Bear Basin Lookout And Cabin in CA -- Campground & RV Camping

Bear Basin Lookout and Pierson Cabin sit high on a mountain ridge at 5,280 feet in Six Rivers National Forest, overlooking the Siskiyou Wilderness and the Pacific Ocean. Summer rentals include both the historic relocated lookout tower and a 1930s-style cabin. Together they sleep eight guests (up to 12 allowed), providing three double beds, a futon, dining furniture, a prep counter, and a wood-burning stove with firewood. No water or electricity is available. The grounds feature a vault toilet, picnic tables, and a fire ring, with Siskiyou Wilderness trailheads within three miles.

Getting there: Driving to Bear Basin Butte Lookout: Take Highway 199 to milepost 24.85, ten miles east to Gasquet. Turn onto Little Jones Creek Road. Stay on the paved road (FS16/17N05 Jawbone Road) for 9.7 miles. Turn left on 16N02 and go .5 miles. Locked gate to lookout access road is on left. Distance from Smith River NRA Visitor Center: 21.5 miles Driving time: approximately 1 hour Directions from Smith River NRA Visitor Center, 10600 U.S. Highway 199, Gasquet, California 95543: Travel east on Hwy 199 10.6 miles (mile post 24.73) to Little Jones Creek Road (a.k.a. FS 16/17N05/Jawbone Rd). Follow signs to Bear Basin Lookout, staying on the paved road. About 5.8 miles up Jawbone you will have your first view of the lookout. At about 20.5 miles (10 miles on Jawbone), turn left onto 16N02 and continue to gate at 20.8, following sign to Bear Basin Lookout.

• Moderately separated here.
• Flat ground is scarce: under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
• Cabins and shelters rather than pads.
• Bear Mountain stands 1,399 ft above the map pin, 3.6 miles east.

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