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Ellery Creek Cg-F
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 40.91585, -122.24164
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. 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 Ellery Creek Cg-F
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,022 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Ellery Creek Cg-FNIFC · 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 Ellery Creek Cg-F · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery8 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- WWater8 mi
- ShShower17 mi
- RxPharmacy17 mi
- LLaundry17 mi
- AAir-up17 mi
- OOutfitter18 mi
- HHardware19 mi
- +Urgent care20 mi
- DDump24 mi
- PPropane24 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 — Ellery Creek Cg-F
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,022 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
40.91585, -122.24164
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Ellery Creek Cg-F · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townLakehead · ~8.3 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~8.2 mi
- FuelShell · ~7.7 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~24.2 mi
- Dump station~23.8 mi
- GroceriesChevron · ~7.5 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~17.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicHospital · ~20.4 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~18.8 mi
EV charging — from Ellery Creek Cg-F · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger7.8 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 reach11 within 25 mi · 45 within 50 · 101 within 100 · 183 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)23.3 mi — Redding, CA - Old Alturas Road - Tesla Supercharger, Redding
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.8 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 Ellery Creek Cg-F · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletEllery Creek Cg-F · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPine Point Cg-F · ~0.8 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHirz Mt Lookout · ~1.3 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMccloud Bridge Cg-F · ~1.4 mi N · USFS
Open Ellery Creek Cg-F elsewhere
Other camps near Ellery Creek Cg-F
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Pine Point Cg-F~0.8 mi · fee
- Mccloud Bridge Cg-F~1.4 mi · fee
- Moore Creek Cg-F~2.1 mi · fee
- Dekkas Rock Cg-G~2.9 mi · fee
The unit that manages Ellery Creek Cg-F
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Ellery Creek Cg-F are set by Shasta-Trinity National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Ellery 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
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 2026-08-20: $28 per night, single site -- one unit is 1 vehicle and 8 people; additional vehicles, if space allows, are $12 per night. Shasta-Trinity publishes this as Ellery Creek Campground (our record carries the dataset's 'CG-F' spelling). Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/shasta-trinity/recreation/ellery-creek-campground.
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 Ellery 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.
- 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 — Ellery Creek Cg-F
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Hot-weather camping →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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