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Long Point Campground / Antelope Lake

Area: The campground is located at the southern end of the lake on a peninsula.

Plumas National Forest

Administered by: Mount Hough Ranger District (530) 283-0555

Setting: Conifer lined lake

Elevation: 5,000

Season Length: Subject to weather conditions, May through early September 

Number of sites: 38 (four group sites, each accommodating up to 25 people)

Fee: $18-20; $5 for each additional vehicle

RV sites:  Yes   RV’s up to: 30   Hook-ups:   Garbage: containers  Pack-it-out!

Toilets: Vault    Water: Yes      Picnic tables and fire grills / pits            

Nearest town: Susanville

Nearby facilities: Sanitary Dump Station, boat launch and grocery store

Nearby fishing: Indian Creek

Reservations:  Yes (fee)

Additional information:  Pets must be kept on a leash.  Please note that the dates and prices below are subject to change and reflect 2007 data.  If listed, the campground opening dates are approximate due to weather conditions.  For reservable campsites, go on line at  www.recreation.gov or phone toll free at 877-444-6777.

Directions: From Highway 395 at the junction with Highway 70, drive ___ miles north past Honey Lake towards Janesville.  Look for County Road 208 one mile south of Janesville.  Look for a sign to Antelope Lake, and turn left on County Road 208.  Drive 15 miles to a Y in the road.  Turn right one mile to the campground entrance.

Lone Rock Campground / Antelope Lake         

Area: Northern end of the lake

Plumas National Forest

Administered by: Mount Hough Ranger District (530) 283-0555

Setting: Conifer lined lake

Elevation: 5,000

Season Length: Subject to weather conditions, May through early September

Number of sites: 87

Fee: $20; $5 for each additional vehicle

RV sites:  Yes   RV’s up to: 40-feet   No Hook-ups:   Garbage: containers

Toilets: Vault    Water: Yes      Picnic tables and fire grills                     

Nearest town: Susanville

Nearby facilities: Sanitary Dump Station, boat ramp and grocery store

Nearby fishing: Indian Creek

Reservations:  Yes (fee)

Additional information:  Pets must be kept on a leash.  Please note that the dates and prices below are subject to change and reflect 2007 data.  If listed, the campground opening dates are approximate due to weather conditions.  For reservable campsites, go on line at  www.recreation.gov or phone toll free at 877-444-6777.

Directions: From Highway 395 at the junction with Highway 70, drive ___ miles north past Honey Lake towards Janesville.  Look for County Road 208 one mile south of Janesville.  Look for a sign to Antelope Lake, and turn left on County Road 208.  Drive 15 miles to a Y in the road.  Turn left at the Y and drive 4 miles to the northwest end of the lake.

Boulder Creek Campground / Antelope Lake

Area: northern end of the lake

Plumas National Forest

Administered by: Mount Hough Ranger District (530) 283-0555

Setting: Conifer lined shore

Elevation: 5,000

Season Length: Subject to weather conditions,  May through early September

Number of sites: 70

Fee: $20; $5 for each additional vehicle

RV sites:  Yes   RV’s up to: 40-feet  No Hook-ups:   Garbage: containers

Toilets: Vault    Water: Yes      Picnic tables and fire grills                     

Nearest town: Susanville

Nearby facilities: Sanitary Dump Station; boat launch, grocery store

Nearby fishing: Indian Creek

Reservations:  Yes (fee)

Additional information:  Pets must be kept on a leash.  Please note that the dates and prices below are subject to change and reflect 2007 data.  If listed, the campground opening dates are approximate due to weather conditions.  For reservable campsites, go on line at  www.recreation.gov or phone toll free at 877-444-6777.

Directions: From Highway 395 at the junction with Highway 70, drive ___ miles north past Honey Lake towards Janesville.  Look for County Road 208 one mile south of Janesville.  Look for a sign to Antelope Lake, and turn left on County Road 208.  Drive 15 miles to a Y in the road.  Turn left at the Y and drive 4 miles to the northwest end of the lake.

Antelope Lake

Elevation: 5,000

Road condition:   Paved   

Region: South of Susanville, west of Highway 395 and north of Davis Lake, Antelope Lake is out of the way and most certainly worth the extra driving time         

Area/description: A beautiful alpine setting in a less traveled area, Antelope Lake offers a more intimate fishing experience for those anglers with small prams or canoes.

