Agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirm
Cave Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 40.68430, -121.42376
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Cave Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,343 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Cave CampgroundNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Cave Campground · Lassen National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel0 mi
- GGrocery0 mi
- LLaundry0 mi
- ShShower0 mi
- @Mail3 mi
- WWater10 mi
- DDump13 mi
- MMechanic18 mi
- +Urgent care18 mi
- EVEV fast charger20 mi
- HHardware22 mi
- RxPharmacy23 mi
- AAir-up49 mi
- OOutfitter49 mi
- PPropane52 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 0 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Cave Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,343 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
40.68430, -121.42376
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Cave Campground · Lassen National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureHat Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townOld Station · ~0.7 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelOld Station Fill-Up · ~0.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~12.6 mi
- GroceriesGordon's Rim Rock Ranch Store · ~0.8 mi
- PharmacyMayers Pharmacy · ~23.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicMayers Memorial Hospital · ~23.4 mi
- HardwareDo It Best Valley Hardware · ~22.3 mi
EV charging — from Cave Campground · Lassen National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger19.5 mi straight-line NW — Burney, CA - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 26 within 50 · 77 within 100 · 356 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS48.1 mi — Safeway 0273 (Anderson, CA), Anderson
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO48.4 mi — GF4EVA VITTLES DC, Anderson
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)43.3 mi — Foothill High School, Palo Cedro, CA · EV Connect · J1772 · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 296733 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Cave Campground · Lassen National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomCave Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSubway Cave · ~0.3 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletOld Station Information Center · ~0.3 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletOld Station · ~0.3 mi S · USFS
Open Cave Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Cave Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Hat Creek~1.5 mi · fee
- Hat Creek Campground~1.8 mi
- Rocky~2.9 mi · fee
- Bridge~3.3 mi · fee
The unit that manages Cave Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Cave Campground are set by Lassen National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Cave Campground
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Cave Campground
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Cave Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →