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U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · California

Plumas National Forest

Here, 5% take walk-ups.

62Campgrounds
3Take walk-ups
2Free to camp
$10–$48A night, across 35
1,073Sites, from 38
1,750–7,070 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 62 of these 62 campgrounds

Where they are

62 of 62 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

62 campgrounds
In 1 places, folded
Plumas National Forest62 campgrounds
Big Cove (Plumas National Forest, CA)ReservablePlumas National Forest · CAfrom $383 pull-through sites62 sitesrigs to 95 ft5,620 ftdrinking watertoiletsFrenchmanReservablePlumas National Forest · CAfrom $3864 sitesrigs to 50 ft5,630 ftdrinking watertoiletsGrasshopper FlatReservablePlumas National Forest · CAfrom $381 group site70 sitesrigs to 54 ft5,830 ftdrinking watertoiletsLittle Beaver A CampgroundReservablePlumas National Forest · CAfrom $2376 with a bear box34 with a tent pad119 sites5,300 ftdrinking watertoiletsLone Rock (CA)ReservablePlumas National Forest · CAfrom $3652 with a tent pad1 group site87 sitesrigs to 53 ft5,040 ftdrinking watertoiletsGrizzlyReservablePlumas National Forest · CAfrom $3855 sites5,870 ftdrinking watertoiletsSpring CreekReservablePlumas National Forest · CAfrom $3850 sitesrigs to 1 ft5,630 ftdrinking watertoiletsBoulder Creek (CA)ReservablePlumas National Forest · CAfrom $3644 sitesrigs to 51 ft5,230 ftdrinking watertoiletsChilcootReservablePlumas National Forest · CAfrom $3440 sitesrigs to 40 ft5,110 fttoiletsLightning TreeReservablePlumas National Forest · CAfrom $381 pull-through site39 sitesrigs to 45 ft5,790 ftGold Lake Campground (CA)ReservablePlumas National Forest · CAfrom $2538 sitesrigs to 2 ft6,460 fttoiletsLong Point (CA)ReservablePlumas National Forest · CAfrom $366 pull-through sites4 group sites36 sitesrigs to 88 ft5,040 ftdrinking watertoilets
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Lakes Basin557 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Chips Creek12,940 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Middle Fork29,278 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Bucks Lake680 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
East Yuba17,968 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Bald Rock4,675 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 · 41 mi from the nearest campground here
Wildfire
Wallace fire · 46 mi from the nearest campground here · 1 acres
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 24, 2026

Who answers for this land

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

Kevin Kiley, official portrait
Kevin Kiley (I)CA 3rd · 55 campgrounds · grade F
Doug LaMalfa, official portrait
Doug LaMalfa (R)CA 1st · 7 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