Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: closed (MVUM)
Mary Smith Cg-F
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 40.73180, -122.80724
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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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Mary Smith Cg-F · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 33N79 (Mary Smith Cg), 230 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as asphalt surface and maintenance level 4 – moderate degree of user comfort.
Road season: closed (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 33N79 (Mary Smith Cg), 230 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles May 15 – Sep 15; today is outside that window. Opens May 15.
MVUM record for FR 33N79 (Mary Smith Cg): “05/15-09/15” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
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 Mary Smith Cg-F
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,904 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Mary Smith 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 Mary Smith 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
- @Mail2 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- OOutfitter6 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- EVEV fast charger6 mi
- HHardware6 mi
- WWater8 mi
- DDump13 mi
- AAir-up22 mi
- MMechanic23 mi
- PPropane23 mi
- RxPharmacy23 mi
- +Urgent care23 mi
- LLaundry23 mi
- ShShower39 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 6 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 — Mary Smith Cg-F
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,904 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
40.73180, -122.80724
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Mary Smith Cg-F · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLewiston Lake · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Nearest townLewiston · ~2.5 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waterBuckhorn Fountain · ~8.5 mi
- FuelChevron · ~6.4 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~23.3 mi
- Dump station~12.6 mi
- GroceriesHoliday Market · ~6.3 mi
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~23.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicHayfork Clinic · ~23.3 mi
- HardwarePlotzke Ace Hardware · ~6.5 mi
EV charging — from Mary Smith Cg-F · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger6.4 mi straight-line W — Weaverville, CA - Tesla Supercharger (at a grocery store) · 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 reach8 within 25 mi · 47 within 50 · 98 within 100 · 178 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS23.8 mi — ARCO Cascade Boulevard, Redding, CA, Redding
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO24.5 mi — COR EV CHARGERS SUNDIAL BR1, Redding
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)18.2 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.
- 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 206611 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Mary Smith Cg-F · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomMary Smith Cg-F · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLewiston Vista · ~0.4 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCooper Gulch Cg-F · ~1.0 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRush Creek -Vault Toilet · ~1.3 mi SW · BLM
Coming out here — Mary Smith Cg-F · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Lewiston 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.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on it.
- 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 Mary Smith Cg-F elsewhere
Other camps near Mary Smith Cg-F
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Cooper Gulch Cg-F~1.0 mi · fee
- Tunnel Rock Cg-F~3.2 mi
- Ackerman Cg-F~4.2 mi · fee
- Trinity Lake Shoreline~6.3 mi
The unit that manages Mary Smith Cg-F
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Mary Smith Cg-F are set by Shasta-Trinity National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Mary Smith 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 2026-08-23: the forest's own page gives two different rates for this campground. Its structured fee field says $24 per night for a single site and $104-$125 for a glamping site; the prose directly beneath it says "$30 per day per site" and "Glamping sites $135 per night". Both agree on $8 per night per extra vehicle. Budget $30 and expect $24. This is a Scan and Pay campground. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/shasta-trinity/recreation/mary-smith-campground.
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 Mary Smith 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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- Whether the site itself closes on its own schedule — only the road's season is on record
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- 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 — Mary Smith Cg-F
What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Hot-weather camping →Power off-grid →All field notes →