Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Campground

Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Campground is located about 1 ½ east of San Diego and is 15 miles from the town of Julian. Cuyamaca spreads over 24,677 acres of land and offers 100 miles of hiking trails. Horseback riding on the trails are permitted and is popular during the summer months.
Cuyamaca Campgrounds
Cuymaca has two different campgrounds, Green Valley and Paso Picacho which are about 5 to 7 miles apart from each other. Green Valley has 81 camping sites and Paso Picacho offers 85 sites. Both campgrounds have pay showers and bathrooms. Each camping site offers a picnic table and fire ring at your space. Rancho Cuymaca does not offer hook-ups.
Lake Cuyamaca is two miles north of Paso Picacho and offers boating and fishing. Fishing, hours are sunrise to sunset. Free fishing classes are held every Saturday at 10 AM., with fly and bass fishing classes offered sometimes during year. Lake Cuyamaca stocks their lake with fish through out the year and is the only lake in San Diego that is able to stock trout. Lake Cuyamaca also has Florida Bass, Small Mouth Bass, Channel Catfish, Crappie, Bluegill and Sturgeon.
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Park Amenities:
Dump Station
Fire rings
Fishing
Group camping sites
Picnic areas
Nature trails
Additional parking
Showers
Toilets
Hiking trails
Horseback riding
Firewood available for purchase
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park offers Wi-Fi Service. This service enables park visitors with wireless enabled laptop computers to access the Internet.
Reservations can be made at www.reserveamerica.com or by calling 800-444-7275, to check our availability on trailer rental reservations click here.
Directions to Cuymaca Campgrounds:
Take Hwy 8 east from San Diego, Exit Hwy 79/Japatul Rd toward Julian, Turn left at Hwy/Japatul Rd, Continue on 79 toward Cuymaca.
Latitude/Longitude: 32.9547 / -116.6014
Address to Cuymaca:
Cuymaca Park Campground
12551 Highway 79
Descanso, CA 91916
Reservation Sale Dates:
On the first of each month, campers will have access to an entire month of available start dates, up to 7 months in advance. Count the month you are in as month number one. For instance, if you count September as the first month you can make reservations for all dates beginning in March
Online reservations are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Reservations can be made 7 months in advance on the first day of the month beginning at 8:00 a.m. PST via the website or by calling 1-800-444-7275.