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Golden Trout Crossing
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 39.60790, -121.15405
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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 Golden Trout Crossing
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,146 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Golden Trout CrossingNIFC · 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 Golden Trout Crossing · Plumas National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail9 mi
- FFuel10 mi
- GGrocery10 mi
- ShShower17 mi
- HHardware18 mi
- WWater22 mi
- +Urgent care22 mi
- OOutfitter22 mi
- AAir-up22 mi
- MMechanic22 mi
- EVEV fast charger23 mi
- RxPharmacy25 mi
- LLaundry26 mi
- DDump30 mi
- PPropane38 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 22-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 10 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 — Golden Trout Crossing
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,146 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
39.60790, -121.15405
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Golden Trout Crossing · Plumas National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townClipper Mills · ~5.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~10.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~29.5 mi
- GroceriesLa Porte General Store · ~10.4 mi
- PharmacyQuincy Pharmacy · ~25.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicCamp Nurse · ~21.7 mi
- HardwareSierra Hardware · ~17.7 mi
EV charging — from Golden Trout Crossing · Plumas National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger23.3 mi straight-line W — Holiday Inn Express Oroville · EVCS · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 43 within 50 · 325 within 100 · 786 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)25.5 mi — Quincy, CA - Tesla Supercharger, Quincy
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)17.6 mi — Expanding Light, Nevada City, CA (at an inn) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-07-15 · 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 333033 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Golden Trout Crossing · Plumas National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletStrawberry Car Top Launch · ~2.6 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletStrawberry · ~3.7 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFeather Falls Trailhead · ~6.0 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMadrone Cove · ~9.6 mi S · USFS
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Other camps near Golden Trout Crossing
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Sly Creek~2.5 mi · fee
- Strawberry~3.7 mi · fee
- American House Ohv Camp~7.8 mi
- Brandy City~8.2 mi
The unit that manages Golden Trout Crossing
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Golden Trout Crossing are set by Plumas National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Golden Trout Crossing
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
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.
How it was placed
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-26: $15 per night, single site. Plumas National Forest publishes no live page for this campground -- its old portal link is dead, none of its 57 camping pages is Golden Trout Crossing, and it has no recreation.gov listing -- so the $15 comes from the Forest Service's own recreation-sites dataset (EDW layer EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02, record 2631374), read 2026-08-26. That is a database field, not a posted price; confirm with Mount Hough Ranger District, 530-283-0555. Sources: https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0 and https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/plumas/recreation/camping-cabins.
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 Golden Trout Crossing
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 — Golden Trout Crossing
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Hot-weather camping →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →
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