Bridgeport, CA

Green Creek Group

Mountain viewsForestRiverside / CreeksideRustic / HistoricHikingFishingVault toiletsFire pitPicnic tableBear box / locker

Availability

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About this spot

Overview

Green Creek Group Campground is located about 12 miles from Bridgeport, California, at an elevation of 7,500 feet. Visitors enjoy fishing on Green Creek and hiking the Green Creek Trail.

Recreation

Green Creek offers rainbow trout fishing and can be easily accessed from within the campground. Green Creek Trail, for hiking and horseback riding, can be accessed just outside the campground entrance. It leads to Green Lake and further on to East Lake. Rugged peaks surround both large lakes, where hikers are rewarded with good backcountry fishing and spectacular scenery.

Facilities

This primitive campground contains two group sites that can accommodate 25 and 30 people, with large picnic tables, campfire circles, grills and food storage lockers. Vault toilets and trash collection are provided. Roads and parking spurs are dirt.

Natural Features

The campground is tucked between Green Creek and a rocky outcropping, among a forest of towering Jeffrey pines, which offer partial shade. Aspens, juniper, sagebrush and summer wildflowers dot the landscape.

Typical weather

Green Creek

Average water temperature
Average water temperature for Green Creek, January through DecemberEach point shows the monthly average water temperature in degrees Fahrenheit.33°JJanuary: average water temperature 33°F33°FFebruary: average water temperature 33°F37°MMarch: average water temperature 37°F40°AApril: average water temperature 40°F47°MMay: average water temperature 47°F53°JJune: average water temperature 53°F52°JJuly: average water temperature 52°F59°AAugust: average water temperature 59°F54°SSeptember: average water temperature 54°F46°OOctober: average water temperature 46°F38°NNovember: average water temperature 38°F34°DDecember: average water temperature 34°F

Water: Water Quality Portal — 13 field-sample stations

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