Pipi Campground

PiPi is a great campground to get away from it all and appreciate California redwoods’ beautiful nature. It’s a perfect spot to bring your dirt bikes and quads to check out the different off roading trails. There is a creek that runs through the main campground and plenty of hiking trails. Dog friendly and the kids absolutely love it. Just be aware that sometimes of the year there are lots of mosquitoes. Though this time, luckily there weren’t any.

This campground is beautiful little gem. The sites are very spacious and have lots of trees for privacy. Everything is kept clean and the paved trail that runs along the river is so peaceful. A wonderful campground that is not too far from our home in Sacramento.

Occupied sites 31 & 32: Good size sites, neighbors were not too close, bathrooms not too far & shaded most of the day (but not during high noon hours). The Host drove around a lot, but never bothered us.
Beautiful river running through the campground with a unique walkway along side it. Most of the campground is shaded by tall trees. We’ve camped in many campgrounds & honestly, we fell in love with this campground. The river is so peaceful & so convenient to walk along.
Other;
1) You will be disconnected from all electronic services (which I appreciated).
2) Going to town is 45 to an hour round trip.
3) I heard NO off road vehicles in the 4 days we were there, but there are places to ride your OHV outside of the campground.
4) There are campsites you can reserve along side the river.
5) Bathrooms are «vaulted» (out-​house style), but clean & did not smell when we were there.
6) Fire pits & BBQs at the camp sites.
7) Drinking water spickets throughout the campground.
8) Fire wood for sale at the Host’s camp site (unsure of price).
9) We use
to make all of our camping reservations.
10) Make sure to print directions (maybe even take a map) –this place is 6 miles down into a valley of the national forest & street signs are small & some are easy to miss. Your cell phone GPS will likely lose service before get to the trickiest parts of getting there
11) On-​leash dogs allowed.

My husband probably would have preferred a swift kick to the crotch over the painful realization that you are allowed to shoot rifles in this forest, and we had left all of ours at home. We aren’t hunters, but do enjoy shooting outdoors. Nothing’s less fun than counting the seconds between shots at the range.
This campground seems small to me, but I don’t do a lot of camping in numbered sites that you have to reserve. I like wilderness camping where youre required to obtain a fire permit and you dig a hole each time you need a restroom break.
The bathrooms here are clean and pretty frequent. Each campsite has a picnic table and fire pit.
Reservations are made online and the $ 22 fee has a $ 9 processing charge. You have to make them several days in advance (even moreso if there’s a specific site you want). We couldn’t book for Friday night so we made a Saturday night only reservation. It’s first come, first serve if you don’t have a reservation but they put something on the site saying the days its reserved. So we pretty much saved ourselves the processing fee for one night. I wrote the host a check upon arrival. I love writing checks.
The friendly camp host called off a puppy that was looking mischievously at me and it went back to its own site. There are signs saying leashes are required, but I think well-​behaved dogs that are obedient are the most important thing. The host sells wood and you can get a large amount for $ 20.
There is drinking water available but you should probably bring your own food and drinks. No other food sold here but it’s not all that far of a drive from the nearest town. 30 minutes perhaps?
I stayed here in February 2010 and again Sept 2013. The only difference was the water level. The river was moving a lot faster and higher in Feb. The first time I stayed here was because the road to my regular spot was snowed in. It wasn’t a bad spot to return to, but I imagine there are lots of other campgrounds in this area to check out as well, if you like camping somewhere you can see other people.
Note: The greatest thing about this place is that it’s handicap-​friendly. They have pathways to the water and all around that are pedestrian and wheelchair friendly. How awesome is that! Handicamping. We enjoyed walking on these pathways. We noticed they have better tree coverage above you. Which was great for us, since it was raining the last day of summer, but would also be nice for shade on the hot summer days.