Lassen National Forest · California
Overview Merrill Campground is located in the Eagle Lake Recreation Area of the Lassen National Forest. This recreation area has five campgrounds, three designated day use areas and a marina on the south shore of Eagle Lake. All of these recreation facilities are connected by a 5.
Sites at Merrill Campground are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 302 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard, Group |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
itOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Merrill Campground around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
| Hat Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Christie Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Almanor | Cancellation alerts available |
| Gurnsey Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Eagle Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Aspen Grove Campground (CA) | Cancellation alerts available |
| West Eagle Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Merrill Campground; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.