Pit River Campground
- Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
- best months
Pit River Campground is a small Bureau of Land Management recreation area beside the Pit River in northern California, within the Applegate Field Office. Eight campsites each come with a table, metal fire ring and barbecue pit, and camping costs $8.00 per night. Sites can't be reserved. The site is set up for getting on and near the water. An accessible fishing pier and a kayak launch ramp sit alongside the campground. Two single wheelchair-accessible restrooms round out the amenities. Typical averages from the nearby Hat Creek weather station put late spring and early fall in the comfortable range. Highs average 74°F in May and 85°F in September. July and August average 91°F, while winter brings lows near 22°F. Fall River, a canoeing spot, is about 3.7 miles away. For hiking, Fort Mountain is about 6.5 miles out, the Pioneer Cemetery Trail about 7.4 miles, and the Burney Creek Trail about 7.9 miles.
Best time to go · Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
Best time to visit Pit River Campground
Best months: April–June and September–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
48° / 22°
12 wet · 1 snow
Feb
53° / 24°
11 wet · 1 snow
Mar
58° / 28°
11 wet · 1 snow
Apr
64° / 32°
9 wet
May
74° / 38°
7 wet
Jun
82° / 43°
4 wet
Jul
91° / 47°
1 wet
Aug
91° / 44°
1 wet
Sep
85° / 38°
2 wet
Oct
71° / 30°
5 wet
Nov
56° / 26°
9 wet
Dec
46° / 22°
12 wet · 1 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Hat Creek, CA, 4.5 mi away at 3,015 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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Also worth it near here
Photo: Don Graham from Redlands, CA, USA - God bless it!, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Pioneer Cemetery Trail
~13 min drive
Photo: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Burney Falls
~13 min drive
Photo: Robert F. Ettner, Natural Resources Staff Officer, Siskiyou National Forest, US Forest Service, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)Pit River
~18 min drive
Photo: Ixfd64, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Burney Mountain
~24 min drive
