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

Atchison Campground

There are six fire rings and 10 picnic tables. There is a stream with a spring pipe if you continue 2.6 miles east of the campground on the road. The road is nice for hiking and biking because of limited traffic. The campground is full of mature oaks and pines and there is plenty of firewood in the area.

Open nowBooking not publishedTents only

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

3fires
active
Alder Springs Underburn Rx (prescribed burn) · 13 mi away
2 more within 50 miles
Incident details ↓

Amenities & rules

EquipmentTents

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

Season & status

StatusOpen
ForestMendocino National Forest

Mendocino National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Atchison Campground40°50°60°70°80°January: 7.82 inches of precipitation, 0.7 inches of snowFebruary: 6.76 inches of precipitation, 1.4 inches of snowMarch: 5.19 inches of precipitation, 0.2 inches of snowApril: 2.81 inches of precipitation, 0.2 inches of snowMay: 1.64 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJune: 0.76 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJuly: 0.03 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowAugust: 0.16 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowSeptember: 0.20 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowOctober: 2.00 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowNovember: 4.28 inches of precipitation, 0.2 inches of snowDecember: 8.79 inches of precipitation, 0.6 inches of snowJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 42.5°F averageFebruary: 45.3°F averageMarch: 49.0°F averageApril: 52.7°F averageMay: 59.2°F averageJune: 65.5°F averageJuly: 72.5°F averageAugust: 71.1°F averageSeptember: 66.4°F averageOctober: 57.2°F averageNovember: 46.8°F averageDecember: 41.2°F average0 in2 in4 in6 in8 in10 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Covelo, 18 miles from the campground at 1,413 feet, station USC00042081 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 40 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 3 inches a year on the same inches scale.

Getting there

Coordinates39.7502° N, 122.9250° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Prescribed
    Alder Springs Underburn Rx

    13 mi from the campground

  • Prescribed
    Harrison Gulch Broadcast Rx

    42 mi from the campground

  • Prescribed
    Mrrd Programatic Pile Rx

    43 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 ↗33.8 mi
RV sales & serviceMike Friend RVs ↗56.1 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.

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Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →
  • 1.5 mi
    Roudy Robert
    0.07 mi trail
  • 2.1 mi
    Grants Garden
    under 0.1 mi trail
  • 2.4 mi
    Tims Treasure
    under 0.1 mi trail
  • 3.1 mi
    Black Butte Scenic
    0.8 mi trail
  • 4.1 mi
    Doans Place
    0.1 mi trail
  • 4.6 mi
    Plaskett Fishing Trail
    0.3 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 Mendocino 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 Atchison Campground open right now?

Open as of Oct 26, 2026.

Source: Forest Service status

Can I bring an RV to Atchison Campground?

Atchison Campground is listed for tents only.

Source: Forest Service

What if Atchison Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Masterson Group Campground (4.2 mi), Sugar Spring Campground (7.5 mi, first-come), and General Campgrounds & Trailheads (8.9 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby