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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 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. ADA Access: N
From Susanville, California, take Highway 36 west for 2 miles to County Road A-1. Turn north and continue 14 miles to the Eagle Lake Recreation Area. Turn right on Gallatin Road, the first highway you will come to in the lake basin, and follow the signs towards the marina and Aspen Campground.
Camp hosts John and Debby are amazing. Flushed toilets and cold water was nice. Super quiet at night. Water level is low and muddy banks but if you have a small boat it would be alot of fun.
One of the best campgrounds I've been to. No need for bear boxes as there are none.
Lake is beautiful, shallow for kids and not windy. Good for swimming and paddle boards.
Lake camping without a bear problem. WALK-IN tent camping (only), flush toilets (nice), aspens need more sunlight - so hope the NFS cuts back the abundant conifer trees.
If this place wasn't so far off the main road I would've given it five stars. But it's remoteness makes it unique, private and serene, at least when we were there last August 2016.
We came later in the evening and left early morning , but the time in between was pleasant and incredible for early-morning, quiet walks along the lake.
The host was a hoot, & fun to talk to as we quickly started up a fire and made dinner. No pesky animals until Bluejay & squirrels the next morning ha ha I'd highly recommend this place, as an out-of-the-way retreat. We were one of the few in the campground so maybe it's more active earlier in the summer.
