U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · California

Lassen National Forest

Here, 76% take walk-ups.

34Campgrounds
26Take walk-ups
1Free to camp
$10–$35A night, across 12
452Sites, from 7
2,140–6,700 ftElevation

Where they are

34 of 34 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 24, 2026

The campgrounds

34 campgrounds
Hat CreekReservableOpenLassen National Forest · CAfrom $163 group sites78 sitesrigs to 45 ft4,470 ftdrinking watertoiletsMerrill CampgroundReservableOpenLassen National Forest · CAfrom $352 pull-through sites2 group sites172 sitesrigs to 178 ft5,140 fthookupsdrinking watertoiletsChristie CampgroundReservableSeasonalLassen National Forest · CAfrom $2830 pull-through sites10 group sites69 sitesrigs to 65 ft5,140 ftGurnsey CreekReservableLassen National Forest · CASites from $33.972 group sites53 sitesrigs to 99 ft4,720 ftdrinking watertoiletsEagle CampgroundReservableLassen National Forest · CAfrom $282 group sites50 sitesrigs to 60 ft5,140 fthookupsAspen Grove Campground (CA)ReservableSeasonalLassen National Forest · CAfrom $2828 sitesrigs to 50 ft5,150 ftdrinking watertoiletsWest Eagle CampgroundReservableSeasonalLassen National Forest · CASites from $1402 group sites2 sitesrigs to 40 ft5,140 ftdrinking watertoiletsBig Pine CampgroundFirst-comeOpenLassen National Forest · CAfrom $124,660 ftBridge CampgroundFirst-comeOpenLassen National Forest · CA3,860 ftCave CampgroundFirst-comeOpenLassen National Forest · CAfrom $164,340 ftCrater LakeFirst-comeOpenLassen National Forest · CAfrom $106,700 fttoiletsGoumazFirst-comeOpenLassen National Forest · CAFree5,200 ftdrinking watertoiletsHonn CampgroundFirst-comeOpenLassen National Forest · CAfrom $103,410 ftLegacy CampgroundFirst-comeOpenLassen National Forest · CA4,560 ftPotato Patch CampgroundFirst-comeOpenLassen National Forest · CA3,440 ftRocky CampgroundFirst-comeOpenLassen National Forest · CAfrom $103,960 ftRoxie Peconom CampgroundFirst-comeOpenLassen National Forest · CA4,940 fttoiletsWarner Creek CampgroundFirst-comeOpenLassen National Forest · CA5,050 ftAlder Creek CampgroundSeasonalLassen National Forest · CAfrom $103,830 ftBattle Creek CampgroundFirst-comeSeasonalLassen National Forest · CA4,830 ftBlack Rock CampgroundFirst-comeLassen National Forest · CA2,140 ftBogard CampgroundFirst-comeLassen National Forest · CA5,680 fttoiletsButte Meadows CampgroundFirst-comeLassen National Forest · CA4,310 ftCherry Hill CampgroundFirst-comeLassen National Forest · CAfrom $144,710 ft
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 24, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Trail Lake1,124 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Cub Creek8,643 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Ishi21,805 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Butt Mtn.8,217 acres · 4 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Mt. Harkness197 acres · 4 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Brown Butte23,938 acres · 4 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.

Heads up

Wildfire
Bunch fire · 1.3 mi from the nearest campground here
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 21, 2026

Who answers for this land

Lassen National Forest’s campgrounds sit in 2 congressional districts. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Doug LaMalfa, official portrait
Doug LaMalfa (R)CA 1st · 26 campgrounds · grade F
Kevin Kiley, official portrait
Kevin Kiley (I)CA 3rd · 8 campgrounds · grade F
Source: campground records from RIDB, NPS, USFS EDW and BLM, unified by CAMPANAC, refreshed nightly