Agency-listedUSFSFee
Rocky
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 40.72607, -121.42839
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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 Rocky
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,959 ft.
Fire & smoke — around RockyNIFC · 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 Rocky · Lassen National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery2 mi
- FFuel3 mi
- LLaundry3 mi
- ShShower3 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- WWater13 mi
- DDump15 mi
- MMechanic16 mi
- +Urgent care16 mi
- EVEV fast charger17 mi
- HHardware19 mi
- RxPharmacy20 mi
- AAir-up49 mi
- OOutfitter49 mi
- PPropane52 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 2 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 — Rocky
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,959 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
40.72607, -121.42839
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Rocky · Lassen National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townOld Station · ~3.7 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelOld Station Fill-Up · ~3.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~14.9 mi
- GroceriesKOA Camp Store · ~2.4 mi
- PharmacyMayers Pharmacy · ~20.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicBurney Health Center · ~16.2 mi
- HardwareDo It Best Valley Hardware · ~19.4 mi
EV charging — from Rocky · Lassen National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger17.0 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 · 14 within 50 · 77 within 100 · 344 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS48.9 mi — Safeway 0273 (Anderson, CA), Anderson
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO49.2 mi — GF4EVA VITTLES DC, Anderson
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)43.6 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 Rocky · Lassen National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletRocky · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBridge · ~0.5 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBridge · ~0.7 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHat Creek Rim Overlook · ~1.9 mi SE · USFS
Open Rocky elsewhere
Other camps near Rocky
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Bridge~0.7 mi · fee
- Cave Campground~2.9 mi
- Hat Creek~4.0 mi · fee
- Hat Creek Campground~4.2 mi
The unit that manages Rocky
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Rocky are set by Lassen National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Rocky
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 2026-08-24: $10 per night per site, maximum two vehicles per site; each additional vehicle $5 per night. Recorded with a caution, because Lassen's Rocky Campground page is partly contaminated with a DIFFERENT camp's data: it prints latitude 40.498577, longitude -121.55697, which is 17.1 mi from this camp and is the exact coordinate the Forest Service's own EDW record holds for ROCKY KNOLL, and its structured fee field reads $12, which is Rocky Knoll's rate. The page's directions -- "Highway 89, approximately 3.5 miles north of Old Station", Hat Creek Ranger District -- and its prose fee are this camp's, and EDW's ROCKY record independently gives $10 plus $5 per additional vehicle. Sources: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/lassen/recreation/rocky-campground and https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/lassen/recreation/rocky-knoll-campground.
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 Rocky
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 — Rocky
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Hot-weather camping →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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