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Gooseneck Cove Cg-F
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 40.82862, -122.42453
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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 — Gooseneck Cove Cg-F · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA
No MVUM road within 1 mi of the pin; access may be a county road or unmapped.
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 Gooseneck Cove 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 Gooseneck Cove 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 Gooseneck Cove 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
- EVEV fast charger4 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- MMechanic5 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- WWater6 mi
- OOutfitter10 mi
- LLaundry11 mi
- AAir-up11 mi
- RxPharmacy11 mi
- HHardware12 mi
- +Urgent care15 mi
- DDump15 mi
- PPropane17 mi
- ShShower23 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 5 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 — Gooseneck Cove Cg-F
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,022 ft
Nearest rail line
~3.2 mi · main line
Nearest highway
~4.1 mi · Interstate 5 Scn
State
CA
Coordinates
40.82862, -122.42453
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Gooseneck Cove Cg-F · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureShasta Lake · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Also mapped (OSM)Little Sugarloaf Creek (stream) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townSugarloaf · ~2.5 mi
- Nearest rail line~3.2 mi · main line
- Nearest highway~4.1 mi · Interstate 5 Scn
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~6.1 mi
- FuelShell · ~9.5 mi
- Propane / LPGAirgas · ~16.1 mi
- Dump station~15.1 mi
- GroceriesFood Mart · ~4.6 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~11.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicClinic · ~15.0 mi
- HardwareDaltile · ~19.6 mi
EV charging — from Gooseneck Cove Cg-F · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger4.5 mi straight-line NE — 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 · 103 within 100 · 185 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)16.7 mi — Redding, CA - Tesla Supercharger, Redding
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)4.5 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 Gooseneck Cove Cg-F · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletGooseneck Cove Cg-F · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSugarloaf Boat Ramp · ~2.4 mi NE · USFS
- Flush restroomLakeshore East Cg-F · ~3.6 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletNelson Point Cg-F · ~4.4 mi E · USFS
Coming out here — Gooseneck Cove Cg-F · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Shasta Lake as a perennial lake or pond, under 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.
- Rail line mapped ~3.2 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 ~4.1 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 Gooseneck Cove Cg-F elsewhere
Other camps near Gooseneck Cove Cg-F
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Backbone Ridge~0.9 mi
- Lakeshore East Cg-F~3.6 mi · fee
- Oak Grove Cg-F~4.1 mi
- Nelson Point Cg-F~4.4 mi · fee
The unit that manages Gooseneck Cove Cg-F
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Gooseneck Cove Cg-F are set by Shasta-Trinity National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Gooseneck Cove 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 Gooseneck Cove 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 — Gooseneck Cove Cg-F
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →