Location: County: Sacramento. Nearest City: Folsom.
Campsites, facilities: Beal's Point: There are
69 sites for tents or RVs up to 31 feet long. Picnic tables,
fire grills, and piped water are provided. Flush toilets, showers,
a dump station, a bike path, and horseback riding facilities
are available. Camping, picnicking, and fishing areas are wheelchair
accessible. There are boat rentals, moorings, a snack bar, ice,
and bait and tackle available at the Folsom Lake Marina. Peninsula:
There are 100 sites for tents or RVs. Picnic tables, fire grills,
and piped water are provided. Flush toilets, showers, and a bike
path are available. Boat rentals, moorings, a snack bar, ice,
and bait and tackle are available at the Folsom Lake Marina.
Negro Bar Group Camp: There are three group sites that
can accommodate from 25 to 50 people each. Picnic tables, fire
grills, and piped water are provided. Flush toilets, showers,
and a bike path are available. There are boat rentals, moorings,
a snack bar, ice, and bait and tackle available at the Folsom
Lake Marina.
Reservations, fees: Beal's Point/Peninsula: Reserve
by phoning 1-800-444-PARK/7275 ($7.50 reservation fee); $14-$16
per night, $1 pet fee. Open year-round. Negro Bar Ground Camp:
Reserve by phoning 1-916-988-0205; $37.50-$75 per night.
Contact: Phone Folsom Lake State Recreation Area at
1-916-988-0205 or FAX 1-916-988-9062.
Folsom Lake SRA
7806 Folsom-Auburn Road
Folsom CA 95630-1797
Operating hours, seasons: Summer season: April - mid-
October - 6:00 am to 9:00 pm. Winter season: mid-October-March
- 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; open all year round.
Directions: Beal's Point: From Sacramento, drive
east on U.S. 50 to the Folsom Boulevard exit. Turn left at the
stop sign and continue on Folsom Boulevard for 3.5 miles, following
the road as it curves onto Leidesdorff Street. Head east on Leidesdorff
Street for one-half mile, dead-ending into Riley Street. Turn
left onto Riley Street and proceed over the bridge, turning right
on Folsom-Auburn Road. Head north on Folsom-Auburn Road for 3.5
miles to the park entrance on the right. Peninsula: From
Placerville, drive east on U.S. 50 to the Spring Street/Highway
49 exit. Turn left (north) on Highway 49 (toward the town of
Coloma), and continue 8.3 miles into the town of Pilot Hill and
Rattlesnake Bar Road. Turn left on Rattlesnake Bar Road and drive
nine miles to the end of the road and the park entrance. Negro
Bar Group Camp: From Interstate 80 north of Sacramento, take
the Douglas Boulevard exit and head east for five miles to Auburn-Folsom
Road. Turn right on Auburn-Folsom Road and drive south for six
miles until the road dead-ends into Greenback Lane. Turn right
on Greenback Lane and merge immediately into the left lane. The
park entrance is approximately two-tenths of a mile on the left.
Weather, clothing: Summers are hot and dry. Winters
can be very cold. Spring and fall often are warm days and cooler
evenings and nights. In summers dress lightly and winters layered
clothing is recommended.
Trip notes: Folsom Lake is Sacramento's backyard vacation
spot, a huge lake covering some 12,000 acres with 75 miles of
shoreline, which means plenty of room for boating, waterskiing,
fishing, and suntanning. The lake has a productive trout fishery
in the spring, a fast-growing population of kokanee salmon, and
good prospects for bass in late spring and early summer. By summer,
water-skiers usually take over the lake each day by about 10
A.M.
© 2001, Miwok Lodge 439, Order of the
Arrow, Santa Clara County Council Inc., BSA
Revision 1.2
