Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFreeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Riverview
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 40.92488, -122.40298
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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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Riverview · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 35N40Y (Old River View Marina), 0 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as native material surface and maintenance level 2 – high-clearance vehicles.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 35N40Y (Old River View Marina), 0 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles year-round.
MVUM record for FR 35N40Y (Old River View Marina): “01/01-12/31” 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 Riverview
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,164 ft.
Fire & smoke — around RiverviewNIFC · 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 Riverview · 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
- WWater1 mi
- GGrocery2 mi
- @Mail3 mi
- FFuel3 mi
- MMechanic3 mi
- EVEV fast charger3 mi
- ShShower16 mi
- OOutfitter17 mi
- LLaundry17 mi
- AAir-up17 mi
- RxPharmacy17 mi
- HHardware18 mi
- +Urgent care21 mi
- DDump21 mi
- PPropane23 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 2 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 — Riverview
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
1,164 ft
Ground slope
29.1% · steep
Nearest rail line
under 0.1 mi · main line
Nearest highway
~0.2 mi · Interstate 5 Scn
State
CA
Coordinates
40.92488, -122.40298
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Riverview · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureShasta Lake · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Also mapped (OSM)Sacramento River (river) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townRiverview · ~0.2 mi
- Nearest rail lineunder 0.1 mi · main line
- Nearest highway~0.2 mi · Interstate 5 Scn
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~0.6 mi
- FuelPollard Flat · ~4.9 mi
- Propane / LPGAirgas · ~22.7 mi
- Dump station~21.4 mi
- GroceriesChevron · ~2.5 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~17.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicClinic · ~21.1 mi
- HardwareDunsmuir Hardware · ~20.9 mi
EV charging — from Riverview · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger2.8 mi straight-line S — GF4EVA LAKEHEAD BB DC1 · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach11 within 25 mi · 45 within 50 · 112 within 100 · 180 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)23.2 mi — Redding, CA - Tesla Supercharger, Redding
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)2.8 mi — GF4EVA LAKEHEAD BB L2 · 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 153690 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Riverview · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Highway rest areaLakehead Rest Area · ~0.6 mi SE
- Flush restroomAntlers Cg-F · ~2.9 mi SE · USFS
- Flush restroomAntlers Boat Ramp · ~3.1 mi SE · USFS
- Flush restroomGregory Creek Cg-F · ~3.1 mi SE · USFS
Coming out here — Riverview · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Shasta Lake as a perennial lake or pond, ~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.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 29.1% — steep. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Rail line mapped under 0.1 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. The atlas also records Amtrak service on it. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Interstate 5 Scn is mapped ~0.2 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- 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 Riverview elsewhere
Other camps near Riverview
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Antlers Cg-F~2.9 mi · fee
- Gregory Creek Cg-F~3.1 mi · fee
- Lakeshore East Cg-F~3.7 mi · fee
- Oak Grove Cg-F~5.8 mi
The unit that manages Riverview
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Riverview are set by Shasta-Trinity National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Riverview
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
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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 Riverview
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 — Riverview
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Off-grid communication →All field notes →