow trout fishing and can be easily accessed from within the campground. Numerous hiking trails are in the vicinity, including the popular Robinson Creek Trail.

Facilities

The campground contains single sites with picnic tables, food storage lockers and campfire rings with grills. Vault toilets, drinking water and trash collection are provided. Firewood is available for purchase from the host.

Educational programs are held at the campground's amphitheater on weekends from July 4 through Labor Day. Robinson Creek North Campground is adjacent.

Natural Features

The campground is situated alongside its namesake creek, where a forest of massive Jeffrey pines towers over the site, offering partial shade. Lodgepole pines, sagebrush and summer wildflowers dot the landscape.

Nearby Attractions

Upper and Lower Twin Lakes are nearby, offering beautiful mountain scenery, boating, canoeing and fishing for Kokanee salmon and rainbow and brown trout. The rugged and scenic Hoover Wilderness Area can be accessed from the Twin Lakes area and offers additional hiking and horseback riding trails.

Camp site features

Across 25 camp sites:

  • Longest rig: 40 ft
  • Largest party: 6 people

Directions

Take U.S. Highway 395 through Bridgeport. Turn south on Twin Lakes Road at the Shell gas station. Travel 9.3 miles on Twin Lakes Road. Turn left into the campground.

Stay Limit

Check in from 2 PM, check out by 12 PM.

Reviews

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Paul O
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Reviewed 11 days ago
A wonderful creek is steps from campsites; a cool dip makes a perfect ending to a day of hiking.
Rhonda A
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Reviewed 19 days ago
What a beautiful location! Our visit was very serene, minus the occaisional speeder through the campground. Mike, the campground host, was helpful and the bathrooms were quite clean.
Junko W
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Reviewed 21 days ago
Wonderful host and bathroom was clean. I had two different sites. Both had no privacy. One site I got had full sun exposure and very unpleasant during the day. Community pathways cut through both individual camp sites. Although the site I stayed for the first 2 days had trees around and partially shaded, the afternoon sun hit the bearbox. Another site I had for the 3rd day was completely sun exposed. The bearbox in both sites were heated in the sun and became like a slow cooking oven. Not the campground I will choose for summer camping. It will be a good place to go late spring/early summer and fall.
ashley k
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Reviewed 25 days ago
Very clean and nice camp host. No showers but restrooms are maintained. Beautiful campsite.
Jessica Y
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Reviewed a month ago
Beautiful campsite by the river, very peaceful
DP T
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Reviewed a month ago
I have been camping at Robinson Creek for 59 years. This year, I stayed for 13 days. I am very frustrated with the conditions of the facilities. The campground rates keep going up, but the facilities never improve. For years now, the third stall in the women's restroom has closed because the toilet overflows due to a broken flushing mechanism. Additionally, the first stall in the women's restroom leaks so the floor is always wet. This has been going on for years. Additionally, recreation.gov changed the reservation policy for this campground and forces full weekend reservations. Before this pollciy took effect, many campers vacationed for a full week - Saturday to the following Saturday. Due to this policy change which took effect a couple of years ago, the campground seems more of a weekend getaway instead of an extended vacation destination. This rule change discourages week-long family vacations and encourages weekenders who don't have the same respect and appreciation for the beauty of the Sierras. Also, although reservations are extremely difficult to get, reservations sites remain empty for a majority of the time that I was camping. It seems that empty sites has been exasperated by the weekend rule.
Availability

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Popularity: Very busy

Busiest in August, when about 81% of guest capacity is reserved. Based on 11 years of reservations.

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