Wrights Lake in CA -- Campground & RV Camping in California
Wrights Lake in CA
U.S. Forest Service allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
Wrights Lake Campground sits near 7,000 feet in elevation, surrounded by pine and fir trees on the shore of 40-acre Wrights Lake beneath the Sierra Nevada peaks. The facility provides tent and RV campsites equipped with picnic tables and campfire rings with grills, alongside accessible vault toilets and an amphitheater for educational programs. Motorboats are prohibited on the lake, making it a destination for swimming, paddling, and trout fishing. Trailheads within five miles offer foot and horseback access into the Desolation Wilderness.
The road in has not been measured -- unknown, not bad. Sits on broad, near-level ground.
Crowded here -- the nearest through road is 0.1 miles off, a 77-site campground. Blue Mountain stands 1,811 ft above the site, 1.8 miles east. The Wrights Lake shoreline is 0.1 mi off. Most of them shaded. The nearest town, Meyers, is 12 mi off.
September normals 48–69°F, 0.6″ rain. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
Set by U.S. Forest Service. Stage 1 and 2 orders change within days -- check the current order before you build a fire.
fs.usda.gov