remember camping as a child?
this is the place...
Bears live here. they will eat your lunch, and look; no shorts 'n tee's (tourista's)
and the whole family can attend w/o braking the tuna cassorle budget.
where?
Table Mountain Campground
Wrightwood, California
CAMPGROUND NAME: Table Mountain
VISIT DATE: 06/27/2005
STATE: California
REGION: Pacific Southwest
RANGER DISTRICT: Santa Clara/Mojave Rivers
NEAREST CITY/TOWN: Wrightwood
RESERVATIONS: 1-877-444-6777 or
make on-line reservation
DIRECTIONS: From Wrightwood, CA, take State Rt.2 west 2.4 miles to Table Mountain Campground sign. Turn right at sign onto Table Mountain Rd and go 1 mile to another campground sign. Turn left into campground.
GENERAL COMMENTS: The elevation is 7,500 ft. The campground has eight loops and a spur (Knoll) - Zuni, Apache, Cherokee, Mohave, Pima, Osage Way, Broken Blade, and Twisted Arrow. It meanders around the mountaintop through a stand of large, mature Ponderosa pine. Many of the camp sites have magnificent views of the surrounding mountains or the Mojave Desert. Some sites have bear proof food containers. Big, spacious, widely separated camp sites, provide ample privacy. The Knoll (sites 12 - 15) are on a dead end with no turn-around - only tents are recommended. Pima, Osage Way, and Mohave Rim Loops have the campground's shortest parking aprons and tight, winding interior roads. The lodge at adjacent Ski Sunrise offers a cooks night out, public phone, 27-hole "Disk Golf," and occasional entertainment. This is bear country; practice safe food storage techniques. Note: To use a armhole in campground during "fire season," you will need a California Campfire Permit available at the Ranger District Office.
SEASONS Open Seasonal: Yes Open All Year: No Seasonal Comment: Open May 1 through November 11.
RATE AND MAXIMUM STAY PERMITTED Rate: $13 per day - single $26 per day - double NOTE: With proper ID, law enforcement officers get 50% off site fee. Maximum Stay Permitted (days): 14
CAMPGROUND SITE CONFIGURATION No. RV Sites: 1 No. Tent Sites: 4 No. Combined Sites (Tent or RV): 106 Total Sites: 111 Tent Pads: No Group Tent Sites: Yes Open Sites: Yes Wooded Sites: Yes No. Tables on Sites: 111 No. Grilles on Sites: 111
RV INFORMATION Hookups: None Group RV Sites: Yes No. RV Pull Throughs: 0 Waste Station: No Average Parking Apron Size: 12.5' X 40' Comments: The parking aprons are paved.
FACILITIES Vaults: Yes Flush Toilets: No Hot Showers: No Wheelchair Friendly Toilets: Yes Public Phone: No Playground: No No. Water Spigots (non-site): 34 No. Threaded: 29
WATER SPORTS - None
HIKING Nature Trail (foot) - 0.5 miles
FISHING - No