## Overview

 Buckhorn Recreation Area is at Black Butte Lake, situated at the northern end of the Sacramento valley, 100 miles north of Sacramento, CA and 30 minutes south of Red Bluff, CA. The lake is a popular meeting place for water sports and outdoor enthusiasts, so bring family and friends for an incredibly scenic getaway. 
## Recreation

 Find excitement with wake boarding and sailing or explore the shoreline\'s 13 miles of fitness trails for hiking, running and biking. Black Butte is renowned for its warm-water fishing, including catches such as crappie, channel catfish, and large and smallmouth bass. 
## Facilities

 Buckhorn has 93 campsites, including a group campground and five walk-in sites. Conveniences include showers, a modern boat ramp complex, two playgrounds, an exercise area, and shoreline access. No sites have electric or water hookups. The area is open year-round. 
## Natural Features

 Black Butte Lake was formed in 1963 with the completion of the Black Butte Dam on Stony Creek. The lake\'s surface area measures 4,460 acres when water levels are high. Black basalt buttes and blue oak woodland hug the lake\'s 40 miles of shoreline. 
## Nearby Attractions

 A 18 hole disc golf course can be accessed across from the Orland Buttes Campground. Horeseback riders can make use of the horse trails at Grizzly Flat and Burris Creek. Drive east to visit the Mendocino National Forest.

Buckhorn Recreation Area

Open all year is the draw for Buckhorn. Camp sites were plentiful in November. Took the canoe out every day. 

Year round camping. 

The campsite/campground were well maintained the restrooms  were decent. 
The price wasn’t bad at all for dry camping. Only downfall it was really hot!


Fun lake/ maintained campsites

This is a beautiful, quiet campground! A lot of the sites have fabulous views of the lake. The surrounding area is beautiful to see as well. Great trail system for exploring the park.  Boat ramp,  old bathrooms. I was the only person in the park in mid December,  so peaceful and beautiful. Great day use areas! Nice playground area for kids. The swimming looks good as well. 

Gorgeous! 

This was a short one night stop on a camping roadtrip but it was nice. The park was beautiful and on the way in we passed a bison conservation area nearby which was cool. Falling asleep to the shrieks of distant coyotes was cool too. Heard lots of critters in the night, owls, deer, rabbits. In the morning was woken up by woodpeckers. Site 22 was huge and had plenty of space for our two tents and more. Our loop was full of RVs full of people having a great time. Weather was perfect and couldn’t ask for a better night in the middle of nowhere. 