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Gray Falls Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 40.85667, -123.49057
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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 Gray Falls Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 910 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Gray Falls CampgroundNIFC · 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 Gray Falls Campground · Six Rivers National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater3 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- HHardware9 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- MMechanic9 mi
- LLaundry9 mi
- AAir-up9 mi
- +Urgent care10 mi
- EVEV fast charger10 mi
- DDump27 mi
- ShShower28 mi
- OOutfitter31 mi
- RxPharmacy31 mi
- PPropane60 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 9 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 — Gray Falls Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
910 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
40.85667, -123.49057
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Gray Falls Campground · Six Rivers National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townTrinity · ~1.9 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~3.4 mi
- FuelPatriot Gas · ~9.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~27.0 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~9.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicSix Rivers Medical Clinic · ~9.8 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~9.1 mi
EV charging — from Gray Falls Campground · Six Rivers National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.9 mi straight-line NW — Willow Creek Maintenance Station (at a parking lot) · Non-Networked · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-08-15 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 18 within 50 · 92 within 100 · 160 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)30.9 mi — Weaverville, CA - Tesla Supercharger, Weaverville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)9.4 mi — RCEA EV NETWORK WILLOW CREEK · 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 chargerFree (as listed by AFDC)
- 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 218607 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Gray Falls Campground · Six Rivers National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBurnt Ranch Cg-F · ~2.0 mi S · USFS
- Highway rest areaFrancis B. Mathews · ~3.5 mi NW
- Vault / pit toiletCedar Flat Picnic-F · ~6.1 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDenny Cg-F · ~7.3 mi NE · USFS
Open Gray Falls Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Gray Falls Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Burnt Ranch Cg-F~2.0 mi · fee
- Denny Cg-F~7.3 mi
- Hayden Flat Group Camp~9.2 mi · fee
- Boise Creek~10.6 mi · fee
The unit that manages Gray Falls Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Gray Falls Campground are set by Six Rivers National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Gray Falls Campground
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: no rate published by the agency. Six Rivers publishes no live page for Gray Falls (every slug probed under fs.usda.gov/r05/sixrivers/recreation/ and fs.usda.gov/fs-rec-area/ returns 404, and the forest's Camping & Cabins index links to no such page), it has no recreation.gov listing (the nearest is Hayden Flat Group Campground, 9.2 mi away), and the Forest Service recreation-sites record carries the fee flag with an empty fee description and no page URL. Checked https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/sixrivers/recreation/camping-cabins and https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0.
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 Gray Falls Campground
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 — Gray Falls Campground
What “dispersed” means here →Hot-weather camping →Bugs & critters →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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