Clear Lake State Park
Lake County · near Kelseyville / Lakeport · North Coast
Camping · parks
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Elevation
- 1330
- Campsites
- ~150 sites
- Season
- Year-round
- Fee
- ~$35/night
- Size
- 590
- Established
- 1949
Permits and booking
- Reservation required
- Yes
- How to reserve
- Reserve on ReserveCalifornia (6 months ahead). On the shore of Clear Lake, the largest natural lake wholly in California and the best bass lake in the West. Showers, RV sites, boat launch. Warm summers.
What is here
- Setting
- lake-river
- Amenities
- On California's largest natural lake · World-class bass fishing · Boat launch & swimming · Showers
- Best for
- Bass fishing + warm-lake camping
- Features
- Best bass lake in the West · Warm summer swimming · Boat launch from camp · Big natural lake
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Camping detail
- Camp type
- developed · rv
- Intl tip
- Reserve on ReserveCalifornia 6 months ahead. Launch from camp for the best bass fishing in the West (fishing guide); crappie and catfish too. Warm summer swimming and paddling. Great birdwatching. Combine with the Lake County/nearby wine country. Showers; boat launch. An easy drive from the Bay Area.
parks detail
- Hook
- Camping and bass fishing on the southwest shore of California's largest natural lake
- More
- Clear Lake may be the oldest lake in North America — perhaps half a million years — and its bass fishery is routinely ranked the country's best. Campgrounds sit under oaks where grebes run their courtship dances across the water each spring.
The guide
Clear Lake State Park sits on the shore of Clear Lake — the largest natural lake entirely within California and, by wide consen…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Clear Lake State Park — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.96, -122.79