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Juniper Campground
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2 reviews for Juniper Campground
This is the topmost campground on Mt. Diablo and it affords some of the best views a camper could hope for! West-facing, there is a ledge that is perfect for watching the sun go down. The campsites themselves are medium sized (some larger than others) and most have a little privacy. It's first come, first served (with reservations) though so depending on when you get there pickings could be good or slim.
While I won't recommend August camping (hot hot hot) it was beautiful anyways (amazing night weather though!).
Because of the fire danger we couldn't have wood fires in the fire pits. Charcoal fires were allowed and getting one of those started is a little adventure in itself!
Word on the street is that the rangers are very strict about alcohol. Though I wouldn't know anything about it... a couple girls we ran into had no problem secreting some in at the bottom of their cooler. Mmmm-hmm.
You may run into ranger patrol if you are a large and loud group though...
And look out for those raccoons! They're persistent little suckers :) cute though.
The bathrooms were closed so minus one star for porta-potty-in-the-dark related trauma.
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I'm going camping this weekend so I'll have to update this review after I return. It's not true though that you can't find a camping spot even though reservations America web site says so. When I did a visit to the campground 2 weeks ago I found several empty slots in several campgrounds even though the ranger at the north gate that none were available. When I spoke with the south gate ranger she said that she can give a spot in one of the campgrounds. So there you go. Different versions of what's available or not. My advice is that if you can't reserve online go ahead and pay the park a visit and talk to the south gate ranger. You may be able to work something out. Till next week...
