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Tuttletown Recreation Area

New Melones Lake, California

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As of October 2026, Tuttletown Recreation Area is a campground in California with 152 campsites. Tuttletown Recreation Area is booked through Recreation.gov.

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Tuttletown Recreation Area is located at 37.9839° N, 120.5081° W.

people allowed on 109 of 152 sites: 8
people allowed on the largest site: 60

Tuttletown Recreation Area reservations and next available dates

October 2026

November 2026

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Stay and booking rules

Changes allowed: 3 change(s) per reservation
Campsites held at once: 4 campsite(s) held
Maximum consecutive stay: 14 consecutive days
Maximum reservations at once: 8 reservations
Maximum stay: 14 days
Maximum per transaction: 4 reservations per transaction

Published by Recreation.gov for Tuttletown Recreation Area, read on September 29, 2026.

Campsites at Tuttletown Recreation Area

Standard 141
Tent 10
Group 1
Accessible 12
Hookups 152

What an RV fits

25 ft5 sites

Amenities

restrooms
showers
potable water

At a glance: Setting: Mountain.

Things to do: fishing, boating, swimming, hiking, wildlife, climbing, horse riding, water sports.

All sites at Tuttletown Recreation Area, as listed by Recreation.gov

Site	Loop	Type	Sleeps	Max RV	Hookups	Access
001	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
003	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
004	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
006	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
007	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
008	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
010	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
011	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
012	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
013	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
014	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
015	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
016	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	Accessible
017	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
018	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
019	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
020	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
021	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
022	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	Accessible
023	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
024	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
025	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
026	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
027	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	Accessible
028	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
029	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
030	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
031	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
032	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
033	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
034	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
035	Acorn Sites 1-35	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
036	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
037	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
038	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
039	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
040	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
041	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
042	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
043	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
044	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
045	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
046	Acorn Sites 36-69	Tent	8	-	Electric	-
047	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
048	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
049	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
051	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
052	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
053	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
054	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	Accessible
055	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
056	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
057	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
058	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
059	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
060	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
061	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
062	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
063	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
064	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	Accessible
065	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
066	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
067	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
068	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
069	Acorn Sites 36-69	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
126	Chamise Sites 126-144	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
127	Chamise Sites 126-144	Standard	4	-	Electric	Accessible
128	Chamise Sites 126-144	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
129	Chamise Sites 126-144	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
130	Chamise Sites 126-144	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
131	Chamise Sites 126-144	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
132	Chamise Sites 126-144	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
133	Chamise Sites 126-144	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
134	Chamise Sites 126-144	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
135	Chamise Sites 126-144	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
137	Chamise Sites 126-144	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
138	Chamise Sites 126-144	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
139	Chamise Sites 126-144	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
140	Chamise Sites 126-144	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
141	Chamise Sites 126-144	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
142	Chamise Sites 126-144	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
143	Chamise Sites 126-144	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
144	Chamise Sites 126-144	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
145	Chamise Sites 145-161	Tent	8	-	Electric	Accessible
146	Chamise Sites 145-161	Tent	4	-	Electric	-
147	Chamise Sites 145-161	Tent	8	-	Electric	-
148	Chamise Sites 145-161	Tent	8	-	Electric	-
149	Chamise Sites 145-161	Tent	8	-	Electric	-
150	Chamise Sites 145-161	Tent	8	-	Electric	-
151	Chamise Sites 145-161	Tent	8	-	Electric	-
153	Chamise Sites 145-161	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
154	Chamise Sites 145-161	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
155	Chamise Sites 145-161	Standard	4	-	Electric	Accessible
156	Chamise Sites 145-161	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
157	Chamise Sites 145-161	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
158	Chamise Sites 145-161	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
159	Chamise Sites 145-161	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
160	Chamise Sites 145-161	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
161	Chamise Sites 145-161	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
G01	Fiddleneck Group Site	Group	60	-	Electric	-
070	Manzanita Sites 70-93	Tent	8	-	Electric	-
071	Manzanita Sites 70-93	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
072	Manzanita Sites 70-93	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
073	Manzanita Sites 70-93	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
074	Manzanita Sites 70-93	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
075	Manzanita Sites 70-93	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
077	Manzanita Sites 70-93	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
078	Manzanita Sites 70-93	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
079	Manzanita Sites 70-93	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
080	Manzanita Sites 70-93	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
081	Manzanita Sites 70-93	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
082	Manzanita Sites 70-93	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
083	Manzanita Sites 70-93	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
084	Manzanita Sites 70-93	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
085	Manzanita Sites 70-93	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
086	Manzanita Sites 70-93	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
088	Manzanita Sites 70-93	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
090	Manzanita Sites 70-93	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
091	Manzanita Sites 70-93	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
092	Manzanita Sites 70-93	Standard	8	-	Electric	Accessible
093	Manzanita Sites 70-93	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
094	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
095	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
096	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
097	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
098	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
099	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
100	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
101	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
102	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
104	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	25 ft	Electric	Accessible
105	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
106	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
107	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	25 ft	Electric	-
108	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	25 ft	Electric	-
109	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	25 ft	Electric	-
110	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	25 ft	Electric	-
111	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
112	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
113	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
114	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
115	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
116	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
117	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
118	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
119	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	Accessible
120	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
121	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	-
122	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
123	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	4	-	Electric	-
125	Manzanita Sites 94-125	Standard	8	-	Electric	Accessible
G02	Oak Knoll Group Site	Tent	50	-	Electric	-

