About Summit Lake North
Number of accommodations: 41
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2026 Season availability
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Reviews (326)
What Guests Are Saying
Summit Lake North is praised for its great location within Lassen National Park, offering scenic views, easy access to hiking trails, and a beautiful lake for swimming. The campground is well-maintained with clean bathrooms and a peaceful atmosphere, making it a favorite for visitors seeking a relaxing camping experience. However, some sites are closely spaced and lack shade, which may affect privacy and comfort.
What Guests Are Saying
Summit Lake North is praised for its great location within Lassen National Park, offering scenic views, easy access to hiking trails, and a beautiful lake for swimming. The campground is well-maintained with clean bathrooms and a peaceful atmosphere, making it a favorite for visitors seeking a relaxing camping experience. However, some sites are closely spaced and lack shade, which may affect privacy and comfort.
Review Summary
Mary P
VerifiedJuly 22, 2024 • Stayed at: A01, Loop: Loop A
This is a nice small campground on a beautiful lake. The host was very helpful. Our site (A1 - an ADA site) had a shaded tent site - essential due to the excessive heat. We shaded the picnic table with a tarp and were comfortable most of the day. Both a vault and flush toilet are very near, and so is the lake.
Mary P
VerifiedJuly 22, 2024 • Stayed at: A01, Loop: Loop A
This is a nice small campground on a beautiful lake. The host was very helpful. Our site (A1 - an ADA site) had a shaded tent site - essential due to the excessive heat. We shaded the picnic table with a tarp and were comfortable most of the day. Both a vault and flush toilet are very near, and so is the lake.
Jack - Emily K
VerifiedJuly 20, 2024 • Stayed at: B20, Loop: Loop B
Thank goodness for a lake to swim in after a hot, dusty hike.
Sarah B
VerifiedJuly 20, 2024 • Stayed at: A07, Loop: Loop A
The site was clean and ready for us. It was a bit close to other sites but we were too tired to care much about that. The lake though small was pretty and warm. Beware the leaches if you stay close to shore (they were small, and my BF got them on his legs while he sat on the bank, I didn’t have any swimming further out). Bathrooms were clean and well stocked. The host was friendly. So overall this was a great spot to camp along our journeys!
Jack - Emily K
VerifiedJuly 20, 2024 • Stayed at: B20, Loop: Loop B
Thank goodness for a lake to swim in after a hot, dusty hike.
Sarah B
VerifiedJuly 20, 2024 • Stayed at: A07, Loop: Loop A
The site was clean and ready for us. It was a bit close to other sites but we were too tired to care much about that. The lake though small was pretty and warm. Beware the leaches if you stay close to shore (they were small, and my BF got them on his legs while he sat on the bank, I didn’t have any swimming further out). Bathrooms were clean and well stocked. The host was friendly. So overall this was a great spot to camp along our journeys!
Linda F
VerifiedJuly 19, 2024 • Stayed at: A11, Loop: Loop A
Summit Lake North is my favorite campground in Lassen. It was all wonderful. The host is lovely, knowledgeable and helpful.
Wish I did not have to listen to someone playing their guitar until 10 at night. Other people's music is enjoyable when I like it and it fits the situation. But varies from distracting to annoying otherwise, esp when it continues for several hours.
There is a routinely encountered care on the part of various members of staff every time I visit the park. Professional and enjoyable.
Linda F
VerifiedJuly 19, 2024 • Stayed at: A11, Loop: Loop A
Summit Lake North is my favorite campground in Lassen. It was all wonderful. The host is lovely, knowledgeable and helpful.
Wish I did not have to listen to someone playing their guitar until 10 at night. Other people's music is enjoyable when I like it and it fits the situation. But varies from distracting to annoying otherwise, esp when it continues for several hours.
There is a routinely encountered care on the part of various members of staff every time I visit the park. Professional and enjoyable.
Susan G
VerifiedJuly 18, 2024 • Stayed at: A05, Loop: Loop A
The site we selected was supposed to be a back-in, instead it was half a pull thru, with someone else in the other half of the site. We could not back in because the angle was wrong for the direction of the one-way road. We had to pull in, and since we are a pickup camper, our door was at the road. The description of this campsite is not good. The host said there have been issues with the site all season. There were other larger pull thrus and none of them had been halved. It was truly half a site, and I should get half my money back. Site A5
Susan G
VerifiedJuly 18, 2024 • Stayed at: A05, Loop: Loop A
The site we selected was supposed to be a back-in, instead it was half a pull thru, with someone else in the other half of the site. We could not back in because the angle was wrong for the direction of the one-way road. We had to pull in, and since we are a pickup camper, our door was at the road. The description of this campsite is not good. The host said there have been issues with the site all season. There were other larger pull thrus and none of them had been halved. It was truly half a site, and I should get half my money back. Site A5
Location Summit Lake North
Address:
Lassen Volcanic Np P.O.Box 100
Mineral, CA, 96063
United States
From Redding, California take State Highway 44 east approximately 48 miles to the Manzanita Lake entrance of the park. The campground is 14 miles south of the entrance on the main park road.
The campground is accessible via State Highway 44, which connects to Redding, California, approximately 48 miles to the west.
Latitude & Longitude: 40.4944 / -121.425
Elevation: 2039 feet
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Last updated: June 4, 2026
