Description

California, Cottage Creek Campground

Directions:

From Nevada City, travel north on Higway 49 from approximately 20 miles to Maryville Road , turn left onto Maryville Road and travel west approximatley 6 miles. You will cross over the dam and take a right at the Cottage Creek/Emerald Cove Marina parking area. Drive through the main parking lot and stay to the left and the stop sign. (The marina is to the right). You will travel 1/4 mile on a narrow road and the Cottage Creek Campground will be on the right. Please see the attached map for the overview of the directions through the parking lot to the campground.

Please see the Campbase map tab for the parks exact location.  

Comment

Cottage Creek Campground is quite an unusual campground.  It only has 9 RV only camp spots but, those spots are enormous.  Campbase has never seen such large parking pads for camp spots.  Double and tripple camp spots were available.  Most parking pads can accommodate several vehicles.  Motorhome, boat, truck, no problem at this campground.  See our photos tab for pictures.  Each campground has a bear box, picnic table, and fire ring.  Bears are common in the area.  Use caution and do not leave food out.  Cell service is generally good from this hill above the marina and dam.  Starlink works well from the campground due to a limited amount of large trees above the RV parking pads.  The road to the campground is paved but steep in some areas.  Pulling a boat up this hill will be a challenge for some trucks.  

Local Recreation:

Boating and fishing are the most common activities from this location.  Numerous houseboats are rented from the marina below the campground. 

There is also a beautiful non- motorized trail system in the area, with 5 different trails to choose from. Bullards Bar Trailhead is 14 miles, 7 Ball Trial is 1 mile, 8 Ball Trail is 3.8 miles, Rebel Ridge Trail is 1.6 miles and Schoolhouse Trail is 0.7 miles. Maps are available at the North Yuba Ranger Station just a couple miles east of the reservoir on Marysville Road.