Wishon Point Campground
2Heads up2 fires, nearest 19 mi
- Right now
- Closed for the seasonOut of the season the agency publishes
- Season
- May 1 – September 30Open May 1 through September 30
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
Locate adjacent to Bass Lake, Wishon Campground lies at an elevation of 3,400 feet. Dense stands of manzanita, oak, cedar and pine trees, and thick undergrowth provides ample shade and privacy. Some sites at Wishon offer lake views. Each campsite has a picnic table, stone fire pit and a pedestal grill. Drinking water and flush toilets are provided. Parking spurs are dirt but may be bumpy and difficult to access because of the interior roads. Campground is accessible and campfire wood is available for purchase from the campground host. Keep reading
Bass Lake is a very popular area that's known for its variety of fish, as well as the bald and golden eagles that make their home here. The lake offers many recreational activities and is a popular summer destination.. Boat launching facility at Wishon Point has accessible toilets and boat launch. Check in at Bass Lake Campground office before proceeding to campground (located at west end of the lake near Recreation Point). FOR RESERVATIONS CLICK HERE
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- “…and a pedestal grill. Drinking water and flush toilets are provided. Parking spurs are dirt but may be…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…stone fire pit and a pedestal grill. Drinking water and flush toilets are provided. Parking spurs are…”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake
Phone before you drive
recreation.gov publishes no availability for a campground you can’t reserve, so there’s no thirty-night reading to draw here. The season bar above is what the agency does publish.
Every line of the receipt · 4
What you actually pay
“$30.00 ($33.30)* per night, single site $60.00 ($66.60)* per night, double site $7.00 Additional vehicle fee” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
How we know this receipt · 5
record Aug 24, 2026 · How we know all this
Getting there
the map and the coordinate
Where it is
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Bass Lake, CA
Typical weather
Typical May night 45°F, day 71°F.
Coldest night of the open season: typical May night 45°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or moreOutside the published season
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
what threatens it · who answers for it
Roadless country, and what’s coming for it
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Wishon Point Campground is in California’s 5th congressional district. Its representative, Tom McClintock (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →