Chris Flat sounds right to me, and the campground map looks like I
remember.   Thanks much!
I somehow managed to miss searching the USFS website entirely.

Makes me wonder... is there a single source (online?) that lists ALL
campgrounds in a given area?

On Aug 26, 2007, at 12:05 PM, Michael Elliott wrote:

> Chris Flat CG?
>
> Lookee here:
> http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/htnf/recreation/camp_picnic/bridgeport/
> bridgeport_camping.shtml
>
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> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
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> Michael Diehr typed:
>> Last year I stayed at a campground and I can't for the life of me
>> remember it's name or find it on a map.
>>
>> Here's what I remember for sure: It's somewhere between carson city
>> and mammoth on the 395, if I had to guess I'd say it's between
>> Bridgeport and Topaz?   The campground is on the East side of the
>> 395, perhaps no more than 100 yards from 395.  It has perhaps 20
>> spots, and parallels a river/creek that you can scramble down to.
>> Very pretty setting.  It's a government campground (state? federal?
>> forest service? blm?) with self-registration.   This was on Labor day
>> weekend and I was happy to find any spots at all, and it turned out
>> to be a really pretty campsite and extremely convenient as a stop-
>> over point for travels along 395.
>>
>> Here's what I'm a little fuzzy on:  I was heading south on 395
>> looking for a place to stay as it was getting dark.   There was a
>> sign for a "rest area" which I followed that took me off 395 onto
>> residential streets and basically ended up in the parking lot of a
>> school.  Weird.  This didn't look very comfy for overnight stay, so I
>> kept heading south and found this other campground within an hour
>> or so.
>>
>> This strike a bell with anyone?
>>