Directory for dardanelle -- By Category
LODGING
BOULDER FLAT CAMPGROUND. Campsites have flat ground, picnic table, and grill. $13.00 per camp unit (verify). Place cash in envelope, put in deposit box. Hwy 108.
BRIGHTMAN FLAT CAMPGROUND. Campsites have flat ground, picnic table, and grill. $13.00 per camp unit (verify). Place cash in envelope, put in deposit box. Hwy 108.
DARDANELLE CAMPGROUND. Campsites have flat ground, picnic table, and grill. $18 per day per site, $26 for double site. Place cash in envelope and put in deposit "box". Any use of campground requires a fee. (DonZt park while fishing). Hwy 108, Dardanelle.
DARDANELLE RESORT. Resort with cabins, restaurant, general store. RV dump station. Gasoline often available. Hwy 108, Dardanelle.
EUREKA VALLEY CAMPGROUND. Campsites have flat ground, picnic table, and grill. Fee is $16 per day per site. (Aug 08). Place cash in envelope and put in deposit "box". Hwy 108.
FENCE CREEK CAMPGROUND. Campground is 1/2 mile from Clark Fork Rd. Turn right when you see the sign for the campground (shown in photo). (Road you want to be on is labeled "Dead End"). Daily fee $6 per day per vehicle (Aug 08). Camp in designated areas only. Closed to OHVs. Off Clark Fork Rd.
PIGEON FLAT CAMPGROUND. Walk-in tent-only campground, with some sites right next to the Stanislaus River. Campsites have flat ground, picnic table, and grill. [fee, how pay?].
INFORMATION & HISTORY
BRIGHTMAN RANGER STATION. Information about area. Closed in winter.
OLD DARDANELLE BRIDGE. Historic bridge, built 1933. Hwy 108, near Dardanelle.
HAYES STATION. Historic site. From marker: "Completed in 1860 by innkeeper David Hayes in anticipation of the soon-to-be completed Sonora-Mono Toll Rd. By 1865, with the road completed, wagons, stages, and pack trains used the station as a mail, relay, and rest stop for weary travelers and teamsters ...". Hwy 108, near Dardanelle.
RECREATION
COLUMNS OF THE GIANTS. Short trail offers closer views of the unusual basalt formations. Has interpretative signs. Hwy 108.
DOUGLAS PICNIC AREA. Picnic area with picnic table and grill. Short trail takes you to nice view of Stanislaus River. Rest room (primitive). Hwy 108, near Dardanelle.