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U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · California

Modoc National Forest

Here, 86% take walk-ups.

21Campgrounds
18Take walk-ups
9Free to camp
$10–$15A night, across 9
77Sites, from 3
4,700–7,150 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 21 of these 21 campgrounds

Where they are

21 of 21 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

21 campgrounds
Medicine Lake Recreation AreaReservableModoc National Forest · CAfrom $1575 sitesrigs to 75 ft6,790 ftdrinking watertoiletsBlue Lake Campground Group Site - Modoc NF (CA)ReservableModoc National Forest · CASites from $701 pull-through site1 group site1 site6,150 ftdrinking waterPatterson Guard StationReservableModoc National Forest · CASites from $751 site7,100 fttoiletsAsh Creek CampgroundFirst-comeModoc National Forest · CAFree4,890 ftBig Sage CampgroundFirst-comeModoc National Forest · CAFree4,880 ftBlanche Lake CampgroundFirst-comeModoc National Forest · CAFree6,750 ftCave Lake CampgroundFirst-comeModoc National Forest · CAfrom $156,750 ftEmerson CampgroundFirst-comeModoc National Forest · CAFree5,860 ftHoward's Gulch CampgroundFirst-comeModoc National Forest · CAfrom $154,710 ftJane's Reservoir CampgroundFirst-comeModoc National Forest · CAFree5,130 ftLassen Creek CampgroundFirst-comeModoc National Forest · CA5,320 ftLower Rush Creek CampgroundFirst-comeModoc National Forest · CAFree4,700 ftMill Creek Falls CampgroundFirst-comeModoc National Forest · CAfrom $155,700 ftPatterson CampgroundFirst-comeModoc National Forest · CAfrom $157,150 ftPayne Springs CampgroundFirst-comeModoc National Forest · CAFree6,450 ftPepperdine CampgroundFirst-comeModoc National Forest · CAfrom $156,820 ftReservoir C CampgroundFirst-comeModoc National Forest · CAFree4,940 ftReservoir F CampgroundFirst-comeModoc National Forest · CAFree4,970 ftSchonchin Springs CampgroundFirst-comeModoc National Forest · CAfrom $106,720 ftStough Reservoir CampgroundFirst-comeModoc National Forest · CAfrom $156,290 ftWillow Creek CampgroundFirst-comeModoc National Forest · CAfrom $155,010 ft
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Pepperdine10 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Soldier10,102 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Mt. Hoffman802 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Granger23 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Bear Camp Flat2,471 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Crane Mtn.1,269 acres · 3 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
Bunch fire · 42 mi from the nearest campground here
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 21, 2026

Who answers for this land

Modoc National Forest’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Doug LaMalfa, official portrait
Doug LaMalfa (R)CA 1st · 21 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
Source: campground records from RIDB, NPS, USFS EDW and BLM, unified by CAMPANAC, refreshed nightly