Agency-listedUSFSFreeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Clear Creek Cg-F
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 40.93080, -122.58594
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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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Clear Creek Cg-F · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 36N75 (Clear Creek Cg), 350 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as native material surface and maintenance level 3 – suitable for passenger cars.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 36N75 (Clear Creek Cg), 350 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles year-round.
MVUM record for FR 36N75 (Clear Creek Cg): “01/01-12/31” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Clear Creek Cg-F
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,411 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Clear Creek Cg-FNIFC · AirNow
Checking active fires & air quality…
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 Clear Creek Cg-F · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- @Mail7 mi
- FFuel7 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- WWater10 mi
- EVEV fast charger11 mi
- MMechanic11 mi
- DDump19 mi
- OOutfitter20 mi
- LLaundry21 mi
- ShShower21 mi
- AAir-up21 mi
- RxPharmacy21 mi
- HHardware22 mi
- +Urgent care25 mi
- PPropane26 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 7 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 — Clear Creek Cg-F
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,411 ft
Ground slope
37.7% · steep
Nearest rail line
~7.9 mi · main line
Nearest highway
~7.8 mi · Interstate 5 Scn
State
CA
Coordinates
40.93080, -122.58594
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Clear Creek Cg-F · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureClear Creek · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Also mapped (OSM)Damnation Creek (stream) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townTrinity Center · ~7.0 mi
- Nearest rail line~7.9 mi · main line
- Nearest highway~7.8 mi · Interstate 5 Scn
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~9.8 mi
- FuelTrinity Center Fuels · ~7.2 mi
- Propane / LPGAirgas · ~25.3 mi
- Dump station~19.4 mi
- GroceriesTrinity Center General Store · ~7.2 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~21.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicTrinity Hospital · ~22.8 mi
- HardwareDunsmuir Hardware · ~25.3 mi
EV charging — from Clear Creek Cg-F · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger10.9 mi straight-line E — GF4EVA LAKEHEAD BB DC1 · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach3 within 25 mi · 44 within 50 · 117 within 100 · 173 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)23.0 mi — Weaverville, CA - Tesla Supercharger, Weaverville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.2 mi — Yellow Jacket Eatery - Tesla Destination, Trinity Center, CA · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- 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 153690 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Clear Creek Cg-F · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletClear Creek Cg-F · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletJackass Spring Cg-F · ~4.5 mi NW · USFS
- Flush restroomTrinity Center Boat Ramp · ~6.1 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPreacher Meadow Cg-F · ~7.9 mi W · USFS
Coming out here — Clear Creek Cg-F · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Clear Creek as a perennial stream, ~0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 37.7% — steep. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Rail line mapped ~7.9 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. The atlas also records Amtrak service on it. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Interstate 5 Scn is mapped ~7.8 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- 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.
Open Clear Creek Cg-F elsewhere
Other camps near Clear Creek Cg-F
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Jackass Spring Cg-F~4.5 mi
- East Fork~5.4 mi
- Squirrel Flat~6.1 mi
- Preacher Meadow Cg-F~7.9 mi · fee
The unit that manages Clear Creek Cg-F
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Clear Creek Cg-F are set by Shasta-Trinity National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Clear Creek Cg-F
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Clear Creek Cg-F
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 that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- Whether the site itself closes on its own schedule — only the road's season is on record
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- 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 — Clear Creek Cg-F
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading your camp page →All field notes →