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About Frenchman
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Boating
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Boating
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Fall
Boating
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Campground Amenities
Most popular amenities
Parking
Picnic Table
Restrooms
Fire Pit
Water and Hygiene
- Restrooms
Cooking and Fire
- Picnic Table
- Fire Pit
- Firewood Available
Parking and Transport
- Parking
Water Access
- Lake Access
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Reviews (151)
What Guests Are Saying
Frenchman Campground offers a beautiful setting near a lake with ample shade and clean facilities, making it an inviting place for campers. Many guests appreciated the helpful and friendly camp hosts, who enhanced their experience. However, some sites are uneven and have accessibility challenges, and noise disturbances could be an issue during peak times.
What Guests Are Saying
Frenchman Campground offers a beautiful setting near a lake with ample shade and clean facilities, making it an inviting place for campers. Many guests appreciated the helpful and friendly camp hosts, who enhanced their experience. However, some sites are uneven and have accessibility challenges, and noise disturbances could be an issue during peak times.
Review Summary
Chad L
VerifiedJuly 12, 2026 • Stayed at: 013, Loop: FREN
Great campsite, was able to fit all cars / trailer. Very clean.
Andrew V
VerifiedJuly 12, 2026 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: FREN
The camp hosts are always very attentive. They make the experience better every time we go.
David R
VerifiedJuly 20, 2026 • Stayed at: 013, Loop: FREN
Size of campground and proximity to the lake were both great.
The camp host was helpful, and welcoming.
The bathrooms were kept very clean.
Steven G
VerifiedJuly 21, 2026 • Stayed at: 023, Loop: FREN
These are excellent campgrounds and the facilities are always clean. People are very respectful of noise curfew time. And the hosts are awesome and very helpful.
John M
VerifiedJuly 31, 2026 • Stayed at: 017, Loop: FREN
Nice hillside campground with easy access to the beautiful lake. Campground hosts were great.
Glenn F
VerifiedAugust 7, 2026 • Stayed at: 035, Loop: FREN
We originally booked two night camping at Frenchman at the end of July, site 35 , but decided to leave a day early. The campground is created on a hillside next to the lake. There are tons of trees, which makes for good shade, but also makes for bad maneuvering throughout the campground with a large trailer or motorhome. Our site was rather short, uneven and steep. There is a very steep rocky drop-off on the left side of the RV. We had to prop up the rear of our RV a good foot to level out from the steep driveway. Our site was also positioned in the wrong way - our entry door side was toward the street, not the main campsite area. The picnic table and fire ring were about 75' down a steep hill from the RV. This was a terrible site. It was also very dusty and hot. The lake was too warm and murky to fish - swimming was questionable. I do not recommend this campground.
Nancy D
VerifiedAugust 20, 2026 • Stayed at: 012, Loop: FREN
When we arrived we were surrounded by striped chipmucks. I made our meals outside and I was constantly alert for chipmunks foraging on the table. They were not afraid of me.
There was too much I had to control to try to eliminate chipmunks feasting.
We were evacuated less than 2 days on our site due to smoke from The Bug Fire. Your camp host named Chuck was very informative on exit plans. Please thank him for us.
Megan G
VerifiedAugust 30, 2026 • Stayed at: 031, Loop: FREN
The camp site hosts were so nice and went out of their way to keep us updated on the local fire since we did not have any cellular service.
Brandy D
VerifiedAugust 31, 2026 • Stayed at: 035, Loop: FREN
One of our favorite places to camp is at Frenchman’s campground. We go every year for my husband‘s birthday. The host of the campground does a great job.
John S
VerifiedSeptember 7, 2026 • Stayed at: 012, Loop: FREN
Campsites are OK. Tent sites are not as level as they could be. A very fine dirt gets into everything and anything.. Camp hosts were very nice and helpful.
Location & Directions for Frenchman
Plumas National Forest Beckwourth Ranger District, Blairsden, CA 96103 United States
Elevation: 1,720 ft
Getting There
From Reno, Nevada, travel north on Highway 395. Merge onto Highway 70 west and travel 5 mi to Chilcoot. Turn north on Highway 284 and continue 8 mi to Frenchman Lake, turn right, cross the dam, and travel a mile to the campground.
Highway access
Frenchman Campground is accessible via Highway 395 and Highway 70. Highway 395 is the nearest major road, providing access to the area.
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
Check in time
2PM
Check out time
12PM
Cancellation policy
- Reservation fees are non-refundable. For campsites, cabins, lookouts, yurts, group sites, and similar stays, we charge a reservation service fee of $8.
- Standard cancellations usually have a $10 cancellation fee. Customers can generally cancel before the check-in date online.
- Late cancellation rules differ by stay type.
- Individual campsites: cancelling after 12:00am local time the day before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
- Cabins, lookouts, and yurts: cancelling less than 14 days before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
- One-night reservations: a late cancellation usually forfeits the full amount paid, up to the total original reservation cost.
- Modifications are allowed before the cut-off window, but fees depend on the change. Changing to dates completely outside the original reservation dates may trigger a $10 change fee. Extending or shortening a stay that still includes original dates usually has no change fee, though refunds may depend on timing and facility rules. Switching to the same type of campsite for the same dates usually has no change fee, but price differences are charged or refunded.
- Early departures may or may not be refunded. At certain facilities, partial refunds may be possible if staff can mark the site available for other visitors. No refund is given for a night if the early departure is requested after that day's check-out time.
- Security deposits are separate. Security deposits may be refunded to the original payment method if the facility is left in acceptable condition, as determined by the property.
Vehicles & parking
- Campsites accommodate 2 vehicles; first vehicle included in fee, second incurs an additional charge.
General
- Generally, campsites will accommodate 2 vehicles.
- The first vehicle is included in the site fee, the second vehicle fee will be collected onsite at the daily rate posted on the fee sign.
- Click here to learn more about the Plumas National Forest.
- A variety of wildlife live in this area, including black bears.
- Before making a reservation, become aware of bear safety.
- Please go to the following link for more information:http://www.centerforwildlifeinformation.org/BeBearAware/Hiking_and_Camping/hiking_and_camping.html
- Firewood Bundles are for sale from the Campground Host. Wood collecting is allowed.
- Don't Move Firewood: Protect California's forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site.
- For more information visit firewood.ca.gov.
- Firewood Bundles are for sale from the Campground Host.
- Wood collecting is allowed.
- Campground Map
- Campsites do not have bear resistant lockers.
- America the Beautiful, Senior Passes, and Access Passes are accepted for single campsites only.
- They are not accepted for double or group campsites.
- Check- In is 2:00pm and Check-Out is Noon
- Campground Map
Utilities
- Electric hookups are not offered at the campsites.
Wildlife & food storage
- Be informed about bear safety due to the presence of black bears.
Fires & fuel
- Buy firewood locally and burn it on-site to protect forests from pests.
Site types & loops
- OHV vehicles are prohibited on campground roads.
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