Agency-listedUSFSFree
Public camping area
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 40.76735, -123.13126
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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 Public camping area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,396 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Public camping areaNIFC · 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 Public camping area · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail5 mi
- FFuel10 mi
- GGrocery11 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- OOutfitter11 mi
- EVEV fast charger11 mi
- WWater12 mi
- +Urgent care15 mi
- MMechanic29 mi
- LLaundry29 mi
- AAir-up29 mi
- DDump29 mi
- RxPharmacy40 mi
- PPropane40 mi
- ShShower48 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 10 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 — Public camping area
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,396 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
40.76735, -123.13126
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Public camping area · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureNorth Fork Trinity River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townHelena · ~0.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelWeaverville Gas · ~10.5 mi
- Propane / LPGAmeriGas · ~28.7 mi
- Dump station~29.4 mi
- GroceriesTops Mini Mart · ~10.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicTrinity Hospital · ~10.2 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~28.5 mi
EV charging — from Public camping area · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger11.1 mi straight-line E — 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 reach1 within 25 mi · 33 within 50 · 102 within 100 · 171 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS29.2 mi — Willow Creek Maintenance Station, Willow Creek
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO29.2 mi — Willow Creek Maintenance Station, Willow Creek
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)26.8 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 Public camping area · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPigeon Point Cg-F · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPigeon Point Boating · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPigeon Point Group Camp · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBagdad Boating -Vault Toilet · ~0.4 mi NE · BLM
Open Public camping area elsewhere
Other camps near Public camping area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Group Campsite~0.1 mi · fee
- North Fork Trinity~0.3 mi
- Big Flat Cg-F~4.2 mi · fee
- Skunk Point Group Camp~5.7 mi · fee
The unit that manages Public camping area
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Public camping area are set by Shasta-Trinity National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Public camping area
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.
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 Public camping area
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 — Public camping area
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