Little American Valley
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
No verdict for this campground
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What we do know
Inside Tahoe National Forest
3 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
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Little American Valley
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About this campground
Little American Valley is a campground in California with 25 sites. It is managed by the Forest Service.
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