Aspen Grove (Ca)

Summary

Aspen Grove Campground is located in the Eagle Lake Recreation Area of the Lassen National Forest, providing a variety of recreational activities such as fishing, swimming, and boating. The campground is a tent-only designated site and includes a variety of facilities such as flush toilets, potable water points, and firewood for purchase. Nearby attractions include the Lassen Volcanic National Park and the diverse landscapes of the Great Basin.

Overview

Aspen Grove Campground is located in the Eagle Lake Recreation Area of the Lassen National Forest. This recreation area has five campgrounds, 3 day use areas and a marina on the south shore of Eagle Lake. These facilities are connected by a 5.2 mile paved hiking/bike trail. The Osprey Overlook, another day use area can be hiked or driven too for a scenic view of the southern end of Eagle Lake and the surrounding forest basin.

The Lassen National Forest offers a variety of lakes, streams and wilderness areas for recreational opportunities. The forest offers miles of trails that are used for hiking, mountain biking, off-highway vehicle riding and during the winter months, snowmobiling.

Recreation

Fishing for the Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout, a California Heritage Trout, is the primary recreational activity on Eagle Lake, but the 3rd largest natural lake in California (22,000 acres), provides for plenty of room for swimming, kayaking, skiing and all other boating activities by motor or sail. There are no 2-cycle restrictions for outboard boat motors or PWCs. Aspen Campground is adjacent to the designated, roped-off swim area at the Gallatin Beach Day Use Area.

Facilities

Aspen Grove Campground is a tent-only designated campground. Camping vehicles of any type and generators are not allowed in the campground. Wheelbarrows are provided in order to assist you in moving your tents and other camping gear to and from your campsite. Eighteen sites, numbers 11-28 can be reserved and sites 1-10 are designated walk-in, first-come, first-served sites.

Each site is equipped with a table and a campfire ring with grill. The campground has flush toilets, potable water points, and firewood is available for purchase. The paved bike path runs through the campground. (THE EAGLE LAKE MARINA STORE IS CURRENTLY CLOSED IN 2022) The Eagle Lake Marina store with gas, propane, fishing and camping supplies, rental boats, shower and laundry facilities and the South Shore Grill with hot food cooked to your order is an easy 10 minute walk from the campground.

Natural Features

Eagle Lake is located where the Sierras meet the Cascades and the Modoc Plateau of the Great Basin. This unique location offers diverse landscapes, geology, wildlife and vegetation. Aspen Campground is located in a mature conifer forest of pines and firs, with a strip of aspen between the campsites and the lake's shoreline, at an elevation of 5,100 feet.

Nearby Attractions

The Lassen National Forest has many other recreational opportunities and the Lassen Volcanic National Park is an easy day’s roundtrip drive from Eagle Lake Recreational Area.