Agency-listedUSFSFeeOpen todayRoad season: open (MVUM)
Dekkas Rock Cg-G
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 40.87453, -122.23421
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Can I go now? — Dekkas Rock Cg-G · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA
Open today Year-round per the agency record.
U.S. Forest Service record: “Year-round” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Dekkas Rock Cg-G · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 35N47 (Dekkas Rock Cg), 310 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as asphalt surface and maintenance level 4 – moderate degree of user comfort.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 35N47 (Dekkas Rock Cg), 310 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles year-round.
MVUM record for FR 35N47 (Dekkas Rock 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 Dekkas Rock Cg-G
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,071 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Dekkas Rock Cg-GNIFC · 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 Dekkas Rock Cg-G · 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
- WWater7 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- RxPharmacy15 mi
- LLaundry15 mi
- AAir-up15 mi
- OOutfitter15 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- +Urgent care18 mi
- ShShower20 mi
- PPropane22 mi
- DDump24 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 — Dekkas Rock Cg-G
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,071 ft
Ground slope
27% · steep
Nearest rail line
~6.0 mi · passing siding
Nearest highway
~5.4 mi · Interstate 5 Scn
State
CA
Coordinates
40.87453, -122.23421
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Dekkas Rock Cg-G · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureMcCloud River · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Nearest townLakehead · ~8.9 mi
- Nearest rail line~6.0 mi · passing siding
- Nearest highway~5.4 mi · Interstate 5 Scn
- Drinking waterWater · ~7.1 mi
- FuelShell · ~7.9 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~21.7 mi
- Dump station~24.3 mi
- GroceriesChevron · ~7.8 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~14.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicHospital · ~17.7 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~16.2 mi
EV charging — from Dekkas Rock Cg-G · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger7.9 mi straight-line W — 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 reach27 within 25 mi · 52 within 50 · 100 within 100 · 193 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)20.6 mi — Redding, CA - Old Alturas Road - Tesla Supercharger, Redding
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.9 mi — GF4EVA LAKEHEAD BB L2 · 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 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 Dekkas Rock Cg-G · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletDekkas Rock Cg-G · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDekkas Rock Picnic · at this camp · USFS
- Flush restroomHirz Bay Cg-F · ~1.0 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHirz Bay (#1) Cg-G · ~1.0 mi SW · USFS
Coming out here — Dekkas Rock Cg-G · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps McCloud River as a perennial lake or pond, ~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 27% — 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 ~6.0 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a passing siding. 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 ~5.4 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 Dekkas Rock Cg-G elsewhere
Other camps near Dekkas Rock Cg-G
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Hirz Bay Cg-F~1.0 mi · fee
- Hirz Bay (#1) Cg-G~1.0 mi · fee
- Moore Creek Cg-F~1.1 mi · fee
- Hirz Bay (#2) Cg-G~1.3 mi · fee
The unit that manages Dekkas Rock Cg-G
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Dekkas Rock Cg-G are set by Shasta-Trinity National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Dekkas Rock Cg-G
Open season
Year-round
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-22: $160 per night for the whole GROUP site, which holds up to 60 people -- this is a group campground and the forest publishes no single-site rate. Reservations required, open year round. Shasta Lake Ranger Station, (530) 275-1587. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/shasta-trinity/recreation/dekkas-rock-group-campground.
Season
Read from the agency's own season / closure text in this record (data/conditions.py) and checked against the calendar. The words we read are printed under the verdict at the top of the page.
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 Dekkas Rock Cg-G
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
- 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 — Dekkas Rock Cg-G
What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Hot-weather camping →Off-grid communication →All field notes →