Camping near Burney, California

Camping near Burney, California includes 1 public campground on record, 1 first-come. All are run by the U.S. Forest Service. Another 35 public campgrounds filed under nearby towns are within 30 miles of Burney.

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Camping near Burney at a glance

Public campgrounds: 1 (1 National Forest)
Getting a site: 1 first-come
Distance from Burney: 8.4 miles in a straight line
Elevation: 2,397 ft at Ruling Creek Campground (the only one on record)

Distances are straight-line miles from Burney's point in the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2025), not driving distances. Every other fact comes from each campground's own sourced record, linked from its page.

Ruling Creek Campground Burney · National Forest · 8.4 mi · First-come

Sites: Not on record
Season: Not on record
Fee: Not on record

More campgrounds within 30 miles of Burney

Dusty, 9.4 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come ; listed under camping near Shasta.
Deep Creek Campground-f, 10 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Shasta.
Pit River Campground, 11 miles from Burney in a straight line , BLM ; listed under camping near Shasta.
Honn Creek, 12 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night); listed under camping near Shasta.
Bridge, 17 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night); listed under camping near Old Station.
Rocky, 17 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night); listed under camping near Shasta.
Cave Campground, 19 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $16 per night); listed under camping near Old Station.
Hat Creek Group Camp, 19 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Overnight Use:); listed under camping near Old Station.
Hat Creek, 20 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $16 per night); listed under camping near Shasta.
Deadlun Campground-f Frec Lic, 20 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Big Bend.
Big Pine, 21 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $12 per night); listed under camping near Shasta.
Madrone Campground-f, 22 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Big Bend.
Chirpchatter Campground-f, 23 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Big Bend.
Lost Creek Group, 24 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ; listed under camping near Shasta.
Arbuckle Flat Campground-f, 25 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Jones Valley.
Manzanita Lake, 26 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ; listed under camping near Shasta.
Manzanita Lake Group Campground, 26 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ; listed under camping near Shasta.
Ah-di-na Campground-f, 27 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night); listed under camping near McCloud.
Algoma Campground-f, 28 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near McCloud.
Butte Creek, 28 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Susanville.
Rocky Knoll, 28 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $12 per night); listed under camping near Shasta.
Moore Creek, 28 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , reservable ; listed under camping near Shasta.
Moore Creek Campground-f, 29 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $20 per night); listed under camping near Lakehead.
Camp 4 (campground-g) Group Campground, 29 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Overnight Use:); listed under camping near McCloud.
Cattle Camp Campground-f, 29 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $15 per night); listed under camping near McCloud.
Dekkas Rock Campground-g Group Campground, 29 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Overnight Use:); listed under camping near Lakehead.
Dekkas Rock, 29 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , reservable ; listed under camping near Shasta.
Butte Lake, 30 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ; listed under camping near Lassen.
Butte Lake Group, 30 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ; listed under camping near Lassen.
Butte Lake Stock Corral, 30 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable (Site: $37 per night); listed under camping near Lassen.
Ellery Creek Campground-f, 30 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $28 per night); listed under camping near Lakehead.
Mccloud Bridge, 30 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Standard nonelectric: $30–$60 per night); listed under camping near Shasta.
Mccloud Bridge Campground-f, 30 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $28 per night); listed under camping near Lakehead.
Hirz Bay Campground-f, 30 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $28 per night); listed under camping near Lakehead.
Pine Point Campground-f, 30 miles from Burney in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $20 per night); listed under camping near Lakehead.

Things to do near Burney

Public land and water within 30 miles of Burney, the public land its campgrounds sit in, and landmarks at those campgrounds, nearest first.

Burney Creek Middle fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 0.8 miles from Burney; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Burney Creek Upper fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 5.1 miles from Burney; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Hat Creek Middle fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 7.1 miles from Burney; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Baum Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 7.6 miles from Burney; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Burney Creek Lower fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 8.3 miles from Burney; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Burney Falls, a waterfall whose mapped point is 8.5 miles from Burney; details on the falls on swimholesmap.com.
McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park, a state park whose mapped point is 9.1 miles from Burney; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
Hat Creek Upper fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 13 miles from Burney; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Thousand Lakes Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 13 miles from Burney; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
Hatchet Creek Falls, a waterfall whose mapped point is 14 miles from Burney; details on the falls on swimholesmap.com.

Supplies and emergencies near Burney

Nearest emergency room

Mayers Memorial Hospital

43563 State Hwy 299 E, Fall River Mills, CA, 16 miles from Burney . (530) 336-5511

Next nearest: Shasta Regional Medical Center, 1100 Butte St, Redding, CA, 43 miles , (530) 244-5454.

In an emergency, call 911.

Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) .

Groceries: Pot Luck Trading Post general store · 0.6 miles
Safeway supermarket · 0.9 miles · (530) 335-3212
Grocery Outlet supermarket · 1.3 miles · Hours Mo-Su 07:00-22:00
Fuel: Chevron fuel station · 1 mile
Fuel Commander fuel station · 1 mile
Speedway fuel station · 1 mile
RV dump station: Pioneer Camp campground · 8.9 miles
Rim Camp campground · 8.9 miles
Pharmacy: Mayers Pharmacy pharmacy · 16 miles
Laundromat: Burney Laundry Co. laundromat · 0.6 miles
Burnett's Laundromat laundromat · 1.1 miles · Hours Mo-Tu,Th-Su 08:00-20:00
Laundry & Showers laundromat · 20 miles · Hours Mo-Su 07:00-19:00

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Burney: propane, potable water fill, and ice. Stores, fuel, propane, dump stations, water fill, laundromats, and pharmacies are the nearest few mapped within 25 miles, straight-line, © OpenStreetMap contributors (data as of 2026-10-01; this extract under the ODbL). Hours are as mapped; call ahead.

Common questions

Where can I camp around Burney, CA?

1 public campground is on record near Burney. Nearest first, straight-line from town: Ruling Creek Campground (8.4 miles). 1 is first-come, first-served with no reservations.

Where is the nearest emergency room to Burney, CA?

Mayers Memorial Hospital, 43563 State Hwy 299 E, Fall River Mills, CA, is 16 miles from Burney in a straight line and reports emergency services to CMS; phone (530) 336-5511. In an emergency, call 911.

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