California Free Camping

State County Town Location Name Type Dates Open GPS Directions # days stay amenities Miles to Town California Shasta, Trinity Orr Lake Campground Shasta-Trinity National Forest Lassen (?) Black Rock Campground Lassen National Forest Mendocino Grizzly Flat Mendocino National Forest Lakeview Mendocino National Forest Lower Nye Mendocino National Forest Modoc Big Valley Modoc National Forest Devil's Garden Modoc National Forest Doublehead Modoc National Forest Warner Mountain Modoc National Forest Mammoth Glass Creek Campground Mammoth Lakes 21 Inyo Inyo National Forest Inyo National Forest 28/6mo Plumas (?) Feather Falls Plumas National Forest Little North Fork Plumas National Forest Bucks Lake Recreation Area Plumas National Forest Red Bridge Plumas National Forest Stanislaus (?) Hermit Valley Campground Stanislaus National Forest (eastern sierras) Lone Pine Alabama Hills Recreation Area Base of Eastern Sierras ? Alder Creek Dispersed Camping Sequoia National Forest ? Blair Valley Campground near Joshua Tree National Park

Adin Lava Camp Modoc National Forest 6/1-10/30 Bakersfield Walker Pass Campground BLM Bear Valley Hermit Valley Campground Stanislaus National Forest Berry Creek Rogers Cow Camp Plumas National Forest Big Bend Deadlun Campground Shasta-Trinity National Forest Blythe Miller Park Boron Boondock Area Borrego Springs Ocotillo Wells State Vehicle Recreation Area Bridgeport Desert Creek Toiyabe National Forest Callahan East Fork Klamath National Forest Hotelling Campground Klamath National Forest Canby Lassen Creek Campground Modoc National Forest Cecilville Shadow Creek Klamath National Forest Chester Hamilton Beach Dispersed PG&E, Lassen National Forest Cima Camp Rock Springs Providence Mountains, BLM Clearlake Oaks Blue Oaks Campground Indian Valley Rec Area, BLM Lower Hunting Creek Knoxville Rec Area, BLM Coalinga Upper Sweetwater Campground Laguna Mountain Rec Area, BLM Cobb Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest Covelo Georges Valley Dispersed Camp Mendocino National Forest Green Springs Campground Mendocino National Forest Rock Cabin Trailhead Mendocino National Forest Soldier Ridge Trailhead Mendocino National Forest Surveyors Dispersed camp Mendocino National Forest Y Campground Mendocino National Forest Coyote Ridge Boondock Area BLM Douglas City Steiner Flat BLM Doyle Fort Sage OHV Area BLM El Centro Plaster City Open Area BLM Superstition Mtn Open Area BLM Essex Primitive Camping Mojave National Preserve, BLM Etna Red Bank Campground Klamath National Forest Fall River Mills Cinder Cone Wilderness Study Area, BLM Popcorn Cave Campground Cinder Cone Wilderness Study Area Foresthill Sugar Pine OHV Staging Area, Tahoe National Forest Fort Bidwell Fee Reservoir BLM, Surprise District Fort Jones Bridge Flat River Access Klamath National Forest Mt Ashland Campground Klamath National Forest Scott Mountain Klamath National Forest Frazier Park Chula Vista Campground Los Padres National Forest Garberville Watts Lake Primitive Area Six Rivers National Forest Grant Grove Big Meadows Sequoia National Forest, Giant Sequoia National Monument Groveland Lumsdend Campground Stanislaus National Forest Lumsden Bridge Stanislaus National Forest South Fork Stanislaus National Forest Happy Camp Norcross Campground Klamath National Forest West Branch Klamath National Forest Holtville Walker Park Imperial County Park Hornbrook Camp Creek Campground Pacific Power, BLM Juniper Point Camp Pacific Power, BLM Mirror Cove Camp Pacific Power, BLM Inyokern Chimney Creek BLM Long Valley BLM Short Canyon BLM Spangler Hills Off-Highway Use Area, BLM June Lake Glass Creek Inyo National Forest Hartley Springs Inyo National Forest Kernville Chico Flat Campground Sequoia National Forest Klamath River Beaver Creek Klamath National Forest Lakeshore West Kaiser Huntington Lake Rec Area, Sierra National Forest Lee Vining Hartley Springs Inyo National Forest Litchfield Belfast Petroglyph Site BLM Los Banos Cottonwood Creek State Wildlife Area Los Banos SWA State Wildlife Area North Grasslands State Wildlife Area O'Neil Forebay State Wildlife Area San Luis Resevoir State Wildlife Area Tumy Hills BLM Los Osos Turri Rd side of road Between Morro Bay and Los Osos hiking trails <5 Mammoth Lakes Big Springs Inyo National Forest Lower Deadman Inyo National Forest Maricopa Caballo Campground Los Padres National Forest Mariposa Jerseydale Merced River Rec Area, Sierra Natoinal Forest Markleeville Centerville Flat Toiyabe National Forest Wolf Creek Campground Toiyabe National Forest Marysville Spencerville State Wildlife Area McCloud Algoma Campground Shasta-Trinity National Forest Blanche Lake Campground Modoc National Forest Harris Springs Shasta-Trinity National Forest Trout Creek Campground Shasta-Trinity National Forest Mendota Mendota State Wildlife Area State Wildlife Area Mercy Hot Springs Little Panoche Reservoir State Wildlife Area Mount Shasta Gumboot Lake Campground Shasta-Trinity National Forest Toad Lake Cabin Shasta-Trinity National Forest Needles Beale Slough BLM Bigelow Cholla Garden BLM Chemehuevi Wash Rec Area, BLM San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge North Vista Vista Point Toilets, drinking fountain, good view 2 Trinidad Patrick's Point Rest Stop, two Rest Stop Toilets, Water, Free Dumping 5