Sliver Creek Group Campground

About

Silver Creek Group Campground offers a secluded group camping experience in the Crystal Basin area of Eldorado National Forest. Originally a 12-site individual campground, it has been converted to a single group facility that can host up to 40 guests for tent camping. The site features 9 walk-to tent areas and 4 sites with parking spurs, with a maximum of 12 vehicles permitted. The campground is situated under a canopy of conifers including ponderosa pine, with South Fork Silver Creek flowing through the southern portion of the site. One central group fire ring serves the entire campground, and vault toilets and bear boxes are provided. No potable water is available on site. Entrance gates remain locked; campers must call ahead during business hours to arrange entry. Ice House Reservoir lies less than 2 miles away, offering motorboating, jet skiing, swimming, and fishing for rainbow and brown trout. Nearby Ice House Campground has an RV dump station, and Fashoda Campground offers showers. Bears are active in the area, so proper food storage in bear boxes is mandatory.

Directions

From Placerville, travel 21.5 miles east on Highway 50, then turn left (north) onto Ice House Road (Forest Road 3) and continue 8.9 miles to the campground entrance.