FS · Plumas National Forest
Chilcoot
Nothing here fits 42 ft of 35 sites
- Longest for your rig
- 40 ft
- Booking
- Reservable
- Hookups
- none
- Entry
- Back-in only
- ADA sites
- 1
- Elevation
- 5,113 ft
- Vehicles
- 1 per site
Every site here is listed for one vehicle. Agencies differ on whether a truck and the trailer it tows count as one or two, so this may not affect a fifth wheel — but it does decide whether a second car can come. Worth a call before you rely on it.
Book on Recreation.gov →the official reservation system; we take no cut
Every bookable site
No site here takes a 42 ft rig. The layout, for what it is worth.
Too short for 42 ft — 6 sites
Tents only — no rig permitted here — 1 site
Length never published — 28 sites
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Within 60 miles
| Map marker# | Campground | Distance | Sites | Longest for your rig | Hookups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spring Creek | 2 mi N | 34 | 49 ft | none |
| 2 | Big Cove (Plumas National Forest, CA) | 3 mi N | 39 | 95 ft | none · pull-through |
| 3 | Frenchman | 3 mi NW | 38 | 50 ft | none |
| 4 | Cottonwood (CA) | 4 mi W | 14 | 67 ft | none · pull-through |
| 5 | Meadow View Family Campground | 12 mi N | 6 | — | none |
| 6 | Crocker Campground | 14 mi W | 9 | — | none |
Everything else on record
- Bookable sites
- 35
- Non-site records excluded
- 5
- Max occupancy per site
- 8
- Reservable sites
- 20
- Coordinates
- 39.8656, -120.1661
- Phone
- 530-836-2575
- Elevation
- 5,113 ft
Sources
- Recreation Information Database (RIDB) · fetched from
https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1/facilities/232826· retrieved 2026-08-17 · public-domain - USGS Elevation Point Query Service · fetched from
https://epqs.nationalmap.gov/v1/json· retrieved 2026-08-17 · public-domain