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Slide Creek Campground

Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CA · 40.66810, -123.50352
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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
USGS topographic map of Slide Creek Campground
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Aerial image of Slide Creek Campground
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Weather outlook — at Slide Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,255 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Slide 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 Slide Creek Campground · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 15 miWDump · 39 miD7-Eleven · Propane · 58 miPPatriot Gas · Fuel · 13 miFDinsmore Store · Grocery · 13 miGCVS Pharmacy · Pharmacy · 33 miRxAce Hardware · Hardware · 20 miHZiggy's Auto Body & Paint · Mechanic · 20 miMWillow Creek Laundry · Laundry · 20 miLShower · 32 miShAir-up · 20 miAHayfork Clinic · Urgent care · 18 mi+Trinity Outdoors · Outfitter · 30 miOHyampom Post Office · Mail · 4 mi@Willow Creek Maintenance Station · EV fast charger · 20 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • @Mail4 mi
  • FFuel13 mi
  • GGrocery13 mi
  • WWater15 mi
  • +Urgent care18 mi
  • HHardware20 mi
  • MMechanic20 mi
  • LLaundry20 mi
  • AAir-up20 mi
  • EVEV fast charger20 mi
  • OOutfitter30 mi
  • ShShower32 mi
  • RxPharmacy33 mi
  • DDump39 mi
  • PPropane58 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 — Slide Creek Campground

Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,255 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
40.66810, -123.50352
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no

Nearby & resupply — around Slide Creek Campground · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA (OpenStreetMap)

  • Water featureBig Slide Creek (stream) · nearby
  • Nearest townWigdon Place · ~2.3 mi
  • Drinking waternone within 10 mi
  • FuelPatriot Gas · ~13.3 mi
  • Propane / LPGAmeriGas · ~20.0 mi
  • GroceriesDinsmore Store · ~13.3 mi
  • Hospital / clinicHayfork Clinic · ~18.4 mi

EV charging — from Slide Creek Campground · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Slide Creek Campground · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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Other camps near Slide Creek Campground

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The unit that manages Slide Creek Campground

Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Slide Creek Campground are set by Shasta-Trinity National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.

How we know this — Slide Creek Campground

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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
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 Slide 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.

Before you go — Slide Creek Campground

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