Silver Bowl Campground
Located near the shores of Silver Lake, Silver Bowl is a developed campground with 18 designated sites. There is a maximum of 8 people per site. Silver Lake offers a boat launch ramp, and a nature trail encircling the lake and two picnic areas provide a variety of recreational pursuits. Caribou Wilderness trailheads are located nearby.
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Getting there
| Coordinates | 40.4997° N, 121.1630° W · Directions ↗ |
Fire nearby
- PrescribedCy26 Elrd Understory Drake Unit 6 8 &10 Rx
13 mi from the campground
- PrescribedCy26 Elrd Underburn Drake Unit 7 & 9 Rx
14 mi from the campground
Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.
Supplies & services
| Dump station | Dump station ↗ | 18.8 mi |
| RV sales & service | Reliable RV ↗ | 29.4 mi |
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No site-by-site records, no amenities, no fee schedule, no directions or photos in the Recreation.gov record. What is here comes from the agency's own listing. The rest lives there.
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Explore
Worth a stop
- 0.1 miSilver Bowl Picnic ↗Day use
- 0.4 miSilver Beach Picnic Area ↗Day use
Trails nearby
- 0.1 miCaribou-N. Divide Caribou3.3 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
- 0.2 miSilver Lake-Caribou Tie0.4 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 3 more
- 0.7 miJewel Lake2.7 mi trail · hiking, horse
- 0.8 miTrail Lake ↗4.6 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
- 1.1 miEmerald-Cypress Caribou2.1 mi trail · hiking, horse
- 1.4 miGem Lake Caribou0.2 mi trail · hiking, horse
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
This campground sits inside Caribou Wilderness, which overlaps Lassen National Forest.
- inCaribou Wilderness ↗Wilderness · Forest Service · 20,839 acres
- inLassen National Forest ↗National Forest · Forest Service · 1,488,712 acres
- 5.9 miLassen Volcanic Wilderness ↗Wilderness · National Park Service · 79,061 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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Questions people ask
Do I need a reservation at Silver Bowl Campground?
No. Silver Bowl Campground is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.
What if Silver Bowl Campground is full?
The nearest public campgrounds are Rocky Knoll Campground (0.4 mi, first-come), Bogard Campground (6.2 mi, first-come), and Juniper Lake Stock Corral (7.7 mi).
Source: Campgrounds nearby