National Park System · CA

Camping in Lassen Volcanic National Park

The Recreation.gov record puts 14 campgrounds inside the park. Of those, 12 take reservations and 2 are first-come, first-served. Entrance fees, alerts and hours for the park itself are on our sister site, Park Atlas.

14 campgrounds2 first-come

The park in figures

vehicle entrance fee: $10 to $30
recreation visits in 2025: 504,777
campsites: 432
campgrounds take reservations: 12 of 14
longest RV or trailer allowed: 60 ft

The entrance fee and visit count come from Park Atlas open data. The campground figures are totals across the 14 Recreation.gov records listed below, and the rig length is the longest any one of them allows.

Every campground

Campground	Booking	Rig	Sites
Manzanita Lake	Reservable	45 ft	180
Butte Lake	Reservable	45 ft	81
Summit Lake South	Reservable	59 ft	48
Summit Lake North	Reservable	60 ft	46
Southwest Campground	First-come	·	36
Warner Valley Campground	Reservable	·	17
Lost Creek Group	Reservable	·	8
Butte Lake Group	Reservable	45 ft	6
Manzanita Lake Group Campground	Reservable	45 ft	5
Juniper Lake Group	Reservable	·	2
Butte Lake Stock Corral	Reservable	35 ft	1
Juniper Lake Stock Corral	Reservable	·	1
Summit Lake Stock Corral	Reservable	·	1
Southwest Campground - Winter/Spring	First-come	·	·

Park campgrounds book out fastest of any on Recreation.gov. Most open six months ahead at 10 a.m. Eastern; the first-come loops are the fallback when the window is gone. The first-come playbook