Mineral Bar Campground

There are 17 sites, including day-use area. Best Campground on North Fork American, but bring drinking water or purify river water. Warm summers, cool river. Both the campground and a launch site on the other side of the bridge serve as river access for whitewater boating enthusiasts.

Iowa Hill lies another 6.4 miles south of the bridge after crossing the North Fork of the American River. The tiny community’s downtown services consist of the post office, a small store and fun little bar. All in one building; all reminiscent of the Gold Rush. There are no telephones, except cellular; no electricity, except generators. But they do have computers for the tiny school.

To Mineral Bar Campground

See point H on Auburn State Recreation Area Map.

Exit at Colfax (H) and turn immediately right (west) at stop sign onto Canyon Way frontage road. Turn left (south) in 0.4 mile onto Iowa Hill Road. Follow 3.1 miles into the canyon and bridge. Road is narrow for trailers or RVs, so watch for oncoming traffic. Trailers/RVs are not permitted to continue south towards Iowa Hill after the Mineral Bar Campground which lays just across the bridge.