Availability
No official facility record or USGS lake, reservoir, river, or stream was verified within 0.5 mile of the mapped camp-area marker. Carry all water needed for the stay.
Backpacking camp
Big Rock Camp
Marble Mountain Wilderness, California
About this place
Big Rock Camp is an official itinerary area, permit zone, or source-backed named overnight reference represented by a reachable point on the pinned agency trail network in Marble Mountain Wilderness.
The marker is a route-access reference, not a tent pad. Move off the trail only where travel is permitted, remain inside the authorized zone, and choose a legal durable site under every current setback and closure.
Water planning
Water at this camp
No reliable water source verifiedDrinking safety
Do not plan to collect water at this camp area.
Seasonality
Not applicable—no source is reliable enough to use in the itinerary.
Fire planning
Campfire & stove rules
Required for campersCampfires
Big Rock Camp is an undeveloped backcountry camp area in Marble Mountain Wilderness. The Forest Service Marble Mountain guide requires a campfire permit for campers. Check current fire orders because wood fires or all flame can be prohibited even with a permit. Never treat an old ring as proof that a fire is legal, and do not build a new ring where fires are prohibited.
Backpacking stoves
Shutoff-valve gas or pressurized-fuel stove with permit. Use a gas, LPG, jellied-petroleum, or pressurized-liquid-fuel stove with a working shutoff valve. Twig and wood-burning stoves follow the campfire rule and are prohibited anywhere wood fires are prohibited.
Permit
Carry a valid California Campfire Permit for a portable stove or any otherwise-legal fire; the permit never overrides a forest closure, fire-danger order, elevation limit, or named-area prohibition.
Current restrictions
Check USDA Forest Service's current alerts and the selected trailhead posting before departure. The standing rule shown here remains subordinate to a newer emergency order.
Seasonal access
Closures & seasonal access
Marble Mountain Wilderness has no published recurring closure season, but high routes and remote access roads are commonly snowbound into late spring or early summer and can close after wildfire or storm damagePlace closure
No recurring date-based closure of Big Rock Camp is published. The source-connected approach conditions below and temporary emergency orders still control access.
Seasonal access
Source-connected approaches: Boulder Creek Trailhead, Box Camp Trailhead, Haypress Trailhead, and 8 more. Marble Mountain Wilderness has no published recurring closure season, but high routes and remote access roads are commonly snowbound into late spring or early summer and can close after wildfire or storm damage.
Before driving
Check Klamath National Forest alerts and confirm the exact forest-road approach, gate, and vehicle requirements before departure.
Mapped approaches
Choose a trailhead for Big Rock Camp
Each option has a sourced trail route to this camp area. Choose one to open its itinerary builder with this destination in context.
- Box Camp Trailhead3.5 mi awayView trailheadBuild from here
- Paradise Trailhead4.1 mi awayView trailheadBuild from here
- Kelsey Creek Trailhead5.7 mi awayView trailheadBuild from here
- Lovers Camp Trailhead6.7 mi awayView trailheadBuild from here
- Let’er Buck Trailhead7.0 mi awayView trailheadBuild from here
- Haypress Trailhead7.7 mi awayView trailheadBuild from here
- Norcross Trailhead10.1 mi awayView trailheadBuild from here
- Shackleford Creek Trailhead12.4 mi awayView trailheadBuild from here
- Boulder Creek Trailhead16.4 mi awayView trailheadBuild from here
- Etna Summit Trailhead23.0 mi awayView trailheadBuild from here
- Mule Bridge Trailhead27.1 mi awayView trailheadBuild from here
Map
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- Latitude
- 41.586412° N
- Longitude
- 123.203009° W