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Big Slide Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 40.66463, -123.49773
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Big Slide Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,225 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Big Slide CampgroundNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Big Slide Campground · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail4 mi
- FFuel13 mi
- GGrocery13 mi
- WWater15 mi
- +Urgent care18 mi
- HHardware20 mi
- MMechanic20 mi
- LLaundry20 mi
- AAir-up20 mi
- EVEV fast charger21 mi
- OOutfitter30 mi
- ShShower32 mi
- RxPharmacy34 mi
- DDump39 mi
- PPropane57 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 13 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Big Slide Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,225 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
40.66463, -123.49773
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around Big Slide Campground · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureEltapom Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townWigdon Place · ~2.1 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelPatriot Gas · ~13.2 mi
- Propane / LPGAmeriGas · ~20.3 mi
- GroceriesDinsmore Store · ~13.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicHayfork Clinic · ~18.0 mi
EV charging — from Big Slide Campground · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger20.9 mi straight-line N — Willow Creek Maintenance Station (at a parking lot) · Non-Networked · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-08-15 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 19 within 50 · 96 within 100 · 170 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)30.1 mi — Weaverville, CA - Tesla Supercharger, Weaverville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)20.3 mi — RCEA EV NETWORK WILLOW CREEK · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast chargerFree (as listed by AFDC)
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 218607 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Big Slide Campground · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBig Slide Cg-F · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSlide Creek Cg-F · ~0.4 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLittle Rock Picnic-F · ~1.0 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCedar Flat Picnic-F · ~9.1 mi NE · USFS
Open Big Slide Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Big Slide Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Slide Creek Campground~0.4 mi
- Burnt Ranch Cg-F~11.3 mi · fee
- Hayden Flat Group Camp~11.5 mi · fee
- Gray Falls Campground~13.3 mi · fee
The unit that manages Big Slide Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Big Slide Campground are set by Shasta-Trinity National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Big Slide Campground
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Big Slide Campground
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Big Slide Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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