Enjoy our hilltop camping compound with the best view on the property! Exclusive Group Camping with your friends/family with outstanding outdoor adventure opportunities within 10-20 minutes (Yuba River, Bullard's Bar, State Parks, hiking/biking). 8+ camping sites (bring your own tents), community kitchen, bathhouse and fire pit. Campground is fully fenced so friendly, well-behaved dogs are generally allowed. RV sites, furnished cabins/yurt also available for additional charge. EV charging close by.
Renting the camping compound includes the exclusive use of the community kitchen for your group. The kitchen has 2 full-sized refrigerators, stove with oven, outside BBQ, triple-sink, and is supplied with cookware/pots/pans. Kitchen also has a large set of plastic plates, bowls and cups that we encourage you to use. The bathhouse has 2 private flush toilets, 2 private showers, and 2 sinks. Bring your own towels and toiletries. The camping compound can host up to 20 people. There is an extra guest fee of $10/night/person after the 20th guest.
There are potable water spigots inside the camping compound. Enjoy your group meals at the large outdoor 18-foot long table with benches, and at the various picnic tables located inside the compound. The fire pit is large enough for a big group to gather around. Firewood options include collecting your own dead and down wood on the property, bringing your own, or purchasing on-site.
Multiple "add-ons" spaces are available at additional fees to increase options for your group. Please request any add-ons in a message, and if available a "request payment" for the total cost of the add-ons will be sent to you.
Yurt: $125/night. Furnished yurt with full-sized bed, queen sofa bed, small love seat, dresser, armoire, and table with chairs. Basic electricity inside and water outside. Includes it's own small outside table, BBQ, and fire pit. There are no kitchen facilities. Yurt guests have use of the community kitchen/bathhouse. Linens provided, but bring your own towels, toiletries, and cooking supplies. Located adjacent to, but outside the fenced camping area. Please, No dogs in the yurt.
Cabins: $139/night. Furnished with queen-size bed and sofa bed in the living room. Large deck/patio with ample tree coverage for shaded area to relax. Full kitchen, bathroom, propane stove, Air Conditioning. A short walk to the campground.
RV sites: $75/night full hook-ups (3 sites), $50/night partial hook-ups (water). Graveled level sites available with partial or full hook-ups, and all are outside the fenced camping area but close by.
Dogs: $35/dog under 35 pounds per stay. Dogs over 35 pounds must be approved in advance. When approved, a charge of $50/dog over 35 pounds per stay. Dogs are allowed if all rules are adhered to. (see under additional rules).
You can drive up into the camping compound to load and unload, but then we prefer for you to move your vehicle to a near-by parking area so your camping area feels natural and spacious and we prevent oil/gas in highly flammable area. Plenty of room for vehicles with boats/trailers to park.
We prefer to meet with you when you arrive so we can get you set up properly and address any issues or rules so you have a positive experience while visiting Willow Springs. We are only a text or phone call away, and live close to the camping area.
We are surrounded by outstanding outdoor recreation! Oregon Creek State Park is only 7 minutes away. You'll pass the South Yuba River State Park on your way here. Bridgeport (with the longest covered bridge in the US!) is about 10 minutes away. Lots of hiking trails, river viewing and swimming are available at all of these places. 30 minutes up Highway 49 is the town of Downieville, a mountain biking mecca. The town of North San Juan features a small cafe, pizzeria and thrift store. We suggest doing grocery shopping when you go through Grass Valley or Nevada City.
PLEASE, no amplified music, no heavy thumping bass music. We want to keep our neighbors happy so please obey the 10pm to 8am Quiet Time.
You will drive into the camping compound to load and unload, but then move your vehicle to a near-by parking area. This keeps the camping area feeling natural and spacious. The parking area has plenty of room for large vehicles with boats/trailers. There is also RV parking with full/partial hook-ups for additional fee.
All guests are required to sign a Release of Liability before staying on the property. When you inquire about renting, a link to view and download this release form will be sent to you. Children can be included on their guardian's form. You can print it out and bring with you, and it will be collected when you arrive.
There are 3 resident dogs that live on the property. Sasha is a friendly Belgian Malinois and her side-kick, Archie. Raj is a long-haired chihuahua. They will not be in your camping area, but may be outside the community kitchen. Please DO NOT feed them. If they are an issue for you in ANY way, please let us know and they will be kept inside.
During fire season, we follow CalFire regulations. Most of the time campfires are allowed, but during occasional "red flag" days they may be prohibited. We have no control over these regulations and they are based on conditions (wind, humidity, temperature, fire danger, etc)
Willow Springs is a working farm, and we strive to be environmentally conscious around issues of sustainability, recycling and landfills. We ask our guests who stay with us to join in.
Sustainability: we build our own healthy soils without buying oil-based chemical fertilizers. You can help us by contributing your food waste into our composting system. This also saves food items from going into landfills, where rotting food produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Did you know that we could reduce greenhouse emissions by 6-8% simply by keeping food waste out of landfills? You can reduce your personal carbon footprint with these simple composting procedures. There are several food waste buckets for you to scrape all unwanted food items into.
Recycling: reduce items going to landfills by placing all recyclable containers into the blue bins. Please EMPTY containers of all liquid first.
Trash: All trash has to be brought into the county transfer station and paid to be disposed of, by us. Reducing trash has very practical implications besides environmental awareness (like keeping our campground affordable). Anything that can't be composted or recycled can go in the trash. We provide 5 full cans/group/stay of trash disposal as part of your rental. After that, we charge a $10/can disposal fee.
