Fish Lake Campground
- Right now
- Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
- A night
- $10From, per site
- Sites
- 24All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 10 notices
In the agency’s own words
Open mid-June through September. Campsite list calender is for the next reservable dates. Fish Lake Campground lies on the shore of its beautiful namesake, on the Orleans Ranger District of Six Rivers National Forest. Lily pads thrive on the lake, and Douglas fir and cedar trees provide ample shade and a secluded camping experience. Keep reading
Recreation
Canoeing and swimming are popular activities on the lake. The kayaking, whitewater rafting and fishing at the nearby Klamath, Trinity and Salmon Rivers is considered some of the best in northern California. Campers can hike a system of trails, including the Blue Lake, Red Lake and Fish Lake trails, all of which have trailheads in the campground. Visitors also enjoy fishing for trout, bluegill, and bass in the lake or explore native plants and wildlife throughout the lush region.
Facilities
Most sites are suitable for both tent and RV camping. Vault toilets, picnic tables, and fire rings with grills are provided. Call 530-627-3291 to find out if drinking water is currently available.
Natural Features
Located about 1,780 feet above sea level, the campground is nestled in a mixed hardwood and conifer forest with fir and Port Orford cedar trees that provide low-level shade and friendly midsummer breezes. Fish Lake is believed to be the second-largest freshwater lake in California's Humboldt County. Some campsites offer sweeping lake views, while others are within a short walk of the water.
Nearby Attractions
Weitchpec, California, at the junction of State Highways 96 and 169, is located about 12 miles south of the campground. Yurok tribal offices, a community center, and a small grocery store and gas station are available.
What the agency tells you
This is bear country; bear-resistant food storage containers are a must.
No cellular signal available near the campground.
Some campsites are not located exactly where they are depicted on this campsite map.
Everything else this campground posts · 7
Fees apply for additional vehicles.
Additional parking is available at the day-use and boat ramp areas.
The boat ramp is located before the campground entrance.
Only non-motorized boats.
There are no water, sewer or electric hookups.
Click here to learn more about the Six Rivers National Forest
Don't Move Firewood: Protect California's forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. For more information visit firewood.ca.gov.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 24
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 28 ft
- Paved pads
- 3 of 24
- Accessible sites
- 3
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…suitable for both tent and RV camping. Vault toilets, picnic tables, and fire rings with grills are…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…Call 530-627-3291 to find out if drinking water is currently available. Natural Features Located…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River
- Biking
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Swimming
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 42nd darkest of 1,201 in CA
- Bortle 2
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
Watch for a cancellation
Full? Watch it.
One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
Tell me when the season opens
Watch for the season to open
One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $10 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 5
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
24 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 24 mapped sitesAll 24 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 24 of the 24 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 1 | standard nonelectric | 104 ft | 51 ft | $10 | ||
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 10 | standard nonelectric | 16 ft | 65 ft | under 10 ft | $10 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 11 | standard nonelectric | 19 ft | 77 ft | 456 ft | $10 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 12 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 77 ft | 403 ft | $10 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 13 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 73 ft | 383 ft | $10 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 14 | standard nonelectric | 19 ft | 90 ft | 328 ft | $10 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 15 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 102 ft | 279 ft | $10 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 16 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 143 ft | 531 ft | $10 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 17 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 85 ft | 430 ft | $10 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 18 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 73 ft | 351 ft | $10 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 19 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | yes | 93 ft | 68 ft | $10 |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 2 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 107 ft | 165 ft | $10 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 20 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | yes | 118 ft | 20 ft | $10 |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 21 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 85 ft | 227 ft | $10 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 22 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | yes | 85 ft | 156 ft | $10 |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 23 | standard nonelectric | 21 ft | 105 ft | 88 ft | $10 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 24 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 120 ft | 63 ft | $10 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 3 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 82 ft | 267 ft | $10 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 4 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 92 ft | 347 ft | $10 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 5 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 66 ft | 235 ft | $10 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 6 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 66 ft | 265 ft | $10 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 7 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 45 ft | 126 ft | $10 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 8 | standard nonelectric | 19 ft | 45 ft | 88 ft | $10 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND | 9 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 65 ft | 63 ft | $10 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Pearch Creek CampgroundSix Rivers National Forest · 9.1 mi
Oak Bottom CampgroundKlamath National Forest · 14 mi
Nordheimer Group SitesKlamath National Forest · 17 miNordheimer Main CampgroundKlamath National Forest · 17 miFrom Orleans, California, take State Route 96 south for about 8 miles. Turn north on Bluff Creek Road and continue about 4.7 miles to Fish Lake Road. Turn right and continue almost 3 miles to the campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Weitchpec, CA
Typical weather
Typical October night 41°F, day 74°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 34°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Fish Lake Campground is in California’s 2nd congressional district. Its representative, Jared Huffman (D), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: A. See every public-lands vote →