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Skunk Point Group Camp
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 40.73645, -123.23300
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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 — Skunk Point Group Camp · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA
No MVUM road within a quarter mile of the pin; the nearest mapped segment is FR 33N44 (Rose Ranch), 0.5 mi away. Access may be a county road or unmapped.
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 Skunk Point Group Camp
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,293 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Skunk Point Group CampNIFC · 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 Skunk Point Group Camp · 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
- GGrocery13 mi
- +Urgent care13 mi
- FFuel13 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- WWater16 mi
- OOutfitter16 mi
- EVEV fast charger16 mi
- MMechanic25 mi
- LLaundry25 mi
- AAir-up25 mi
- DDump34 mi
- ShShower43 mi
- RxPharmacy44 mi
- PPropane44 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 13 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 — Skunk Point Group Camp
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,293 ft
Ground slope
15.2% · steep
State
CA
Coordinates
40.73645, -123.23300
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Skunk Point Group Camp · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBordy Creek · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townJunction · ~7.8 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFrontier Fuel & Propane Minimart · ~13.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~12.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicHospital · ~12.8 mi
- HardwarePlotzke Ace Hardware · ~15.8 mi
EV charging — from Skunk Point Group Camp · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger16.0 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 · 40 within 50 · 99 within 100 · 172 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS25.7 mi — Willow Creek Maintenance Station, Willow Creek
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO25.7 mi — Willow Creek Maintenance Station, Willow Creek
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)25.2 mi — RCEA EV NETWORK WILLOW CREEK · 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 206611 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Skunk Point Group Camp · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSkunk Point Group Camp · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBig Flat River Access Parking · ~0.8 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBig Flat Cg-F · ~1.6 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWhites Bar Picnic-F · ~2.9 mi NW · USFS
Coming out here — Skunk Point Group Camp · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Bordy Creek as a perennial stream, ~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 15.2% — 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.
- 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 Skunk Point Group Camp elsewhere
Other camps near Skunk Point Group Camp
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Big Flat Cg-F~1.6 mi · fee
- Group Campsite~5.7 mi · fee
- Public camping area~5.7 mi
- North Fork Trinity~6.0 mi
The unit that manages Skunk Point Group Camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Skunk Point Group Camp are set by Shasta-Trinity National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Skunk Point Group Camp
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 2026-08-26: $40 per night for the group (non-electric) site -- group-only, no individual site rate. recreation.gov listing 10010172 agrees ($40, priced year-round for 2026). Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/shasta-trinity/recreation/skunk-point-group-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 Skunk Point Group Camp
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 — Skunk Point Group Camp
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Leave no trace →All field notes →