Collins Lake Recreation Area
Oregon House (Yuba County) · near Oregon House · Gold Country & Central Valley
Camping
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Elevation
- 1200
- Campsites
- 250+ sites incl. lakefront & full-hookup + cabins
- Season
- Year-round (reduced services in winter)
- Fee
- ~$40-56 standard · ~$50-66 lakefront · ~$62-84 hookup (off-season ~$25-55)
Permits and booking
- Reservation required
- Yes
- How to reserve
- Private (CampLife booking), up to 2 years ahead, 2-night minimum. Lakefront sites are very competitive for summer and sell out a year out. Dogs OK on leash (attended) but not on the swim beach.
What is here
- Setting
- lake-river
- Amenities
- Sandy swim beach with raft · Coin-op showers, flush & vault toilets · Marina, boat rentals & ramp · General store, laundry, WiFi, playground · Full-hookup & lakefront sites
- Best for
- Family lake camping with a real swim beach and lakefront sites
- Features
- Beloved sandy swimming beach · Genuinely lakefront campsites · Trophy trout fishing · Full amenities & cabins
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Camping detail
- Camp type
- developed · rv · cabin-glamp · boat-in
- Intl tip
- Lakefront sites are the trophy and book up to a year out for summer - reserve as early as CampLife allows. Miss them and the swim beach and boat rentals are open to all campers anyway. Dogs off the swim beach.
The guide
Collins Lake is the family-reunion reservoir of the northern Mother Lode - a well-run private lake near Oregon House beloved fo…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Collins Lake Recreation Area — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 39.286, -121.213