Big Cove Campground

US Forest Service · California

Big Cove Campground in California. Ringed marker is this site; the other dots are the 1330 public campsites we map in California.

Frenchman Campground (5,800 feet) is on a pine covered hillside overlooking Frenchman Lake. The lake offers a wide variety of water activities. It sits at the interface between peaks of the Sierra Nevada and the high desert, where solitude and adventure await.

What we know about it

Managed by

US Forest Service

Fee

$38/night

Booking

first-come, first-served

Dogs

Allowed on a leash (USFS policy)

Number of sites

185

Coordinates

39.89861, -120.18539

Nearest sites we map

• Frenchman0 km · US Forest Service
• Spring Creek1 km · US Forest Service
• Big Cove (Plumas National Forest, Ca)1 km · US Forest Service
• Cottonwood Springs Campground2 km · US Forest Service
• Chilcoot4 km · US Forest Service
• Cottonwood (Ca)5 km · US Forest Service

Source: US Forest Service, dated 2026-08-06, fetched 2026-09-07. Official listing.

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