U.S. Forest Service · Lassen National Forest · California

Rocky Knoll Campground

Developed campground near Silver Lake with 18 designated sites, some of which can accommodate RVs. Water is available via hand pump. Grills and tables are provided.

First-come, first-served

More like this: first-come in California

2fires
active
Cy26 Elrd Underburn Drake Unit 7 & 9 Rx (prescribed burn) · 14 mi away
1 more within 50 miles
Incident details ↓

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Rocky Knoll Campground30°40°50°60°70°January: 6.18 inches of precipitation, 31.9 inches of snowFebruary: 5.11 inches of precipitation, 23.9 inches of snowMarch: 5.48 inches of precipitation, 17.0 inches of snowApril: 2.51 inches of precipitation, 3.8 inches of snowMay: 1.90 inches of precipitation, 0.2 inches of snowJune: 0.77 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJuly: 0.36 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowAugust: 0.15 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowSeptember: 0.31 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowOctober: 1.70 inches of precipitation, 0.3 inches of snowNovember: 3.31 inches of precipitation, 10.1 inches of snowDecember: 6.54 inches of precipitation, 22.4 inches of snowJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 32.0°F averageFebruary: 34.3°F averageMarch: 38.4°F averageApril: 43.7°F averageMay: 51.8°F averageJune: 59.6°F averageJuly: 67.1°F averageAugust: 65.6°F averageSeptember: 59.8°F averageOctober: 49.5°F averageNovember: 38.5°F averageDecember: 31.6°F average0 in10 in20 in30 in40 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Chester, 14 miles from the campground at 4,530 feet, station USC00041700 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 34 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 110 inches a year on the same inches scale.

Getting there

Coordinates40.4992° N, 121.1548° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Prescribed
    Cy26 Elrd Underburn Drake Unit 7 & 9 Rx

    14 mi from the campground

  • Prescribed
    Cy26 Elrd Understory Drake Unit 6 8 &10 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 stationDump station ↗18.3 mi
RV sales & serviceReliable RV ↗29 mi

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Limited data for this unit

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.

Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the record fills in.

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Worth a stop

Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →
  • 0.5 mi
    Caribou-N. Divide Caribou
    3.3 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 0.6 mi
    Silver Lake-Caribou Tie
    0.4 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 3 more
  • 0.7 mi
    Trail Lake ↗
    4.6 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 1.1 mi
    Jewel Lake
    2.7 mi trail · hiking, horse
  • 1.5 mi
    Emerald-Cypress Caribou
    2.1 mi trail · hiking, horse
  • 1.9 mi
    Gem Lake Caribou
    0.2 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

On Wilderness Atlas →

This campground sits inside Lassen National Forest.

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.

On the National Register nearby

On Register Atlas →

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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Rocky Knoll Campground?

No. Rocky Knoll Campground is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.

Source: Forest Service recreation page for this forest

What if Rocky Knoll Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Silver Bowl Campground (0.4 mi, first-come), Bogard Campground (6 mi, first-come), and Juniper Lake Stock Corral (8.1 mi).

Source: Campgrounds nearby