| Title: | Black Butte Lake | | Area: | California | | Size: | 4,460 Acres | | Elevation: | 460 Feet | | Misc: | Black Butte is well-known throughout California as an excellent warm water fishery, with the best fishing during the spring and early summer. Crappie, largemouth and smallmouth bass, spotted bass, striped bass, channel catfish, Florida bluegill and green sunfish are the major game fish. A valid State of California fishing license is required.
| | Links: | Black Butte Lake | | Notes: | This is a US Army Corps of Engineers Project for flood control, irrigation, and recreation. There are two campgrounds, Buckhorn, and Orland Buttes, with a combined 100 sites. There are no hook-ups. Only Buckhorn Campground is open year around. Fishing and boating are popular here and new hiking trails are being developed. Wildflowers are abundant here in Spring. Birding is good year around. For more information check out the Black Butte Lake link. | | Route: | From Orland California, take Newville Road west 8 miles to Black Butte Lake | | USGS_75: | Black Butte Dam | 
Buckhorn Campground | 
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Buckhorn Day Use Area | 
Blacktail Deer | | Type: | Lake | | Camping: | yes | | Car_Trip: | yes | | Family_Outing: | yes | | Fishing: | yes | | Day_Hike: | yes | | Mountain_Biking: | yes | | Swimming: | yes | | Wildflowers: | yes |
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