North Eagle Lake Campground
nearest town: Susanville CA
part of: Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
A Bureau of Land Management Campground in the North Sierras region.
Number of visits: 3
GPS: 40.7306,-120.7232
Bathroom: pit • Water: water
A real find! About a mile off Route 123, at the deserted top end of Eagle Lake. Its a beautiful scrub and pine forest looking out over the lake and the wide valley. Pretty close to Susanville.
Notes on each visit (posted cost • senior cost):
Didn't want to go all the way home today, so here I am, hunting shade on a piney high desert hillside. In typical high desert fashion, it's harsh and uncomfortable here until the sun goes behind the hill, then it's really pleasant.
After fifty miles of No Service on my ATT phone, this campground miraculously has pretty decent reception, good enough to run Personal Hotspot!
Here I am again. Glad to be back. Kind of a dusty little nothing of a place, but it's very handy, and kinda charming once you're there.
No pay envelopes, so free this time! In 2013 there was a camp host, none this time.
Eagle Lake has a little more water than usual, but it's still waaay below the level when they built the road.