Agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirm
Hidden Horse Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 41.21881, -122.91184
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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 Hidden Horse Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,855 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Hidden Horse 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 Hidden Horse Campground · Klamath National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- WWater11 mi
- FFuel13 mi
- OOutfitter16 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- ShShower17 mi
- MMechanic17 mi
- LLaundry17 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- DDump30 mi
- AAir-up30 mi
- EVEV fast charger30 mi
- RxPharmacy32 mi
- PPropane50 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 8 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 30-mi run (and back).
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 — Hidden Horse Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,855 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
41.21881, -122.91184
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Hidden Horse Campground · Klamath National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureEast Fork South Fork Salmon River (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townFoster · ~3.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelCecilville Station · ~13.0 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~29.7 mi
- Dump station~29.6 mi
- GroceriesRay's Food Place · ~16.5 mi
EV charging — from Hidden Horse Campground · Klamath National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger30.3 mi straight-line NE — Weed, CA - Shastina Dr - Tesla Supercharger (at a restaurant) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 22 within 50 · 121 within 100 · 165 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS30.3 mi — DC CORRIDOR COMFORT INN DC, Weed
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO30.3 mi — DC CORRIDOR COMFORT INN DC, Weed
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)19.5 mi — Yellow Jacket Eatery - Tesla Destination, Trinity Center, CA · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Bonanza King Resort - Tesla Destination, Coffee Creek, 13.7 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
Level 2, restricted access — Bonanza King Resort, Coffee Creek, 13.7 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; see front desk for access · AFDC lists it “Free” - 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 440450 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Hidden Horse Campground · Klamath National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletHidden Horse · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCarter Group · ~0.2 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTrail Creek · ~3.2 mi W · USFS
- RestroomBigflat · ~10.5 mi S · USFS
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Other camps near Hidden Horse Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Carter Group~0.2 mi · fee
- Trail Creek~3.2 mi · fee
- Shadow Creek~8.2 mi
- Bigflat~10.5 mi
The unit that manages Hidden Horse Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Hidden Horse Campground are set by Klamath National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Hidden Horse Campground
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
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 Hidden Horse 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 — Hidden Horse Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Picking a spot →All field notes →
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