Ice House Campground

US Forest Service · California

Ice House Campground in California. Ringed marker is this site; the other dots are the 1330 public campsites we map in California.

Ice House Campground is surrounded by a mixed conifer forest on the shores of Ice House Reservoir. Just 12 miles from Riverton, CA, the campground offers hiking, biking, jet skiing and fishing. Ponderosa pine is a pleasing part of the surrounding region. The trees fill the air with a vanilla aroma and it's the tallest known pine tree in the country. To date, the tallest Ponderosa measured was an impressive 268.35 feet tall.

What we know about it

Managed by

US Forest Service

Fee

Not published (the agency does not list one)

Booking

first-come, first-served

Dogs

Allowed on a leash (USFS policy)

Number of sites

502

Coordinates

38.82973, -120.36570

Nearest sites we map

• Ice House1 km · US Forest Service
• Northwind Campground1 km · US Forest Service
• Silver Creek Group Campground2 km · US Forest Service
• Strawberry Point Campground2 km · US Forest Service
• Jones Fork Campground4 km · US Forest Service
• Lone Rock Campground4 km · US Forest Service

Source: US Forest Service, dated 2026-08-06, fetched 2026-09-07. Official listing.

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