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Silver Lake (Family Cg)
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 39.95943, -121.13293
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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 Silver Lake (Family Cg)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,745 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Silver Lake (Family Cg)NIFC · 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 Silver Lake (Family Cg) · Plumas National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery5 mi
- FFuel10 mi
- RxPharmacy10 mi
- @Mail10 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- EVEV fast charger10 mi
- MMechanic11 mi
- LLaundry12 mi
- OOutfitter12 mi
- +Urgent care16 mi
- WWater18 mi
- ShShower31 mi
- AAir-up38 mi
- PPropane40 mi
- DDump44 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 5 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 — Silver Lake (Family Cg)
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,745 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
39.95943, -121.13293
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Silver Lake (Family Cg) · Plumas National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townMeadow Valley · ~3.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelChevron · ~9.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesTwain General Store · ~5.3 mi
- PharmacyQuincy Pharmacy · ~10.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicGreenville Rancheria Medical and Dental Clinic · ~15.8 mi
- HardwareAmerican Valley Hardware · ~10.5 mi
EV charging — from Silver Lake (Family Cg) · Plumas National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger10.5 mi straight-line E — Quincy, CA - Tesla Supercharger (at a shopping center) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 13 within 50 · 264 within 100 · 537 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS29.7 mi — Town of Paradise - 230 Pearson, Paradise
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO29.7 mi — Town of Paradise - 230 Pearson, Paradise
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)9.8 mi — DAME SHIRLEY DSP-WEST, Quincy, CA · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 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 422189 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Silver Lake (Family Cg) · Plumas National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBucks Summit (Snowpark) · ~4.1 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMill Creek (Family Cg) · ~4.3 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSandy Point Boating And Day Use · ~4.8 mi SW · USFS
- Flush restroomHallsted (Family Cg) · ~5.1 mi NE · USFS
Open Silver Lake (Family Cg) elsewhere
Other camps near Silver Lake (Family Cg)
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Mill Creek (Family Cg)~4.3 mi · fee
- Whitehorse (Family Cg)~4.9 mi · fee
- Hallsted (Family Cg)~5.1 mi · fee
- Meadow Camp~5.2 mi · fee
The unit that manages Silver Lake (Family Cg)
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Silver Lake (Family Cg) are set by Plumas National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Silver Lake (Family Cg)
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 2026-08-20: $20 per night, single site, for the 2026-05-22 to 2026-10-31 season. The forest's own page states only that the campground is scan-and-pay through the Recreation.gov app and prints no amount; the amount is the Scan & Pay rate on the recreation.gov listing, whose point is 0.14 mi from our pin. Source: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/10192147.
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 Silver Lake (Family Cg)
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 — Silver Lake (Family Cg)
Camping near a reservoir →Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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