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Warner Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 40.36222, -121.30805
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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 Warner Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,040 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Warner Creek 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 Warner Creek Campground · Lassen National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- ShShower2 mi
- WWater2 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- HHardware6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- DDump18 mi
- LLaundry23 mi
- +Urgent care24 mi
- MMechanic34 mi
- EVEV fast charger34 mi
- RxPharmacy35 mi
- OOutfitter36 mi
- PPropane50 mi
- AAir-up50 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 6 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 34-mi run (and back).
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 — Warner Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,040 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
40.36222, -121.30805
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Warner Creek Campground · Lassen National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWarner Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townKelly Camp · ~5.4 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~2.1 mi
- FuelFuel · ~5.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~17.9 mi
- GroceriesHoliday Market · ~5.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicSeneca Hospital · ~5.5 mi
- HardwareAyoob's Intermountain Hardware · ~5.5 mi
EV charging — from Warner Creek Campground · Lassen National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger34.5 mi straight-line E — Susanville, CA - Tesla Supercharger (at a hotel) · 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 reachnone within 25 mi · 7 within 50 · 108 within 100 · 395 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS45.3 mi — Town of Paradise - 230 Pearson, Paradise
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO45.3 mi — Town of Paradise - 230 Pearson, Paradise
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)34.5 mi — DMND MTN CSO DIAMOND MT1, Susanville, 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 196523 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Warner Creek Campground · Lassen National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletWarner Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHigh Bridge · ~1.5 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDomingo Springs · ~2.1 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLocherman Canyon · ~2.9 mi S · USFS
Open Warner Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Warner Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- High Bridge Campground~1.7 mi · fee
- Domingo Springs~2.1 mi · fee
- Willow Lake Dispersed Camping Area~3.7 mi
- North Fork~5.0 mi
The unit that manages Warner Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Warner Creek Campground are set by Lassen National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Warner Creek 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 Warner Creek 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 — Warner Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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