Brandy Creek RV Campground
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 14:11 UTC
- A night
- $20From, per site
- Sites
- 15All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 10 notices
In the agency’s own words
This RV-only campground is located at the popular Brandy Creek Marina of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, 13.5 miles west of Redding, California, and 3.5 hours north of Sacramento. The beach and the launch ramp are located .25 mile away from the campground, which is partially shaded by oaks and pines. The cool, clear waters of Whiskeytown Lake provide endless water activities. Ample opportunities fro hiking and mountain biking are offered by a network of trails. Keep reading
Recreation
During the summer heat, swimming, kayaking, sailing, paddle boarding and water skiing are popular on the 3,200 acre lake. Year round, hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, gold panning, fishing and picknicking attract visitors. Hunting is allowed during the appropriate season.
Facilities
The campground is on asphalt but has some shade from nearby trees. There are no restrooms, tables, hookups or fire grates. Recreational vehicles, cab-over campers, pop-up tent trailers and fifth wheels must have fully self-contained toilet and wastewater devices to be allowed here.
Natural Features
Gentle breezes from the lake, cooling shade from oaks and pines, and the sound of children playing on nearby Brandy Creek Beach make Brandy Creek RV Campground a relaxing retreat. Whiskeytown National Recreation Area is located where the Klamath Mountains, the Cascade and Coast Mountain Ranges, and the Sacramento Valley meet, creating a variety of wildlife and landscapes. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (530) 246-1225.
Nearby Attractions
Brandy Creek Beach is located a half mile south of the campground and features sandy beaches, a large swimming area, picnicking and barbecuing facilities. From Memorial Day through Labor Day, there are showers, a store with food and supplies and rentals of paddle boards and kayaks.
What the agency tells you
Download your proof of payment for your campsite from recreation.gov onto your phone or other device. You must be able to show this to a park ranger if requested. A vehicle entrance fee is required in addition to the camping fee.
Entrance Pass Required - Whiskeytown is a National Park Service site and requires a vehicle entrance fee. You can purchase an entrance pass at the visitor center, or online by using your smart phone, tablet, or computer by going to the website. www.Recreation.Gov. If you already have a valid Interagency Annual, Senior, Access, Military, or Whiskeytown Annual pass, please display this pass in a hangtag or place it on the dashboard of your vehicle. Annual passes from Crater Lake National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park and Lava Beds National Monument are also valid here at Whiskeytown.
Please be advised that because the Carr Fire of 2018 burned extensively through the park, post-fire hazards such as falling trees and branches remain. Stay alert while camping in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area.
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Check-in time is 1:00 p.m. and check-out time is 12 p.m. (noon).
Tents are not allowed. Sleeping is allowed only in self-contained vehicles. You may not sleep in a car, boat or other vehicle that is not self-contained.
Quiet hours are between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. No generators may be used during this time. Other noises, such as loud voices or music, are also prohibited after 10 p.m.
No ground fires are allowed in this campground. Fires are not allowed in portable metal fire pits or "chimeneas."
Black bears frequent the area: all food, beverage containers, toiletries, cooking and eating utensils must be stored out of sight in your vehicle unless they are in immediate use.
Pets must be kept in a cage or on a leash no more than 6 feet in length at all times. You may not leave pets unattended.
Camping is limited to an aggregate of 14 days between April 1 and October 31 (inclusive) and no more than 30 days per person per calendar year. No period of stay of 30 days may be succeeded by any period of stay with less than a 7-day break. The 14 day between April 1 and October 31 is necessary to provide more equitable access to campsites. The maximum 30 window between November 1 and March 30 is necessary to prevent individuals from residing within Whiskeytown
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 15
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- 15
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Not allowed
Facilities
- Toilets
- None. Pack out what you bring in
- “…but has some shade from nearby trees. There are no restrooms, tables, hookups or fire grates. Recreational…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- WATER SPIGOT on 15 of 15 campsite records
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, Creek, Beach, Coast
- Biking
- Birding
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Fishing
- Gold Panning
- Hiking
- Horseback riding
- Hunting
- Ranger programs
- Kayaking
- Mountain biking
- Sailing
- Scuba Diving
11 of 15 sites open on Sat, Oct 17read 14:11 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $20 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 5
recreation.gov availability, read 14:11 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
15 sites
All 15 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 15 of the 15 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| 1 | rv nonelectric | yes | $20 |
| 10 | rv nonelectric | yes | $20 |
| 11 | rv nonelectric | yes | $20 |
| 12 | rv nonelectric | yes | $20 |
| 13 | rv nonelectric | yes | $20 |
| 14 | rv nonelectric | yes | $20 |
| 15 | rv nonelectric | yes | $20 |
| 2 | rv nonelectric | yes | $20 |
| 3 | rv nonelectric | yes | $20 |
| 4 | rv nonelectric | yes | $20 |
| 5 | rv nonelectric | yes | $20 |
| 6 | rv nonelectric | yes | $20 |
| 7 | rv nonelectric | yes | $20 |
| 8 | rv nonelectric | yes | $20 |
| 9 | rv nonelectric | yes | $20 |