AI-generated illustration inspired by Clear Lake: broad northern California lake, oak-covered rounded hills, dry golden grass.

Campgrounds Near Clear Lake

21 campgrounds around the Clear Lake shoreline, 2 with direct lake access. Check open sites for your dates.

Search 8,900+ campgrounds across 50+ booking sites, with live availability

Right now: 102 campsites open this weekend near Clear Lake at 8 of the 21 campgrounds we checked.Availability read Nov 8, 12:19 AM ET

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Available this weekend near Clear Lake

Nov 13 – Nov 15 · open every night of the stay.

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Shoreline towns (labelled) and 21 lake-area parks; green pins have sites open this weekend. Straight-line positions; roads around the water can be much longer than they look.

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campgrounds near Clear Lake

7 parks within 15 miles of the shoreline, then 14 farther from the lake; 2 list direct lake access (labelled on the card). Each park shows its straight-line distance to the shore.

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State park campground

Clear Lake SP

Kelseyville, CA
From $30/nightvia California State Parks
123 RV sitesTent site · Not listed

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How it works

Find it here. Book it with the park.

  1. Find open sitesSearch by place and dates; we check each provider's calendar for your whole stay.
  2. Check the fitHookups, amps, rig length and pull-through come from each park's own listing. When a listing doesn't say, we leave it blank.
  3. Book with the providerCampspot, Recreation.gov, ReserveAmerica, KOA and state park systems: you complete each reservation on their site.

A few good questions

How many campgrounds are near Clear Lake?

7 campgrounds are within 15 miles of the Clear Lake shoreline, and 14 more are farther out (up to 23 miles). 2 list direct lake access and 2 more are near the water (access not confirmed).

Which towns are on Clear Lake?

Towns near the shoreline include Clearlake, CA, Lakeport, CA, Lucerne, CA, Nice, CA, Lower Lake, CA and Upper Lake, CA and 21 more.

How do you decide a park has lake access?

A park is marked Direct lake access when it sits on the Clear Lake shoreline in OpenStreetMap and its own listing names water access (a boat ramp or launch, marina, waterfront or lakefront sites, and similar). Tap the badge to see the evidence. Parks close to the water without that are marked Near the lake: that is proximity only, and access is not confirmed. We don't label individual waterfront campsites.

Are there full-hookup campgrounds near Clear Lake?

6 of these parks list water, electric and sewer at the site, and 5 list sites of 40 ft or longer.

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RV rentals near Clear Lake

Pickup in Sacramento (71 mi straight-line). Available this weekend first (0 of 4, from each platform's calendar), then most popular (review count × rating).

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Pick up in Galt

2022 Keystone Springdale 280BHWE

Travel trailerTowableSleeps 10 5 (12)
Galt, CA · 32 mi from Sacramento (straight-line)
Towable — needs tow vehicle or deliveryDelivery up to 55 mi
to see if it's open
from $139/nightvia RVshare
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From Outdoorsy and RVshare listings with a photo, nightly rate and a 4.5+ rating (or no reviews yet). Rates are listed nightly rates; you book with the owner.

Gateway towns

Shoreline towns on Clear Lake

Towns near the lake (OpenStreetMap outline, Wikidata places): Clearlake, Lakeport, Lucerne, Nice, Lower Lake, Upper Lake, Buckingham Park, Bonanza Springs, Clear Lake Keys, Clearlake Highlands, Clearlake Park and Finley and 15 more.

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Activities near Clear Lake

Tours and activities from Viator; you book with Viator.

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Continue your road trip

Other destinations, straight-line distance from the lake. Separate trips, not alternatives near the lake.

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Why we're different

The most campgrounds in one place

8,900+ public, private and glamping campgrounds from 50+ booking sites, including 46 state park systems, side by side.

Real open sites, not just listings

For 8,400+ of them we read the booking calendar, so you see which campsites, cabins and glamping stays are open for your dates.

Book on the official booking site

When you find your spot, you reserve on the campground's own booking site. We don't take payments, so Basecamping never adds a fee.

All 21 campgrounds near Clear Lake

Most popular first; within 15 miles of the shoreline, plus the nearest parks farther out.

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