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USDA Forest Service

Utica Reservoir is set in a granite basin surrounded by red fir and lodgepole pine forest. The reservoir has lots of islands and is kept mostly full. Granite slabs along the shore extend into the water. There are two campgrounds adjacent to each other, Sandy Flat and Rocky Point. Elevation is 6,800…

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Access

Drive-In
Park next to your site
Boat-In
Sites accessible by watercraft.

Stay Connected

WiFi
Unknown
Verizon
Unknown
AT&T
Good
T-Mobile
Unknown

Site Types

Tent Sites
Standard (Tent/RV)
Group

Features

For Campers

Picnic Table
Phone Service
Toilets
Alcohol
Pets
Fires

Liz C.

Scout

Reviewed Oct. 27, 2020

Worth it, if you have a boat

Any boat will do. Kayak, canoe, blow up row boat, SUP. The reason you need a floating vessel of some kind (no motors allowed) is because it’s impossible to get a car camping spot anymore. It used to be impossible to get a developed campsite but only somewhat difficult to get on of the (way way…

Ashley S.

Guide

Reviewed Oct. 9, 2020

Awesome, secluded paddle in sites

We canoed and SUP camped here. You can find beautiful, isolated sites on the islands all around the lake. Great hammock camping!

Jack M.

Traveler

Reviewed Jul. 13, 2020

Beautiful reservoirs with pretty good campsites

I’m new to camping, so take my review with a grain of salt...

We stayed at the Sandy Flats Campground on the Utica Reservoir. The campsite is pretty small, and doesn’t have a host or stationed park ranger. Rather, it basically works on the honor system and you are expected to pay.

Even the…

Location

Utica Campgrounds is located in California

Directions

From Highway 4, turn onto Spicer Reservoir Road (paved) and go 8 miles. Turn left onto 7N75; from there the roads are gravel. Continue .7 miles to a T-intersection. Turn left and continue one mile. Spicer Reservoir Road is 27 miles east of the Calaveras Ranger Station in Hathaway Pines, California.

Coordinates

38.42487207 N
120.01311436 W

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Utica Campgrounds

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2022 Explorer Giveaway

Worth it, if you have a boat

Awesome, secluded paddle in sites

Beautiful reservoirs with pretty good campsites

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