Bolan Lake Campground
Its 14 sites are first-come, first-served (no reservations), and camping costs Single Site: $10 per night. Bolan Lake Campground is a National Forest campground near Cave Junction, Oregon.
Alert First-come, first-served
1 / 2Bolan Lake under snow, beside Bolan Lake Campground. Photo: U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)
- Managed by
- National Forest
Bolan Lake Campground sits inside Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests. Its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.
Bolan Lake and Bolan Mountain Lookout: A 12-acre lake high above the Illinois Valley; Bolan Lake Trail #1245 climbs from the campground to the rentable fire lookout on Bolan Peak. (fs.usda.gov)
Getting a site
- Managed by
- National Forest
- Reservations
- None, first-come
- Fee
- Single Site: $10 per night
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Sites and hookups
- Total sites
- 14
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Fire rings
- ✓ Pets allowed
- ✕ Potable water
On site: Toilets, fire rings, and pets allowed. No potable water.
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Rules
- Stay limit
- 14 days
- Pets
- Allowed
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Access and cell service
- Elevation
- 5,414 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- No coverage at the campground; 4G LTE mapped about 0.3 mi away
- T-Mobile
- No coverage at the campground; 4G LTE and 5G mapped about 0.3 mi away
- Verizon
- No coverage at the campground; 4G LTE mapped about 0.1 mi away, 5G about 0.3 mi away
Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection, data as of December 31, 2025
Outdoor coverage each carrier reports to the FCC at this campground's map point, and the nearest mapped coverage within about half a mile. The FCC map only includes 4G LTE at 5/1 Mbps or better and 5G; a weaker signal, a text, or an emergency call may still get through, but don't count on it. These are carrier predictions, not measurements, and can be wrong either way: real service in canyons, under trees, and inside a tent or vehicle is often weaker. 5G speeds are the FCC's 7/1 and 35/3 Mbps tiers. This product uses the FCC Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the FCC.
42.0230, -123.4570 in Josephine. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Current conditions
Alert Agency notice, as of 2026-07-24: USFS (July 24, 2026): major repairs under way; open with limited picnic tables and no fire rings until new ones are installed. Payment is cashless, by Recreation.gov Scan and Pay.
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Around Bolan Lake Campground
The nearest lake with a fishing page is Dry Lake, whose mapped center point is 29 miles away in a straight line. Stocking record and species: Dry Lake fishing on fishypedia.com.
More campgrounds: camping near Cave Junction and campgrounds in Josephine.
Sources
- apps.fs.usda.gov (all fields), accessed 2026-09-28
- epqs.nationalmap.gov (elevationFt), accessed 2026-09-29
- broadbandmap.fcc.gov (cellCoverage), accessed 2026-09-27
- fs.usda.gov (sites, stayLimit, petsAllowed, closure, fee, reservationSystem, notableFeature), accessed 2026-09-29
Photo credits
- Photo 1: U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)
- Photo 2: U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)