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U.S. Forest Service · Wilderness Area · California

Bucks Lake Wilderness

2 federal campgrounds, all of them reservable or unlisted.

2Campgrounds
$15A night at the one priced
10Sites, from 1
5,300–5,790 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 2 of these 2 campgrounds

Where they are

2 of 2 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 2

2 campgrounds
Rock Creek Campground (CA)Bucks Lake Wilderness · CAfrom $15 · 10 sites · 5,790 ft · hookupsReservableBucks Lake Recreation AreaBucks Lake Wilderness · CA5,300 ft
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Bucks Lake680 acres · 5 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Middle Fork29,278 acres · 8 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Chips Creek12,940 acres · 9 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Source: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Diamond fire · 16 mi from the nearest campground here · 0 acres
Wildfire
Diamond fire · 43 mi from the nearest campground here
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 7, 2026

Who answers for this land

Bucks Lake Wilderness’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Kevin Kiley (R)CA 3rd · 2 campgrounds · grade F
Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score
Unit: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) land units
SRC · RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM · unified by CAMPANAC · refreshed nightly