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Panther Meadows Cg
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 41.35502, -122.20182
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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.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Panther Meadows Cg
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,477 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Panther Meadows CgNIFC · 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 Panther Meadows Cg · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- RxPharmacy6 mi
- HHardware6 mi
- LLaundry6 mi
- OOutfitter6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- MMechanic6 mi
- +Urgent care7 mi
- EVEV fast charger7 mi
- DDump8 mi
- AAir-up10 mi
- ShShower15 mi
- PPropane42 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 — Panther Meadows Cg
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,477 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
41.35502, -122.20182
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Panther Meadows Cg · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurePanther Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townHoward · ~4.9 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~6.4 mi
- FuelValero · ~6.5 mi
- Propane / LPGBlue Star Gas · ~7.3 mi
- Dump station~8.1 mi
- GroceriesBerryvale Grocery · ~6.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicMercy Medical Center Mount Shasta · ~6.7 mi
- HardwareSolano's Contractors Building Supply · ~7.4 mi
EV charging — from Panther Meadows Cg · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger6.6 mi straight-line SW — Electric Era Charging Station, Mount Shasta, CA (at a public site) · ELECTRIC_ERA · CCS · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach12 within 25 mi · 20 within 50 · 98 within 100 · 157 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)6.7 mi — Mount Shasta, CA - 134 Morgan Way - Tesla Supercharger, Mount Shasta
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO6.7 mi — GF4EVA MT SHASTA DC, Mount Shasta
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)6.7 mi — HOSPITAL MMCMS SO PARK 1, Mount Shasta, CA · 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 367757 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Panther Meadows Cg · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPanther Meadows Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBunny Flat · ~1.6 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRed Fir Flat Cg · ~2.8 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletEveritt Memorial Vista · ~3.0 mi SW · USFS
Open Panther Meadows Cg elsewhere
Other camps near Panther Meadows Cg
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Red Fir Flat Cg~2.8 mi · fee
- Mcbride Springs Cg-F~4.2 mi · fee
- Fowlers Camp Cg-F~12.0 mi · fee
- Castle Lake Campground~12.4 mi
The unit that manages Panther Meadows Cg
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Panther Meadows Cg are set by Shasta-Trinity National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Panther Meadows Cg
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
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 Panther Meadows Cg
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 — Panther Meadows Cg
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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