The camp is located in Groveland, California, although the nearest town is actually a tiny area called Buck Meadows.
During 2003-2007, Camp Tawonga ran the Oseh Shalom-Sanea al Salam—the Palestinian-Jewish Family Peacemakers Camp—in cooperation with the Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue.
[3] On July 3, 2013, a tree fell at the camp, killing an Arts and Crafts specialist and injuring several others as campers were evacuated to the girls' side field.
[7] On July 31, 2018, just two days into the last summer session of the year, all of Camp Tawonga evacuated due to dangerous air quality caused by the local Ferguson Fire and the firefighters' "back burning" techniques.
[9] In 2020, the camp procured a replacement Torah scroll from the former B'Nai Israel synagogue in Olean, New York.