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U.S. Forest Service · Inventoried Roadless Area · California

Cow Creek Roadless Area

1 federal campground, 1 of them with first-come, first-served sites.

1Campgrounds
1With first-come sites
1,400 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 1 of these 1 campgrounds

Where they are

1 of 1 mapped
Drawing the map
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Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 1

1 campground
Denny CampgroundCow Creek Roadless Area · CA1,400 ftFirst-come
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Bell Quinby11,556 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Cow Creek22,627 acres · 5 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Bakeoven Ridge46 acres · 5 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Cow Creek1,271 acres · 7 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Little French C11,529 acres · 10 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
mill creek 2 fire · 20 mi from the nearest campground here
Wildfire
MP18 fire · 21 mi from the nearest campground here · 7,601 acres · 98% contained
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 8, 2026

Who answers for this land

Cow Creek Roadless Area’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Jared Huffman (D)CA 2nd · 1 campground · grade A+
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
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