Running Deer Campground, La Porte, CA

Running Deer Campground is located in the Feather River Ranger District, Plumas National Forest (1 hr 27 min east of Oroville, CA) with an elevation of 5,490 feet. There are a total of 41 campsites including 41 boat sites. The campground is normally open from mid June to the beginning of September. Sites can accommodate RVs and trailers between 18 and 99 feet. All sites are currently reservable. Reservations can be booked up to 6 months in advance. Fees range from $23.00 to $25.00. Some amenities include swimming. Activities include biking, boating, fishing, hiking trails, floating sports.

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Campsite Reviews (26)

3.4 out of 5

5 star		27%
4 star		23%
3 star		27%
2 star		4%
1 star		19%

@LeslieUF0FA8B6 · Camped on Aug 24, 2024 at Campsite #19

A favorite since the 1970's.

@JoshS9658841 · Camped on Aug 2, 2024 at Campsite #28

Garbage everywhere. I picked up paper, plastic, propane tanks, ice bags, and other miscellaneous garbage all over our site. There were also hundreds of cigarettes butts, but I wasn't about to touch those. The roads and sites are in poor shape, and many are not even usable. Love the lake and have been going there for 30 years, but we'll never go back to this campground again.

@MaryC1377445 · Camped on Jul 5, 2024 at Campsite #34

The camp site was listed as a site for a large tent. Upon arrival the site we had did not have a space large enough for our tent... and on a good slop. Very beautiful and peaceful. Would camp here again. But will make sure the camp site is flat! :)

@AllenJ5097867 · Camped on Jul 31, 2023 at Campsite #16

Running Deer is a wonderful campground, one of my favorites. The grandkids love it too due to the many activities available.

@sarahf5369051 · Camped on Jul 16, 2022 at Campsite #19

Camp ground was beautiful. Don’t side no camp host. We had a reservation and when we showed up someone was in our campground. He was rude and hateful when I told him I had reservations. He flat out refused to move or leave. Thankfully a maintenance man was coming through and told him he had to move. Still full of attitude. Another camper came and told us that someone had an emergency and left. We just went ahead and took that empty one. Overall the experience was my moms bucket list and we made it happen for her!

@JacklynnM85732 · Camped on Aug 20, 2021 at Campsite #14

Our reservations were canceled as we drove to Running Deer Campground.

@JacklynnM535 · Camped on Aug 20, 2021 at Campsite #14

Our reservations were canceled as we drove to Running Deer Campground.

@PauletteC10647 · Camped on Jul 10, 2021 at Campsite #22

I have been going to this lake for over 40 years. Love the campgrounds, fishing, biking, and hiking. This year having no water made it a bit of a challenge but we survived and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The last few years we have had a large family reunion and this campground was perfect for our gathering. My only disappointment was that we had bear in our campsites every night as well as did others in the campground. I know bear are up here. We always have them every year but this year it was particularly bad. We put away all of our food and know what needs to be done to deter their visit. Not all of the sites have bear boxes so we hope to have those next year. My deepest concern is that the bear are not afraid of people at all. Even with no food out they roam the sites and are not the least bit concerned when we yell, honk horns, or make lots of noise. I would hate to have to wait until someone gets hurt before something is done to protect the campers (especially small children) from the bear. Please consider some of the comments I have expressed. I spoke to many other campers this year that expressed the same concerns. It seems that this year is one of the worst that I have personally experienced.

@PauletteC780 · Camped on Jul 10, 2021 at Campsite #22

@AddiC683 · Camped on Jul 9, 2021 at Campsite #6

The water was fairly low this visit so we had to drive to a different campground and use the day use area for swimming and boating. We also encountered a large brown bear both nights of our stay. The bear tournamented the entire campground the second night. It continued to return, flipping our icechest and taking food. The campers were on high alert. Campground was clean but the bear did get into two dumpsters spreading trash.

@AddiC7266667 · Camped on Jul 9, 2021 at Campsite #6

@RachelU519 · Camped on Jun 20, 2021 at Campsite #23

Everything was pretty nice some of the campgrounds had a lot of rough dirt where a tractor had been through and trees down. The sites by the lake had no bear boxes and a bear came and raided us. Please install bear boxes.

@RachelU3913954 · Camped on Jun 20, 2021 at Campsite #23

@HeidiG467 · Camped on Jun 18, 2021 at Campsite #20

Such a beautiful location. We had a great weekend.

@HeidiG1682452 · Camped on Jun 18, 2021 at Campsite #20

Such a beautiful location. We had a great weekend.

@JacklynnM535 · Camped on Jun 16, 2021 at Campsite #13

We love camping here. The only problem this time was that the bathrooms were closed and we had to use 2 outhouses for the whole camp ground which was filled. 2 outhouses for both men and woman which became quite nasty even though someone came daily to clean them.

@JacklynnM85732 · Camped on Jun 16, 2021 at Campsite #13

@CaseyR639 · Camped on Jun 13, 2021 at Campsite #24

The campground was very empty which was great. The wind picked up every morning about 9:30 and was cold enough that you wouldn’t want to be in or on the water really.

@CaseyR8376957 · Camped on Jun 13, 2021 at Campsite #24

The campground was very empty which was great. The wind picked up every morning about 9:30 and was cold enough that you wouldn’t want to be in or on the water really.

@BritneyS121940 · Camped on Jun 10, 2021 at Campsite #20

Beautiful campsites, lake was perfect! We absolutely loved our time at this Campground.

@BritneyS826 · Camped on Jun 10, 2021 at Campsite #20

Beautiful campsites, lake was perfect! We absolutely loved our time at this Campground.

@jeffreys410 · Camped on May 30, 2021 at Campsite #16

Beautiful spot

@jeffreys172959 · Camped on May 30, 2021 at Campsite #16

Beautiful spot

@PhillipK241 · Camped on Aug 23, 2019 at Campsite #12

All facilities were in poor shape, not maintained very well, picnic tables falling apart.

@SamA351 · Camped on Aug 23, 2019 at Campsite #20

Wonderful, quite camping. Beautiful reservoir. Nice facilities.

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