Plumas National Forest · California

Red Feather California — how to get a site when it's sold out

Overview Red Feather Campground is located on the eastern shore of Little Grass Valley Reservoir, providing visitors with ample opportunity to fish, swim, boat, and enjoy nature. It is one of eight campgrounds in the area, providing access to a beautiful mountain lake and various hiking trails that meander through the scenic hills and valleys. Recreation The 1,615-acre lake provides ample opportunities for visitors to fish, boat, swim, and water ski.

🏕️ 59 sites 🚐 Standard

Booking Red Feather California

Sites at Red Feather California 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.

Site facts

Total sites59
Site typesStandard
LocationOroville, CA
Book throughRecreation.gov
Official listingRecreation.gov

The cancellation play at Red Feather California

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 Red Feather California 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.

Other campgrounds in Plumas National Forest

Little Beaver A CampgroundCancellation alerts available
Lone Rock (Ca)Cancellation alerts available
Grasshopper FlatCancellation alerts available
Big Cove (Plumas National Forest, CA)Cancellation alerts available
FrenchmanCancellation alerts available
GrizzlyCancellation alerts available
Spring CreekCancellation alerts available
Boulder Creek (Ca)Cancellation alerts available
Running Deer CampgroundCancellation alerts available
ChilcootCancellation alerts available
Lightning TreeCancellation alerts available
Gold Lake Campground (CA)Cancellation alerts available
Long Point (Ca)Cancellation alerts available
Wyandotte A CampgroundCancellation alerts available
Spanish Creek CampgroundCancellation alerts available
Cottonwood (Ca)Cancellation alerts available
Lakes BasinCancellation alerts available
North Fork Campground (Plumas)Cancellation alerts available
Sundew Campground (CA)Cancellation alerts available
Snake Lake Campground and Equestrian CampCancellation alerts available
HallstedCancellation alerts available
Greenville CampgroundCancellation alerts available
Whitehorse CampgroundCancellation alerts available
Gansner Bar Campground (CA)Cancellation alerts available
Gold Lake 4 X 4 CampgroundCancellation alerts available
Silver Lake Campground (Plumas National Forest, CA)Cancellation alerts available
Queen Lily Campground (Plumas)Cancellation alerts available
Deanes Valley Family Cg (CA) Plumas NfCancellation alerts available
Grizzly Creek Campground (CA)Cancellation alerts available
Mill Creek Campground (Plumas)Cancellation alerts available
Horse CampgroundCancellation alerts available
Meadow Camp CampgroundCancellation alerts available
Rock Creek Campground (CA)Cancellation alerts available
Crocker CampgroundCancellation alerts available
Laufman Family CampgroundCancellation alerts available
Meadow View Family CampgroundCancellation alerts available
HutchinsCancellation alerts available
Black Mountain LookoutCancellation alerts available
Crocker Guard StationCancellation alerts available

Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Red Feather California; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.