Pine Mountain Lake

Our friends own a house in Pine Mountain Lake and invited us up to join them at the campground for their newborn’s first camping trip.

I think people are under the impression this is a private campground, but it is open to the public. Fortunately that seems to make it less busy.

We visited on the long 4th of July weekend and it seemed to be the only campground around that wasn’t completely full.

It has a nice mix of tent and RV sites. The tent sites are a little difficult for anything but a small class B RV (<20’) to utilize because the driveways slope off pretty quickly, but it can be done.

Good amenities overall, nice separation of sites, river access, and close to Groveland and Yosemite.

Definitely recommend if you’re headed to the area.