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

Antelope Lake Recreation Area

At 5,000 feet in elevation, Antelope Lake is located in the northeastern part of the Mt. Hough Ranger District. It is a small remote lake with 15 miles of shoreline. Surrounding the lake are mountains blanketed with pine and fir trees. Protected coves around the lake attract several species of migratory birds. This site is being managed by concessionaire Royal Elk Park Management. Travellers can also stop in nearby communities such as Taylorsville, Greenville, Janesville, Milford and Susanville for ice and other supplies before you travel up the hill. Wood is for sale within campgrounds.

Closed for the seasonBooking not publishedTents only

More like this: first-come in California · tent only in California

2fires
active
Pnf North Quincy Wcsl Rx (prescribed burn) · 23 mi away
1 more within 50 miles
Incident details ↓

Amenities & rules

EquipmentTents

Individual sites vary. Confirm on Recreation.gov or with the managing office.

Season & status

StatusClosed for the season. Forest Service sites close for the season; check the official page for the reopening date.
ForestPlumas National Forest

Plumas National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Antelope Lake Recreation Area30°40°50°60°70°80°January: 2.44 inches of precipitationFebruary: 2.31 inches of precipitationMarch: 1.67 inches of precipitationApril: 0.49 inches of precipitationMay: 0.82 inches of precipitationJune: 0.37 inches of precipitationJuly: 0.21 inches of precipitationAugust: 0.11 inches of precipitationSeptember: 0.24 inches of precipitationOctober: 0.97 inches of precipitationNovember: 1.49 inches of precipitationDecember: 1.90 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 32.5°F averageFebruary: 36.6°F averageMarch: 41.9°F averageApril: 47.1°F averageMay: 54.8°F averageJune: 62.9°F averageJuly: 70.6°F averageAugust: 69.3°F averageSeptember: 62.7°F averageOctober: 51.5°F averageNovember: 40.0°F averageDecember: 32.4°F average0 in0.5 in1 in1.5 in2 in2.5 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Susanville 2Sw, 17 miles from the campground at 4,212 feet, station USC00048702 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 13 inches a year.

Getting there

Coordinates40.1830° N, 120.5900° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Prescribed
    Pnf North Quincy Wcsl Rx

    23 mi from the campground

  • Prescribed
    Pnf Rx

    25 mi from the campground

Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.

Supplies & services

RV sales & serviceReliable RV ↗15.1 mi
Dump stationDump station ↗27.7 mi

Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. Call ahead; hours change seasonally.

Limited data for this unit

No site-by-site records, 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.

Explore

Video

Antelope Lake, CA- 5 Day Camping

Worth a stop

Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →
  • 1.1 mi
    Antelope/Taylor Lake ↗
    10.3 mi trail
  • 1.5 mi
    Antelope Lake Nature Trail
    0.1 mi trail
  • 2.2 mi
    Cold Stream
    1.7 mi trail
  • 2.3 mi
    Antelope View
    0.6 mi trail
  • 2.9 mi
    Indian Camp
    0.3 mi trail
  • 3.1 mi
    Antelope Flat
    0.6 mi trail

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 Plumas 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.

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Reference

Questions people ask

Is Antelope Lake Recreation Area open right now?

Closed for the season as of Oct 26, 2026.

Source: Forest Service status

Can I bring an RV to Antelope Lake Recreation Area?

Antelope Lake Recreation Area is listed for tents only.

Source: Forest Service

What if Antelope Lake Recreation Area is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Long Point (0.7 mi), Boulder Creek (1.2 mi, partly first-come), and Lone Rock (1.7 mi).

Source: Campgrounds nearby