Lassen Volcanic National Park · California
Overview Warner Valley campground is a limited development facility in the south eastern area of the park. It has vault toilets and potable water spigots. Numerous trails can be accessed from the campground.
Sites at Warner Valley 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 | 17 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard |
| Location | Chester, CA |
| 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 Warner Valley 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.
| Manzanita Lake | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Butte Lake | Cancellation alerts available |
| Summit Lake South | Cancellation alerts available |
| Summit Lake North | Cancellation alerts available |
| Southwest Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Manzanita Lake Camping Cabins (CA) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lost Creek Group | Cancellation alerts available |
| Butte Lake Group | Cancellation alerts available |
| Manzanita Lake Group Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Juniper Lake Group | Cancellation alerts available |
| Butte Lake Stock Corral | Cancellation alerts available |
| Juniper Lake Stock Corral | Cancellation alerts available |
| Summit Lake Stock Corral | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Warner Valley Campground; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.