Lake size: 930 acres with 15 miles of shoreline   Depth:     

Species: Planted rainbows and brook trout, browns,  largemouth bass and small mouth bass, along with catfish and panfish.  The lake offers good fishing for trout in the early summer and fall, and during the hotter months of summer bass fishing can be good.

Closest town or supplies: Quincy, Crescent Mills, Taylorville or Susanville

Contacts: Mt. Hough Ranger District (530) 283-0555;

Facilities: Taylorville: Young’s Market (530) 284-7024

Nearest campgrounds: Boulder Creek Campground, Lone Rock Campground, Long Point Campground

Boating: A boat launch is located on the north shore at Lost Creek Cove. 

Fishing season: General season     Best times: Early and late season for trout and bass during the hot summer months.

Tips: The best shore fishing is from the dam along the southern shore and the north shore in the Lost Creek area.  Trollers do well trolling small lures or nightcrawlers with flashers.

Favorite lures or bait:

Favorite fly patterns:

Stocking information: 20,000+ annually with 50,000 Eagle Lake fingerlings

Additional information:

Nearby fishing: Indian Creek below the dam provides good fishing for small trout.  A two-lane road follows the creek south into Genessee Valley on the way to Taylorville, southwest of Antelope Valley Dam.

Directions: From Highway 395 at the junction with Highway 70, drive ___ miles north past Honey Lake towards Janesville.  Look for County Road 208 one mile south of Janesville.  Look for a sign to Antelope Lake, and turn left on County Road 208.  Drive 15 miles to a Y in the road.  Turn left at the Y and drive 4 miles to the northwest end of the lake.

Meadow View Campground / Highway 395

Area: East of Highway 395 near Doyle on Little Last Chance Creek

Plumas National Forest

Administered by: Beckwourth Ranger District

Setting:

Elevation: 6,100

Season Length: Subject to weather conditions, May-October

Number of sites: 6 primitive camp sites

Fee: None

RV sites:  Yes   RV’s up to: 30-feet   No Hook-ups:   Garbage: Pack-it-out!

Toilets: Vault    Water: No      Picnic tables and fire grills                      

Nearest town: Susanville

Nearby facilities: Susanville

Nearby fishing: Frenchman Lake

Reservations:  No

Additional information:  Pets must be kept on a leash.  Please note that the dates and prices below are subject to change and reflect 2007 data.  If listed, the campground opening dates are approximate due to weather conditions.  For reservable campsites, go on line at  www.recreation.gov or phone toll free at 877-444-6777.

Directions: From Highway 395 at the junction with Highway 70, drive ___ miles north to Doyle.  From Doyle turn west on Doyle Grade Road (County Road 331) and drive seven miles on a dirt road to the campground.

Return to Highway 395 North to Susanville
 

Conklin Park Campground / East of Highway 395 – 24 miles south of Susanville

Area: Willow Creek / Dixie Mountain State Game Refuge

 Plumas National Forest

Administered by: Beckwourth Ranger District (530) 836-2575

Setting:

Elevation: 5,900

Season Length: Subject to weather conditions, May-September

Number of sites: 9

Fee: None

RV sites:  Yes   RV’s up to: 25  No Hook-ups:   Garbage: Pack-it-out!

Toilets: Vault    Water: No      Picnic tables and fire grills                      

Nearest town: Susanville

Nearby facilities: Susanville

Nearby fishing: Willow Creek is very small but hosts little wild trout.  Frenchman Lake is the closest fishing lake.

Reservations:  No

Additional information:  Willow Creek area was burned in 1989 and the impact is still visible with the new undergrowth.  Pets must be kept on a leash.  Please note that the dates and prices below are subject to change and reflect 2007 data.  If listed, the campground opening dates are approximate due to weather conditions.  For reservable campsites, go on line at  www.recreation.gov or phone toll free at 877-444-6777.

Directions: From Highway 395 at the junction with Highway 70, drive ___ miles north to Milford.  Turn left on County Road 336 and drive four miles to a Y in the road.  Take the right fork on County Road 70/26N70 for another 3 miles.  Turn right at the bridge at Willow Creek, and then turn left on Forest Road 70, which is paved.  Drive 3 miles to the campground on the left.