Camanche Recreation Area
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Water skiing at Lake Camanche |
New! Quagga/Zebra Mussel Prevention Program (mandatory inspections and boating restrictions in place)
A 12-square-mile surface makes Camanche Reservoir bigger than all other EBMUD reservoirs combined. Recreation areas on the north and south shores are open all year.
Popular activities on the vast lake include fishing, swimming, windsurfing, water-skiing and jet-skiing. Both shores offer comfortable campgrounds. You can rent cottages sleeping as many as twelve, many with kitchen facilities. Recreational vehicles can hook up for the night or for up to eight months at South Shore.
Visitors can enjoy swimming, tennis courts, picnicking and hiking. Anglers may rent patio and fishing boats and use marinas at both shores.
The EBMUD fish planting program makes for great trout fishing, along with catfish, black bass and crappie. A frequently stocked South Shore trout pond also is available.
Discounts for seniors and disabled persons are available also.
Camanche is located 25 miles east of Lodi via Highway 88, a two-hour drive from Oakland. The daily entry fee is $9.00 and the daily fishing access permit is $4.00.
Directions to the Recreation Area
From the San Francisco Bay Area
Take Hwy. 580 East to Hwy. 205. Then take I-5 north to Highway 4 East. Then,
take Hwy. 99 North to the Waterloo Road / Hwy. 88 east turn-off.
From Sacramento:
Drive South on Hwy. 99. Follow 99 until just above Lodi where you'll take Hwy.
12 East. Hwy. 12 East joins Hwy. 88 just west of Lockeford.
For Camanche South
Continue straight on Hwy.12/88 through Clements. Turn left on South Camanche
Parkway at Wallace. Continue straight for approximately five miles to the South
Shore gate.
For Camanche North
Follow Hwy. 88 as it bears left just beyond Clements. Soon after, turn right off
88 onto Liberty Road/North Camanche Parkway. Follow North Camanche Parkway for 6
miles. Turn right on Camanche Road (just opposite the Lake Camanche Village
recreation building) follow Camanche Road directly to the North Shore gate.
For more information on recreation activities and fees at Camanche
Recreation Area, view these PDF files which can be viewed and printed with Adobe Acrobat
Reader, a free software. 
- 2008 Recreation Fee Schedule (74kb)
- EBMUD's Recreation Locations and Activities Chart (34kb)
- Map to Camanche Recreation Area (84kb)
Urban Parks Concessionaires and Camanche Recreation Company also provide information on Camanche Recreation Area.
For information on general weather conditions in the area, view Sierra Foothills weather.
For more information e-mail recreate@ebmud.com.