Pipi Campground

Beautiful quiet campground. My husband has visited every year since he was a little boy, and we keep the tradition with our own children. The water levels vary every year, but they were perfect this year. Enough to float down the river in tubes and enjoy the sun!

You won't regret camping here! Nice campground, great host, dog friendly w walking trail along the river

October 2017: I wasn't aware of PiPi Campround's existence not until, my first born daughter, Joy took me camping reserving a campsite not too far from the Cosumes River. The entire Federal Campground consists of spacious campsites intermingled underneath massive canopies of sugar pines, Cedar of Lebanon, and other deciduous trees: The Cosumes River softly babbles, emitting soothing water sounds in the not too far distance from our campsite which evokes a sense of calmness, peacefulness, and exuding a meditative quality not too many campgrounds comparatively possesses especially, CA State's Folsom Lake's Beals, Peninsula, Donner Lake, and Lake Tahoe Campgrounds which are disappointingly raucous, obnoxiously loud music blaring from portable boom boxes, and egregiously inconsiderate with the utmost abandon, people partying all night. Sad.Despite the fact the CA State Parks has its incessant noise pollution, PiPi Campground is directly the opposite: It's so quiet, you can hear your heart and blood pulsating, you can hear insects buzzing and whirring by you, you can hear the soft breeze echoing surrounding the PiPi Campground while the deciduous trees offers wafting fresh, sweet pine scents lulling you into the deepest REM dreamland possible . . . This IS PiPi Campground: Solitude where you can hear yourself think in peace.

The Campground was near capacity, but remained pretty quiet. The sites weren't badly spaced apart, and all had plenty of shade. Being along the river I was surprise we had very little Mosquitoes issues. We mostly had to deal with some Yellow Jackets. The vault toilets were always clean.. Camp Host was really friendly. I asked her about firewood, and she came by my site with bundles for sale..The Middle Fork Cosumnes River is nice to splash around during the hot summer days.

Love this place, the roads coming down into the campground are very small windy and have lots of potholes also make sure you bring something for hornets because they are all over your food other than that great place to camp!

If I could give a half star I would make it 3 1/2. I think this place was beautiful, relatively easy to get to from sac (an hour 45 min), and had pretty decent weather. It was 75 during the day and prob aroud 40s at night in may 2016. The water was crazy cold! It took lots of guts or liquid courage but I made it in the river. The boardwalk was nice and had a paved trail along the river which is great for strollers or wheelchairs. We occupied space 49 which is almost dead last on the site map. But it was huuge it had room for like 5 tents. And I liked being at the end there was less traffic. The reasons I gave it less stars may not be deal breakers for you. The toilets were vaulted, I normally do flush toilets. Yes I know you are camping and you should rough it a bit but I like that convinience. They definitely smelled mid day and the fly situation was unpleasant. I also wish there were more trails, I only saw the main path along the river and it was under a mile so there isn't much to explore. We also saw no overflow parking so I'm not sure where people can park if you have more than 3 vehicles. Last minor annoyance were insects. I got camping every year so I know about bugs but they were kind of relentless come 5 o'clock for a good hour or so. I normally don't get bit but I am desperately trying to not scratch my 9 mosquito bites. So if none of that bothers you I would recommend this place. The host was nice, the spot was big, the river was beautiful. All in all a good trip.

Love this place! Paved trail that runs alongside the river as well as a boardwalk. Water levels were not dangerously high (in my opinion). My 4 year old and I walked up stream with 4 other older kiddos. Deepest part was thigh high. Currents were slow while we were there in late August. When we were there during spring the water was too rough and cold. Lot 17 is our all time favorite. With a larger group, I'd highly recommend lot 17, 10 &11. Easy access to each other, the bathrooms, river, shade, space and trail. The host is nearby. Very nice and friendly. The place is well kept and extremely family and kid friendly. There were handicap accessibility signs here and there. There's also handicap lots. Be sure to take your paint and do some river rock painting. Gather twine to weave a basket and there's plenty of dirt for dump trucks and digging just for fun. There's also random places along the river for some nice beachside play as well as some decks to look off of into the river. It's lush, green, and filled with natural habitats. Woke up to birds chirping, oddly one trip there, we woke up to a heard of cows. Theres food bees and misquotes, but not too bad to where it's unbearable. I would recommend that you don't forget the bug spray. While there, we didn't use sunblock much. Only when we were in direct sunlight while playing in the river. It is a small campsite so don't expect tons of hiking and just enough for little ones. In June we did a 4 family camping trip and had 4 autistic children mild-severe. Parents felt all the children enjoyed themselves and felt it was a safe environment for exploration. I personally found it to be tranquil and peacefully calm. I made room for morning mediation and feel asleep to the sounds of the river flowing downstream.The campsite has no wifi. You will have to drive approximately 30min back onto Ono Ranch to get connection. Closest store is in Plymouth-an hour away.

The entire campground was very beautiful and there was a river flowing right next to the campsites. I stayed on campsite #14 and it was spacious enough for 6 people. Overall, I had a great time!

Spent Memorial Day weekend here and it was amazing. The campground was beautiful and super clean. Mike was an excellent host and we can't wait to go again!

Beautiful camp ground! Nice environment for kids to play around (biking, hiking and playing in the water). I definitely want to revisit again during early-mid summer.