Recommendations on truck camping areas in No./Cent. Sierras
Although I lived in southern Cal for most of my life, I was almost always going up on the East side (Lone Pine, Bishop, Lee Vining, etc.) because the drive times to get to trailheads and campgrounds is so much less.
This summer I want to visit some of the routes that I have only briefly been on. Specifically, I am interested in any forest service campgrounds/dispersed camping/BLM areas adjacent to the following routes:
-SH 96 through Klamath NF (actually the Coast Range, I believe)
-SH 70 through Plumas NF
-SH 88 through El Dorado NF
-SH 4 through Stanislaus NF
-SH 108 through " " (especially the area where the Middle Fork of the Stanislaus River turns so. of 108, below the pass)
-NF areas around Kings Cyn/Sequoia NP
It appears that I will be traveling this area in the month of October, from north to south.
Our preferred activities are Light-moderate day hiking, fishing (especially in streams/rivers) and boating on lakes than ban large gasoline engines (for the solitude).
We do love to dry camp/boondock more than anything but the convenience of campgrounds is nice every week or so. We're not big on camping in National Parks because of their restrictions on dogs on the trails (not allowed).
Can you guys and gals help me out with any suggested areas?
F350 diesel, 4x4, w/Lance 1030.
This summer I want to visit some of the routes that I have only briefly been on. Specifically, I am interested in any forest service campgrounds/dispersed camping/BLM areas adjacent to the following routes:
-SH 96 through Klamath NF (actually the Coast Range, I believe)
-SH 70 through Plumas NF
-SH 88 through El Dorado NF
-SH 4 through Stanislaus NF
-SH 108 through " " (especially the area where the Middle Fork of the Stanislaus River turns so. of 108, below the pass)
-NF areas around Kings Cyn/Sequoia NP
It appears that I will be traveling this area in the month of October, from north to south.
Our preferred activities are Light-moderate day hiking, fishing (especially in streams/rivers) and boating on lakes than ban large gasoline engines (for the solitude).
We do love to dry camp/boondock more than anything but the convenience of campgrounds is nice every week or so. We're not big on camping in National Parks because of their restrictions on dogs on the trails (not allowed).
Can you guys and gals help me out with any suggested areas?
F350 diesel, 4x4, w/Lance 1030.