About Tuttletown Recreation Area

Overview

Tuttletown Recreation Area is located at New Melones Lake on the Stanislaus River. The 12,500 surface-acre lake is the fourth largest reservoir in California and is situated along the edge of the Mother Lode, the rich gold vein that prompted the California Gold Rush of 1849. At an elevation of 1100 feet, the Foothill Oak Woodlands hug the 100 miles of shoreline.

Popular activities on and around the large lake include fishing, boating, water skiing, wake boarding, jet skiing, sailing, swimming, kayaking, canoeing, wildlife viewing, rock climbing, hiking, biking, and picknicking. The New Melones Visitor Center offers year-round interpretive events and a museum highlighting natural and cultural resources.

*COMING APRIL 2021: A new disc-golf course is being constructed and will be available for play!

Recreation

Hiking, fishing, wakeboarding, waterskiing, boating, sailing and biking are just some of the activities available in Tuttletown Recreation Area. Equestrian trails are also present in the Peoria Wildlife Mitigation Area and open for the general public. Camping is also permitted in designated campsites.

Other interesting sites include Natural Bridges, which can be accessed from Parrott's Ferry Road. It has a hiking trail and creek that flow through a marble cave. The Table Mountain Trail provides visitors an opportunity to hike to the top of an extensive lava flow which occurred over nine million years ago.

Facilities

The campground provides modern conveniences like flush toilets, showers and water spigots. Visitors will also find a fish cleaning station and electric vehicle charging station in the Lupine day use area. Picnic tables and fire rings are provided at each campsite.

Recreation Area entrance gates close at 9:00 PM, and open at 4:00 AM. Exit gates are never closed.

Natural Features

New Melones Lake is located in Northern California between the historic gold rush towns of Sonora and Angels Camp. The terrain varies from rolling hills to steep marble cliffs, and the vegetation consists of oaks, Ponderosa pines, chamise and buckbrush shrubs.

Visitors can experience the beauty of New Melones by hiking the many trails in the Tuttletown and Glory Hole Recreation Areas.

The climate is Mediterranean with warm, dry summers and cool, wet winters. For those who wish to venture outside the main recreation areas, there are many unique places to visit. Overall, the geography is quite varied and provides many opportunities for all types of recreation.

Contact Info

For facility specific information, please call (209) 459-7290.

