Such a beautiful place to go. We went to the mountain dog swimming hole. Here’s some quick directions. Find your way to Nevada city, then take North Bloomfield road 7 miles down to the yuba river. At the first T 3 way stop you make a right, then you take a windy downhill road roughly for 7 miles. Parking is right before the bridge. Get there early, it gets quite full on the weekends. Once you park you walk downhill on the bridge and there will be a dirty trail on your left. I wouldn’t call it a hike it’s really just a trail. Along the trail there’s multiple divets down to the river where you can find quite a few swimming holes. The best one is about a mile down, as in the picture below, they call it ‘mountain dog’ swimming hole. It’s a nice swimming spot, not too hard to get there, a narrow up and down dirt path with rock trails as well. The crowd. There’s nudists, beware. Mostly older men. For every 10 people you see there, there will be 1 old naked man. However, to their credit they are very friendly. There’s a few of the locals, friendly nice as well. And then there’s the wild hillbillies pounding their budweisers, they are loud and annoying. Overall, definitely a beautiful nature kickback spot.
Alissa K.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Jamestown, PA
This is a terrific place to go car camping. It’s about 11 miles away from Nevada City, located just off the South Yuba River. There are 16 campsites for tents or RVs, with piped water, picnic tables, pit toilets(for those weirdos who prefer not to pee in the woods), and fire grills. We managed to gather enough firewood to tide us over for one night, no purchasing necessary(although there was a place close by). The sites are mostly spaced far enough away from each other that you can barely see who is next to you, and it’s only $ 5 a night. First come, first serve, no reservations. You have to hike a little over a mile to get to the river, and if you venture off the beaten path enough, you have(what feels like) the whole place to yourself — for us, even at the beginning of Memorial Day weekend. Lovely water, great stars, quiet… well, except for the teenagers we saw having sex(but, actually, that wasn’t at the campground). Cautionary note: you may *think* you’re alone, but there may be a trail going up the hill above you!
