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Lake campgrounds in California

California has 109 public campgrounds on a named lake, 46 reservable and 59 first-come. Most (101 of 109) are run by the U.S. Forest Service. They sit on 71 lakes; Huntington Lake has the most, with 5.

109
Total
46
Reservable
59
First-come
AlmanorAspen Group CampgroundBear River GroupBig CoveBig Meadow Campground - US Forest Service Sequoia National Forest
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4 Jeffrey Campground Inyo · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $34 per night
 A Group Group Campground Fresno · National Forest · Not on record
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 A.h.hogue Siskiyou · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Aerie Crag Rv Camp June Lake · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $23 per night
 Almanor Plumas · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
21
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $18 per night
 Almanor Legacy Campground Plumas · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $30 per night
 Annie Mcloud Nevada · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Appletree Wrightwood · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
8
Season
Year-round
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Ash Creek Lassen · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Aspen Group Sierra · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Aspen Group Campground Mono · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
1
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Aspen Hollow Group Campground Fresno · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
1
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Backpackers Bear Valley · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
8
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $31 per night
 Bailey Canyon Trinity · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $12 per night
 Barton Flats Campground San Bernardino · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
52
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Battle Creek Tehama · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $18 per night
 Bear River Group Jackson · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
4
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Berger Creek Sierra City · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Big Cove Plumas · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
39
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Big Cove Family Campground. Chilcoot · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $38 per night
 Big Meadow Campground Orange Cove · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $36 per night
 Big Meadow Campground - US Forest Service Sequoia National Forest Tulare · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
43
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Big Trees Campground Inyo · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $34 per night
 Billy Creek, Lower Fresno · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $46 per night
 Billy Creek, Upper Fresno · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $47 per night
 Bishop Park Campground Inyo · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
21
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $34 per night
 Bishop Park Group Campground Inyo · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
1
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Black Rock Tent(family Campground) LaPorte · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $23 per night
 Blanche Lake Campground Siskiyou · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Blue Lake Lassen · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $15 per night
 Blue Lake Campground Group Site - Modoc NF Lassen · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
1
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Bolsillo Fresno · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Boulder Basin Campground Riverside · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
16
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $10 per night
 Boulder Campground Mono · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Boulder Creek (family Campground) Taylorsville · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
42
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $36 per night
 Boulder Flat Pinecrest · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $25 per night
 Bridge Camp Campground-f Weaverville · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $16 per night
 Brightman Flat Tuolumne · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $25 per night
 Buck Ridge Madera · Army Corps of Engineers · Reservable
Sites
Not on record
Season
01-01 to 12-31
Fee
Standard nonelectric: $30 per night
 Buck Rock Campground Orange Cove · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Bullseye Lake Siskiyou · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Butte Lake Lassen · National Park Service · Reservable
Sites
79
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Butte Lake Group Lassen · National Park Service · Reservable
Sites
6
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Butte Lake Stock Corral Lassen · National Park Service · Reservable
Sites
1
Season
05-28 to 08-30
Fee
Site: $37 per night
 Camp 4 (campground-g) Group Campground McCloud · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
1
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Camp 9 Group #1 Kernville · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Camp 9 Group #2 Kern · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Camp 9 Recreation Area Kernville · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
79
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $36 per night
 Caples Lake Campground Jackson · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Catavee Fresno · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
24
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $47 per night
 Cattleguard Campground Mono · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Cave Lake Campground Modoc · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $15 per night
 Centerville Flat Campground Alpine · National Forest · Not on record
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Cherry Valley Groveland · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
45
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $29 per night
 China Flat Campground Placerville · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Clark Fork Pinecrest · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $29 per night
 Coldwater Campground Mammoth Lakes · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $33 per night
 College Fresno · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
10
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $47 per night
 Crags Campground Bridgeport · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
22
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $30 per night
 Crags Group Campground Bridgeport · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Deer Creek Prather · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
28
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $47 per night
 Diablo Sierra City · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
19
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Dorabelle Shaver · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
64
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $48 per night
 Dry Creek Group Campground Shasta · National Park Service · Reservable
Sites
2
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 East Meadow Sierraville · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
44
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $24 per night
 Fuller Grove Campground Ukiah · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $16 per night
 Fuller Grove Group Campground Lake · National Forest · Not on record
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Goodale Creek Campground Inyo · BLM · Reservable
Sites
43
Season
01-01 to 12-31
Fee
Site: $5 per night
 Goose Lake Campground Graeagle · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $25 per night
 Grays Peak Group Campground San Bernardino · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
1
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Headquarters Siskiyou · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Hemlock Siskiyou · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Hermit Valley Bear Valley · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Herring Creek Pinecrest · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Hidden View Madera · Army Corps of Engineers · Reservable
Sites
53
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Holiday Campground Bishop · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $35 per night
 Junction Campground Lee Vining · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $25 per night
 June Lake Campground June Lake · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
28
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $32 per night
 Kangaroo Siskiyou · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $15 per night
 Lightning Tree Family Campground. Portola · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $38 per night.
 Little Beaver a Campground Plumas · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
119
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Mary Smith Campground-f Lewiston · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $24 per night
 Masterson Group Campground Elk Creek · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
1
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Mosquito Flat Backpacker Campground Inyo · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Mosquito Lakes Bear Valley · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Mountain Oak Wrightwood · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
14
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $30 per night
 Navy Camp Lake · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $16 per night
 New Shady Rest Campground Mammoth Lakes · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
90
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $32 per night
 North Lake Campground Inyo · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $32 per night
 North Tule Campground Tulare · Army Corps of Engineers · Not on record
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Oak Flat Ukiah · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Observatory Campground Santa Ysabel · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
28
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Obsidian Flat Mono · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
1
Season
06-15 to 09-30
Fee
Standard nonelectric: $20 per night
 Obsidian Flat Group Campground June Lake · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Oh Ridge Campground Lee Vining · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
138
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $38 per night
 Old Shady Rest Campground Mammoth Lakes · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
45
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $32 per night
 Orr Lake Siskiyou · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Ozena Ventura · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Paynes Springs Siskiyou · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Silver Lake Campground Lee Vining · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single site: $32 per night
 Silver Valley Bear Valley · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
21
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $31 per night
 Silvertip Bear Valley · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $31 per night
 Sonora Bridge Campground Bridgeport · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
23
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $24 per night
 Table Mountain Inyo · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
1
Season
05-12 to 09-30
Fee
Standard nonelectric: $90 per night
 Tioga Lake Campground Lee Vining · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $30 per night
 Upper Pine Grove Campground Mono · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $35 per night
 Wrights Lake Equestrian Campground Placerville · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
15
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Wyandotte (family Campground) LaPorte · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $23 per night
 Wyandotte a Campground Plumas · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
28
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record

