Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedUnpriced · confirm
Doe Flat Trailhead
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 41.81411, -123.70685
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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 Doe Flat Trailhead
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,474 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Doe Flat TrailheadNIFC · 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 Doe Flat Trailhead · Six Rivers National Forest · CA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- GGrocery14 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- RxPharmacy17 mi
- @Mail17 mi
- FFuel17 mi
- DDump20 mi
- MMechanic24 mi
- HHardware25 mi
- LLaundry25 mi
- ShShower25 mi
- WWater32 mi
- PPropane47 mi
- OOutfitter49 mi
- AAir-up49 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 32-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 14 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 — Doe Flat Trailhead
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
4,474 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
41.81411, -123.70685
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Doe Flat Trailhead · Six Rivers National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSouth Siskiyou Fork (stream) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townGasquet · ~14.1 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelConnor Cardlock · ~17.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~19.5 mi
- GroceriesGasquet Market · ~13.7 mi
- PharmacyClinic Pharmacy · ~17.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicKaruk Community Health Center · ~16.9 mi
- HardwareTrue Value Hardware · ~24.8 mi
Nearby restrooms — around Doe Flat Trailhead · Six Rivers National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBear Basin Butte · ~1.9 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPatrick Creek Picnic · ~8.2 mi NW · USFS
- Flush restroomPatrick Creek · ~8.2 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSandy Beach · ~8.5 mi NW · USFS
Coming out here — Doe Flat Trailhead · Six Rivers National Forest · CA
- Surface water mapped nearby: South Siskiyou Fork (stream). That is wash water at best, and nobody has checked it for you — a creek can be dry and a tank can be mud. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- 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.
Open Doe Flat Trailhead elsewhere
Other camps near Doe Flat Trailhead
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Stevens Camp~6.4 mi
- Coon Mtn. Shelter~8.1 mi
- Patrick Creek~8.2 mi · fee
- Griffin Bridge~9.1 mi
The unit that manages Doe Flat Trailhead
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Doe Flat Trailhead are set by Six Rivers National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Doe Flat Trailhead
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/srnf/recarea/?recid=81414 | state resolved by forest(one state); other sources disagreed || REVIEW 2026-09-24 (nightshift-verified): The recid URL above now 301s to the forest's recreation landing page (a made-up recid does the same). Live page https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/sixrivers/recreation/doe-flat-trailhead (read 2026-09-24): Smith River NRA; road ends at the trailhead (FS 16N02); 'Parking, 3 campsites and a vault toilet are at the trailhead. No water at trailhead.' Page lat/lon 41.81444444,-123.7066667 (0.04 km from the pin). APPROVED: the agency page states three campsites at this trailhead. No published pin within 4 km. No EDW or MVUM record to cross-check; the agency point and the lead agree to 40 m, so it passes on that. Caveats: the same page's amenity block says 'Restrooms are not available at this site' -- contradiction left as found; page states no fee -> unpriced. Six Rivers alerts: forest fire restrictions only.
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 Doe Flat Trailhead
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 — Doe Flat Trailhead
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Picking a spot →All field notes →