Nearby Attractions

Tuttletown Recreation Area is surrounded by countless places of natural beauty, including Natural Bridges, Camp Nine, Yosemite National Park, Stanislaus National Forest, Moaning Caverns, Big Trees State Park and Columbia State Park.

Angels Camp Museum, Calaveras County Museum and Sonora Military Museum provide great opportunities for learning interesting information about the area.

Surrounding communities are popular vacation and retirement destinations and provide necessary services and shopping opportunities. Golfing, snow skiing, river rafting, commercial caves, historical railroad and Native American museums are also located nearby.

Charges & Cancellations

All site changes and cancellations need to be done through the Recreation.gov website.

Rules and notices at Tuttletown Recreation Area

Recreation.gov does not date these notices. We last read them on September 29, 2026. Check Tuttletown Recreation Area on Recreation.gov

Notices from Recreation.gov

PLEASE HEAD STRAIGHT TO YOUR CAMPSITE UPON ARRIVAL

There will be a reservation tag and 1 or 2 vehicle tags clipped to your campsite's post. Please leave the reservation tag on the post and place the vehicle tag(s) inside your vehicle(s) with dates visible. Contact a Park Ranger if you have any questions.

At New Melones Lake there is a 14-day camping limit within a 30-day period.

Check-In time is 3:00pm . Check-Out time is 2:00pm . Please collect and dispose of your camp tags at check-out.

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Switching campsites after check-in is not permitted. Please contact a Park Ranger for assistance.

The recreation area entrance gate closes at 9:00pm .

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Vehicle entry after the gate is closed is prohibited. Exit at any time.

Quiet hours are from 10 p.m. until 8 a.m. During quiet hours, loud noise is prohibited.

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Excessive noise (audible beyond 50ft) at any time is prohibited.

Camping fees include boat launch and day-use fees. Two vehicles are permitted in standard campsites. One vehicle is permitted in walk-to sites. All vehicles must display a campground vehicle tag or an overflow vehicle parking receipt.

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Vehicles must remain on paved roads and parking spots. Off-roading is prohibited.

Campfires are only allowed in fire rings or grills in designated areas. Campfires must be attended at all times and extinguished completely before leaving.

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Campers may collect only dead and down wood for campfires. Chainsaw use is not allowed on property.

During National Weather Service "Red Flag Warning" days and facility fire bans, wood and charcoal fires will not be permitted.

All pets must be on a maximum six-foot (1.8 m) leash at all times. Leaving your pets unattended is not permitted.

The dump station is an additional $8 for registered campers or $4 for Senior/Access pass holder campers. Please pay using the automated fee station at the park entrance.

While recreating at New Melones Reservoir:

CLEAN, DRAIN, and DRY boats and any other recreational equipment that comes in contact with water. Never dump unwanted bait, worms, fish parts or other organisms into the water. For more information visit https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/

STOP THE SPREAD OF INVASIVE SPECIES. REMOVE plants, seeds, animals and mud from boots, gear, pets, and vehicles. CLEAN your gear before entering and leaving the recreation site. STAY on designated roads and trails and use local firewood. For more information visit https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/

If New Melones Lake elevation is below 910', boat ramps are not available. "Water front" campsites may also not be available. Park maps depict an elevation around 1050 feet.

Current lake elevation: http://cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/QueryMM?Stations=NML&SensorNums=6&End=2021-07-19&span=1+month

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Tuttletown Recreation Area FAQ

How hard is it to get a campsite at Tuttletown Recreation Area?

Tuttletown Recreation Area is rated "Moderate to Book" based on historical demand. With 152 sites available, you have good chances of finding availability, especially on weekdays.

How do I find last-minute availability at Tuttletown Recreation Area?

Cancellations happen frequently at Tuttletown Recreation Area, especially 1-2 weeks before check-in dates. PermitSnag monitors availability 24/7 and sends instant alerts when sites open up due to cancellations. This is often the best way to snag popular campsites.

How many campsites does Tuttletown Recreation Area have?

Tuttletown Recreation Area has 152 campsites.

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