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Ruling Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 40.98203, -121.77959
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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 Ruling Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,397 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Ruling Creek 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 Ruling Creek Campground · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater7 mi
- MMechanic9 mi
- LLaundry9 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- @Mail9 mi
- EVEV fast charger9 mi
- +Urgent care9 mi
- HHardware18 mi
- RxPharmacy18 mi
- DDump26 mi
- ShShower28 mi
- OOutfitter30 mi
- AAir-up37 mi
- PPropane42 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 9 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 — Ruling Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,397 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
40.98203, -121.77959
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Ruling Creek Campground · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townBig Bend · ~8.1 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~7.0 mi
- FuelChevron · ~9.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~26.1 mi
- GroceriesGrocery Outlet · ~9.2 mi
- PharmacyMayers Pharmacy · ~18.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicBurney Health Center · ~9.3 mi
- HardwareDo It Best Valley Hardware · ~18.0 mi
EV charging — from Ruling Creek Campground · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.2 mi straight-line SE — Burney, CA - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 44 within 50 · 90 within 100 · 212 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS30.8 mi — DC CORRIDOR DUNSMUIR DC, Dunsmuir
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO30.8 mi — DC CORRIDOR DUNSMUIR DC, Dunsmuir
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)30.8 mi — DC CORRIDOR DUNSMUIR L2 · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Dunsmuir Lodge - Tesla Destination, Dunsmuir, 29.9 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · 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 296733 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Ruling Creek Campground · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletRuling Creek Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Highway rest areaHillcrest · ~10.0 mi SW
- Vault / pit toiletDeadlun Cg-F Frec Lic · ~11.6 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPit River -Vault Toilet 1 · ~14.2 mi E · BLM
Open Ruling Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Ruling Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Deep Creek Cg-F~3.2 mi
- Dusty~9.2 mi · fee
- Iron Canyon West~10.6 mi
- Deadlun Cg-F Frec Lic~11.6 mi
The unit that manages Ruling Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Ruling Creek Campground are set by Shasta-Trinity National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Ruling Creek Campground
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 2026-08-22: no rate published by the agency. Shasta-Trinity has no web page for this campground at all -- four slug forms 404 and the forest's own Recreation index does not list it; the neighbouring Lassen NF does not list it either. There is no recreation.gov facility within 30 miles of this pin under three query forms (the nearest hits are Lassen Volcanic NP campgrounds 33+ mi away, which are different campgrounds whose rates cannot be lent to this one). The Forest Service recreation-sites record, re-read live today, says fee_charged=Y, fee_type=STANDARD AMENITY FEE, status OPEN and carries NO fee amount. Checked https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/shasta-trinity/recreation/ruling-creek-campground and https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0/query?where=site_name='RULING CREEK CAMPGROUND' AND region='05'.
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 Ruling Creek 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 — Ruling Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Hot-weather camping →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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