Willow Placer Campground
Merced River Recreation Management Area
Write a Review Briceburg Rd. Briceburg, CA 95345 209-379-9414 916-941-3101 Official WebsiteGPS: 37.6092, -120.0078
Overview of Willow Placer Campground
Willow Placer Campground is the second of three BLM campgrounds within the Merced River Recreation Management Area managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Mother Lode Field Office. Willow Placer Campground offers 8 walk-in and 1 drive-up group campsite and is located 3.6 miles west of the Briceburg Suspension Bridge. Campers should be aware that trailers over 18 feet and large RV's are not recommended crossing the suspension bridge. Potable water is not available at the campgrounds but there is water available from a faucet at the information kiosk near the Briceburg Suspension Bridge. The BLM campgrounds along the Merced River do not take reservations, campsites are on a first-come-first-served basis only.
Last Price Paid: $10
Reported by camper-913997 on 5/10/2024
Longest RV Reported: 23 feet (Travel Trailer)
Reported by Sonya on 12/2/2020
Number of Sites 9
Elevation 1,049 ft / 319 m
Max Stay 14
Max Length 18 ft
Tent Camping Yes
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Reviews of Willow Placer Campground 4 people have reviewed this location.
“A wonderful camp, but only a few RV spots and RV”
Reviewed 5/10/2024
| Nightly rate: | $10 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 13 |
Overall Rating
With our 20 feet van, we had no problem to access it, but we do not recommend it for larger RVs. The location is really beautiful along the Mercer river. There are three campsites, but mostly for tents. very few RV spots. We were lucky to find one and enjoyed a wonderful evening and a quiet night. The campsites are very clean. There ar... more
With our 20 feet van, we had no problem to access it, but we do not recommend it for larger RVs. The location is really beautiful along the Mercer river. There are three campsites, but mostly for tents. very few RV spots. We were lucky to find one and enjoyed a wonderful evening and a quiet night. The campsites are very clean. There are volt toilets in each of the three campgrounds. This is a place we recommend!
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camper-913997 would stay here again
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“I’ll Be Back!”
Reviewed 10/21/2023
| Nightly rate: | $10 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 20 |
Overall Rating
Nice relaxing stay by the Merced river. $10 self pay. I arrived around 3pm Friday to a pretty much empty campground except for one other group. By night time a few more people showed up but overall it was really quiet. The place is well maintained with pit toilets. I stayed at site 20 and it’s a little ways away from the other sites. T... more
Nice relaxing stay by the Merced river. $10 self pay. I arrived around 3pm Friday to a pretty much empty campground except for one other group. By night time a few more people showed up but overall it was really quiet. The place is well maintained with pit toilets. I stayed at site 20 and it’s a little ways away from the other sites. The others seemed to close with no privacy. The drive here isn’t too bad, I’ve been on much worse roads and this one is definitely easy. It does get a little narrow at some points but I didn’t have any oncoming cars on my drive to and from. Walk up sites only, no drive up. Railroad flat campground down the road I believe is all drive up but you need to get there early, all the sites were taken when I arrived.
camper-874125 would stay here again
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Reviewed 4/15/2021
Overall Rating
Great BLM sites right on the river. Well-maintained. Bumpy roads, but no high clearance or 4WD needed. Re: the suspension bridge at the entrance to the forest Road, it’s definitely very tight turn on/off, but I have a 20 foot van and had no issues. Note, the posted weight limit is 15 tons.
Matt would stay here again
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“Looks very nice for mostly walk-in tent camping”
Reviewed 12/2/2020
| Nightly rate: | $10 |
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| Days stayed: | 0 |
| RV Length: | 23' (Travel Trailer) |
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We thoroughly enjoyed our 4 night stay at McCabe Flat and passed through this campground several times on bikes. As there are no reviews yet for this camp, I thought I’d leave one. Now some details: Campsites had nice picnic tables and amazing raised fire rings with cooking grates. We did not see the bathrooms. One big drive-in ... more
We thoroughly enjoyed our 4 night stay at McCabe Flat and passed through this campground several times on bikes. As there are no reviews yet for this camp, I thought I’d leave one.
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Campsites had nice picnic tables and amazing raised fire rings with cooking grates. We did not see the bathrooms.
One big drive-in sure and the rest are walk-in tent sites. There is one campground further down the road that have both drive in and walk in options.
There is a formidable suspension bridge where you turn off the main road into the “Briceburg” BLM area. We are a Tacoma pulling a 23’ trailer, and we were a tight squeeze. I honestly wouldn’t do it with anything larger. The road itself is rough with steep drop offs on one side, but it was no cause for concern for us once over the bridge (it was the old railroad grade into this Gold Rush hot spot).
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Sonya would stay here again
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Amenities
Hookups
- dry camping
Recreation
- fishing
- picnic area
- recreation trail
- swimming beach
- water access
Site Amenities
- fire ring
- picnic table
Facilities
- recycle
- restrooms: vault
- trash
Pets
- pets
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