Placerville, California
King Madrone
About King Madrone
Learn more about this land: Tent sites are next to the pear orchard. Choose any site. There is no need to meet with the host when you arrive. Follow the red arrows. Do not proceed the home located at 1071 Fruitridge. Look for the Hipcamp sign and red arrow markers and turn left into the orchard lane. Check in is 4pm. You need to check in by 7pm during the summer. Or pay the Flex fee. Use google maps and locate 1071 Fruitridge Rd in Placerville, CA. When you get to 1071, which is a house on the right side of the paved driveway, look for our Hipcamp sign in red, turn hard right into the orchard and follow the red arrows past a wood barn, and up to a small red shed. At this point you may camp in the meadow next to the shed or you may proceed to the next meadow over to the left (follow red arrows and look for umbrellas). We normally only have one site occupied per evening. Ocaisonally two sites will be occupied. The sites are very private and quiet as this is a large, private ranch. You can park close to your tent site. 2WD / 4WD access weather permitting. We offer 3 sites in a large meadow area. Max of 4 persons per site. RV's welcome but we do not have hookups. RV's will be parked next to our barns surrounded by pear orchards. Fresh drinking water is available in the tent meadow area. Hot showers are now available at $10 extra per nite per site (two people). Late check in after 6pm, $10 flex fee. A gas BBQ is now available at a common area. Please don't move the BBQ. Deer, wild turkeys, geese aplenty. Ample walking opportunities on our ranch and wild forestlands and amazing granite rock outcrops. Visit the South Fork of the American River (you can raft in summer!) Hunt for old gold mines on our place and, maybe, find some new ones! Go wine tasting very close by (Lava Cap, Madrone, Boeger) and visit Sutter's Mill in Coloma, where gold was discovered back in 1848. If you arrive late check in at night, scope out the area with a flashlight first and know how you will drive down thru the orchard to the campsite area in the meadow. People have gotten stuck at night turning the wrong way, especially in the wet season. Follow the red arrows to the campsite area. Stay on the pavement until you know where you are driving!
Accommodations on the property
- Primitive site
Location
Placerville, California
Open in Google MapsWhat people say about their stay at King Madrone
Synthesized from 34 review mentions across 5 aspects.
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Setting & Nature
“Camping at this site offers a peaceful and natural experience, with the sounds of wildlife like frogs and geese adding to the tranquil atmosphere. Visitors appreciated the beauty o…”
13 mentions
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Bathroom
“The campsite offers better-than-expected bathroom amenities, providing a pleasant surprise for guests. However, one review mentions a bathroom design flaw with an open door that co…”
7 mentions
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Host & Communication
“Guests generally find the host, Benjamin, to be welcoming and helpful, often providing useful information and assistance. However, there was a case where communication was lacking,…”
7 mentions
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Comfort & Sleep
“the meadow is sloped and the surface is lumpy and uneven”
5 mentions
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Accessibility
“the path you travel on to get from the road to the site could be problematic for cars”
2 mentions
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Recent reviews
[hipcamp aggregate summary]
Really beautiful property, nice trails to walk around on. Benjamin was responsive and helpful. The only thing I would share is that the meadow is sloped and the surface is lumpy and uneven, so there isn’t a flat spot to put your tent. Therefore recommend bringing a thick pad to sleep on. The photo of the sweeping green meadow in the posting is not the place you camp, and the path you travel on to get from the road to the site could be problematic for cars that don’t have higher clearance or are oversized.
Ben and his wife welcomed us to their property this weekend as we visited Apple Hill. We found the location and surroundings to be fantastic, with a picturesque view of the nearby pond and ridge line making for a beautiful sunset. Bathroom amenities were better than anticipated. The hosts were welcoming and had a little chat with us about the region. Would stay again.
My husband and I car camped on this property and found it to be lovely. It was a 4:00 check in which left a short amount of time to set up before dark with “winter hours”. It would have been nice to enjoy the set up and the daytime hours a bit more, but the morning sun was delightful. I would highly recommend connecting with the host for the directions to help navigate the way on the property as it was a bit more challenging to find “where” to be on the property. All was good and we appreciated the communication Ben had given. Thank you!
Helpful host and safe place to overnight in my truck. Thank you!
Nice spot. Definitely give the place a positive review. Very dusty but the land owner did level the spot pretty well. Host was nice and personable when he stopped by. Toilets are real, but a bit of a hike. There are wild blackberries growing all over the place- watch for the thorns. They weren’t fully ripe, but the couple we had were still tasty. So future campers can be prepared- There are a couple ponds right near the site. Flocks of geese have found them which is awesome until they take off honking their heads off at 5:30am. Those ponds are also major mosquito breeding grounds. T…
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King Madrone is located in Placerville, California.
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