Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
C. Skeahan Bar River Access
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 41.85877, -122.70388
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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 C. Skeahan Bar River Access
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,898 ft.
Fire & smoke — around C. Skeahan Bar River AccessNIFC · 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 C. Skeahan Bar River Access · Klamath National Forest · CA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater7 mi
- PPropane8 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- LLaundry10 mi
- RxPharmacy10 mi
- DDump21 mi
- ShShower21 mi
- +Urgent care22 mi
- OOutfitter23 mi
- AAir-up32 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — C. Skeahan Bar River Access
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
1,898 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
41.85877, -122.70388
Cost
Free · no fee, per the land manager's own page (https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/klamath/recreation/skeahan-bar-river-access, read 2026-09-26)
Nearby & resupply — around C. Skeahan Bar River Access · Klamath National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townHornbrook · ~8.1 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~6.8 mi
- FuelChevron · ~7.8 mi
- Propane / LPGChevron · ~7.8 mi
- Dump station~21.2 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~7.8 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~9.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicStudent Health & Wellness Center · ~22.5 mi
- HardwareG&G Ace Hardware · ~9.7 mi
Nearby restrooms — around C. Skeahan Bar River Access · Klamath National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletGottville River Access · ~2.4 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTree Of Heaven · ~3.0 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHumbug Ohv Riding Area · ~5.9 mi S · USFS
- Highway rest areaRandolph C. Collier · ~6.9 mi E
Coming out here — C. Skeahan Bar River Access · Klamath National Forest · CA
- No surface water within about a mile and a half in our records — which is not proof there is none, only that we found none. Plan to carry washing water as well as drinking water.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
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Other camps near C. Skeahan Bar River Access
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Tree Of Heaven~3.0 mi · fee
- Beaver Creek~8.0 mi
- Mt Ashland~15.0 mi
- Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument~15.0 mi
The unit that manages C. Skeahan Bar River Access
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at C. Skeahan Bar River Access are set by Klamath National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — C. Skeahan Bar River Access
Fire rules
A current California Campfire Permit is required to use a camp stove, barbecue or have a campfire. Local fire restrictions supersede the campfire permit.
Stay limit
14 nights (Camping limit 14 days)
Source
public land records
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.
How it was placed
USFS Recreation Area Activities, activity 'Dispersed Camping', pulled 2026-09-19: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/klamath/recarea/?recid=13069 || REVIEW 2026-09-26 (nightshift-verified, fire 2510): The recid URL above now 301s to the forest's recreation landing page. Live page https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/klamath/recreation/skeahan-bar-river-access (read 2026-09-26): 'This popular river access features a large wooded area with picnic tables and dispersed campsites. There is a gravel road to the water's edge.' 'Camping limit 14 days.' 'No fee'. Portable toilet maybe in peak season. Water and garbage not provided. California Campfire Permit required. Directions: 'From I-5 west on Hwy 96 approx 10 miles'. The page prints no coordinate. The old slug c-skeahan-bar-river-access is renamed. APPROVED: the page states dispersed campsites here. EDW SKEAHAN BAR (41.859606,-122.703808) is 0.09 km from the pin, and the pin sits among MVUM spurs 51D016/A-E 'DISPERSED REC 51'. Nothing published within 4 km. Klamath 14-day / 30-days-a-year order applies. Confirms fire 2350's pre-written verdict | No fee 2026-09-26: "No fee" Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/klamath/recreation/skeahan-bar-river-access -- statement verified on that page (camp_type before this review: None)
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 C. Skeahan Bar River Access
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.
- Whether the fire rule stated above still stands today — what we have is a dated reading of the agency's listing, not a live restriction feed
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- 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 — C. Skeahan Bar River Access
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading your camp page →All field notes →