Camping at Huntington Lake

Is camping allowed at Huntington Lake?

Yes. 5 public campgrounds sit on Huntington Lake: Billy Creek, Lower, Billy Creek, Upper, Catavee, College, and 1 more. 3 book through Recreation.gov and 2 are first-come, first-served with no reservations.

Is there free camping at Huntington Lake?

Not at a developed campground: all 5 public campgrounds on record at Huntington Lake charge a fee (see the table).

Camping at Big Meadows Creek

Is camping allowed at Big Meadows Creek?

Yes. 3 public campgrounds sit on Big Meadows Creek: Big Meadow Campground, Big Meadow Campground - US Forest Service Sequoia National Forest, and Buck Rock Campground. 2 are first-come, first-served with no reservations and 1 books through Recreation.gov.

Is there free camping at Big Meadows Creek?

Yes: Buck Rock Campground charges no fee.

Camping at Bullseye Lake

Is camping allowed at Bullseye Lake?

Yes. 3 public campgrounds sit on Bullseye Lake: Blanche Lake Campground, Bullseye Lake, and Paynes Springs. 3 are first-come, first-served with no reservations.

Is there free camping at Bullseye Lake?

Yes: Blanche Lake Campground, Bullseye Lake, and Paynes Springs charge no fee.

Camping at Lake Alpine

Is camping allowed at Lake Alpine?

Yes. 3 public campgrounds sit on Lake Alpine: Backpackers, Silver Valley, and Silvertip. 2 book through Recreation.gov and 1 is first-come, first-served with no reservations.

Is there free camping at Lake Alpine?

Not at a developed campground: all 3 public campgrounds on record at Lake Alpine charge a fee (see the table).

Camping at Lake Isabella

Is camping allowed at Lake Isabella?

Yes. 3 public campgrounds sit on Lake Isabella: Camp 9 Group #1, Camp 9 Group #2, and Camp 9 Recreation Area. 2 are first-come, first-served with no reservations and 1 books through Recreation.gov.

Is there free camping at Lake Isabella?

Not at a developed campground: all 3 public campgrounds on record at Lake Isabella charge a fee (see the table).

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