Black Cowboy Parade
The Oakland Black Cowboy Association is best known for the Black Cowboy Parade & Festival, the only celebration of its kind in the U.S.A. This parade is held in memory of the black cowboys that helped to settle the American West.
Annual event; October
One day event
Oakland CA
El Dorado Camping
Kirkwood Lake, California
El Dorado National Forest
Carson Pass Hwy 88, Ebbetts Pass Hwy 4, Gold Rush Country
Sierra Nevada Mountains, Alpine Lakes
campground
elev
spots
veg
toilet
water
notes
Airport Flat Campground
5300′
16
–
vault
no
Ice House Reservoir
Azalea Cove Campground
4900′
10
–
vault
lake
Union Valley Reservoir
Big Meadows Campground
5300′
54
pines
flush
piped
handicap access
Blue Lake Lower Camp
8100′
16
–
vault
piped
PG&E; fish, boat, camp
Blue Lake Dam Upper
8200′
25
–
vault
piped
PG&E; fish, boat, camp
Caples Lake Campground
7800′
35
pines
vault
piped
fishing lake
Capps Crossing Campground
5200′
12
pines
vault
piped
gold panning
China Flat Campground
4800′
25
–
vault
piped
Silver Fork Rd
Dru Barner Campground
3200′
16
–
flush
piped
equestrian trails
Gerle Creek Campground
5300′
50
pines
vault
piped
handicap access
Fashoda Campground
4900′
30
–
vault
piped
handicap access
Hell Hole Campground
5200′
10
–
vault
piped
walk-in
Upper Hell Hole Campground
4600′
15
–
vault
lake
Hell Hole Reservoir
Ice House Reservoir Camp
5500′
83
–
vault
lake
handicap access
Jones Fork Campground
4900′
10
–
vault
lake
Union Valley Reservoir
Kirkwood Campground
7600′
12
pines
vault
piped
narrow road; fishing
Lone Rock Campground
4800′
5
–
vault
lake
Union Valley Reservoir
Loon Lake Campground
6500′
62
pines
vault
piped
equestrian; group site too
Lovers Leap Campground
5800′
21
pines
vault
piped
rock climbing
Lumberyard Campground
6500′
5
pines
vault
–
RV access
Middle Creek Campground
8200′
5
pines
vault
piped
fishing creek
Middle Fork Cosumnes River
6780′
5
–
vault
crk
PG&E, swim, fish
Mokelumne River Camp
3200′
8
–
vault
crk
swim
Moore Creek Campground
3200′
8
–
vault
crk
swim
Northshore Campground
6378′
15
–
vault
lake
Loon Lake Campground
Northwind Campground
5500′
9
–
vault
lake
Ice House Reservoir
Pardoes Point Campground
5900′
10
–
pit
no
Bear River Reservoir Rd
Pipi Campground
3900′
51
–
pit
no
handicap access
Sand Flat Campground
3900′
29
–
pit
no
fishing
Silver Fork Campground
5500′
35
–
vault
piped
fishing
Silver Lake Campground
7200′
62
pines
vault
piped
boating lake
South Fork Campground
5200′
17
–
vault
piped
fishing
South Shore Campground
5900′
22
–
vault
piped
Bear River Reservoir
Strawberry Point Camp
5500′
10
–
vault
lake
Ice House Reservoir
Stumpy Meadows Campgr
4400′
10
–
vault
lake
handicap access
Sugar Pine Campground
6000′
10
–
vault
no
boating
Sunset Campground
4900′
131
–
vault
piped
boating
Wench Creek Campground
4900′
100
–
vault
crk
boating
Wentworth Springs Camp
6200′
8
–
vault
crk
4WD recommended
West Point Campground
4875′
8
–
vault
lake
Union Valley Reservoir
White Azalea Campground
3500′
6
–
vault
crk
Mokelumne River
Wolf Creek Campground
8200′
42
–
vault
piped
boating, fishing
Woods Lake Campground
4900′
25
–
vault
pump
handicap access
Yellowjacket Campground
4900′
40
–
vault
piped
boating, fishing
see more about El Dorado National Forest
nearby towns –
El Dorado Forest Maps –
Sierra Cabins near Sequoia Groves
Sequoia trees naturally grow in the Sierra Nevada mountains, on the west side of the range. Several parks & forests make up what is known as “the Sequoias” – in the Southern Sierra, Sequoia National Forest; Giant Sequoia National Monument; Mountain Home State Forest; Central Sierra is home to Sequoia National Park & neighboring Kings Canyon NP; Sierra National Forest & Yosemite NP. Yep, all those areas have Sequoia groves!
See all the Sequoia & Redwood Groves in California!
California Cabin Rentals near to Sequoia groves –
TOPO MAPS of California Redwoods –
Sequoia Maps by NatGeo
Yosemite NP Maps
NorCal Redwoods Map
If you are searching for tallest species, the Coastal Redwoods located on the shores of Northern California , then you can find them over here – NorCal Redwoods
California, off the beaten path