Lower Virginia Creek Primitive Campground
Rustic campsites with fire rings in Jeffrey Pine Forest. There is no trash service please pack out your trash.
More like this: first-come in California
Season & status
| Forest | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest |
| Fees | No fee |
| Rules | California camp fire permit required ( https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/htnf/passes-permits/?cid=fseprd673196 ). Dog must be on a leash at campground. |
Weather by month
Getting there
| Coordinates | 38.0676° N, 119.2261° W · Directions ↗ |
Fire nearby
- WildfireDome
41 mi from the campground · 6,788 acres · 95% contained
Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.
Supplies & services
| Dump station | Dump station ↗ | 10.4 mi |
| Outdoor gear | Mountain Shop & Mountaineering School ↗ | 29.6 mi |
Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. Call ahead; hours change seasonally.
No site-by-site records, no amenities, no fee schedule or directions in the Recreation.gov record. What is here comes from the agency's own listing. The rest lives there.
Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the record fills in.
Explore
Worth a stop
- 3.8 miGreen Creek Trailhead ↗Trailhead
Trails nearby
- 0.1 miV Lake Disp 10under 0.1 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, 4WD
- 0.1 miV Lake Disp 9under 0.1 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, 4WD
- 0.1 miV Lake Disp 11under 0.1 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, 4WD
- 0.2 miV Lake Disp 7under 0.1 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, 4WD
- 0.2 miV Lake Disp 8under 0.1 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, 4WD
- 0.2 miV Lake Disp 12under 0.1 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, 4WD
Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.
Public land it sits in
Hoover Wilderness begins about 3.4 miles away, and it is the closest of these.
- 3.4 miHoover Wilderness ↗Wilderness · Forest Service · 128,044 acres
- 4.1 miYosemite Wilderness ↗Wilderness · National Park Service · 704,624 acres
Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.
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Reference
Questions people ask
Do I need a reservation at Lower Virginia Creek Primitive Campground?
No. Lower Virginia Creek Primitive Campground is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.
Source: Forest Service
How much does it cost to camp at Lower Virginia Creek Primitive Campground?
No fee
Source: Forest Service
What if Lower Virginia Creek Primitive Campground is full?
The nearest public campgrounds are Trumbull Lake (2.1 mi), Green Creek Group (4 mi), and Saddlebag Lake Trailhead Group Camp (7.6 mi, partly first-come).
Source: Campgrounds nearby