USDA Forest Service · California
Sweetwater (Stanislaus National Forest)
USDA Forest Service · California, United States
- Sites
- 13
- Hookups
- 13 no hookups
- Season
- April 26 to October 13
- Max RV length
- 32 ft
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 2,995 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- Verizon weak · AT&T good · T-Mobile none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Access road
- SWEETWATER CAMPGROUND (NFSR 01S63) · native material · high clearance vehicles
- Lake
- Stanislaus National Forest
- Address
- GROVELAND, CA 95321
- Phone
- 801-226-3564
- Activities
- Hiking
13 numbered sites are mapped one by one - open the site map to pick yours.
About
Overview
Sweetwater Campground is located on a mixed conifer forested site adjacent to Highway 120, in close proximity to Yosemite National Park. Sites offer camping furniture (picnic tables, campfire pit with grill). Accessible vault toilets and potable water is available.
Facilities
Sweetwater Campground has 12 single camping units. All units are suitable for tents & RV's (32 ft. max). All interior and spur roads are poaved. Each unit contains at least one picnic table, fire ring and bear box. This is one double vault toilet until (2 toilets). Well water is available and is piped to 3 faucets throughout the campground.
Nearby Attractions
Rainbow Pools is .8 miles from campground and has hiking around it.
Preston Fall Trailhead is 7.3 miles from the campground and is a 4.5 mile hike.
Carlon Day Use area is 9.8 miles from the campground.
Buck Meadow is 3.1 miles from the campground.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 35° | 17° | 68° | 9 of 11 |
| February | 54° | 34° | 18° | 71° | 7 of 11 |
| March | 56° | 37° | 14° | 82° | 6 of 11 |
| April | 62° | 39° | 22° | 76° | 4 of 11 |
| May | 72° | 48° | 31° | 85° | 1 of 11 |
| June | 83° | 56° | 39° | 100° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 93° | 64° | 52° | 103° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 91° | 64° | 57° | 101° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 84° | 58° | 47° | 93° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 73° | 47° | 35° | 88° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 63° | 41° | 28° | 77° | 4 of 10 |
| December | 56° | 35° | 17° | 68° | 5 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
Nearby campgrounds
- Spinning Wheel Campground · USDA Forest Service · 2 mi
- Lumsden Bridge Campground · USDA Forest Service · 2 mi
- Lost Claim · USDA Forest Service · 2 mi · 10 sites
- South Fork Campground · USDA Forest Service · 2 mi
- Lumsden Campground · USDA Forest Service · 3 mi
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