Camp Discovery Group Camp (Red Bluff Recreation Area)
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 16 of the next 16 nights read 15:33 UTC
- Sites
- 1All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 8 notices
In the agency’s own words
Camp Discovery Group Campground is a reservation only campground located just outside the full service town of Red Bluff, California. The campground has 11 screened sleeping cabins, showers, dish washing facilities, vault toilets, amphitheater, two cabanas with picnic tables, preperation tables, secure storage areas, lighting, and four large grills. Additional tent camping is available under the small conifer forest at the same location. There are Sycamore, Oak, and Cottonwood shade trees. Other visitor facilities include day use areas, campground, 4.2 miles of hiking/walking trails, boat ramp, and the Sacramento River Discovery Center. Keep reading
Recreation
Visitors can enjoy the 4-mile paved nature trail, which winds through flowering grasslands, wetlands and oak woodlands, providing access to an abundance of plants and wildlife, as well as incredible views of Mount Shasta, Mount Lassen and the Yolla Bolly Mountains. The nearby river provides visitors with access to a variety of water-related recreation opportunities, including fishing, boating, water skiing, jet skiing, swimming and canoeing. A variety of fish can be seen in the river, including Chinook, Steelhead, and Striped Bass.
Natural Features
The campground is surrounded by mature Sycamore, Oak, and Cottonwood trees. The Sacramento River is less than a five minute walk away.
Nearby Attractions
Camp Discovery Group Campground is located in the middle of the Northern Sacramento Valley. It is two miles from the city of Red Bluff, 25 miles from Rolling Hills Casino, 34 Miles from Redding California, 40 miles from Lake Shasta, and 60 miles from Lassen Volcanic National Park.
Charges & Cancellations
Please review the rules and reservations policies for questions about refunds an d changing your reservation.
What the agency tells you
The bunks in the sleeping cabins are made of thick plywood over wooden frames. There are no box springs or mattresses. Campers will need to bring thier own bed rolls and pillows.
There is no dump station provided.
There is no designated swim area nor lifeguard; swim at your own risk.
Everything else this campground posts · 5
Maximum consecutive stay for this campground is 14 days. then you must leave for at least 16 days before returning. You cannot stay for more than 28 days in a calendar year.
Campground has an electronic gate that closes daily at 10 p.m. and opens at 6 a.m. The gate code is listed in the alerts section of your confirmation.
Don't Move Firewood: Protect California's forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. For more information visit firewood.ca.gov.
Dogs must be on leash at all times.
Camp Discovery must be reserved in advance. No walk-up groups permitted.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 1 · 1 group
- Hookups
- 1 electric
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- VAULT TOILETS on 1 of 1 campsite records
- Showers
- Accessible Showers
- ACCESSIBLE SHOWERS on 1 of 1 campsite records
- Drinking water
- Yes
- ACCESSIBLE DRINKING WATER on 1 of 1 campsite records, WATER SPIGOT on 1 of 1 campsite records
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
- Stay limit
- 28 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River
- Amphitheater
- Biking
- Birding
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Environmental Education
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Ranger programs
- Jet Skiing
- Kayaking
- Motor Boat
- Picnicking
- Swimming
- Cell signal · Cell signal · Forest Service says
- Yes
2 of 2 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 15:33 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
OpenBooked
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One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 13
What you actually pay
“Please review the rules and reservations policies for questions about refunds an d changing your reservation.” · this campground’s own terms
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 15:33 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
1 sites
All 1 sites
| n/a | Camp Discovery Group Camp | group standard area electric |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Sycamore Grove (Red Bluff) CampgroundMendocino National Forest · 0.4 miMassacre FlatRedding Field Office · 11 miReading IslandRedding Field Office · 16 miMill Creek Campground24 mi
Buckhorn25 miBlack Rock CampgroundLassen National Forest · 26 miThe Recreation Area is located adjoining the Sacramento River, just two miles from Red Bluff, California.
From I-5, take the exit for Lassen, Highway 36 (Exit 648, Antelope Boulevard) and turn east. Turn right (south) at Sale Lane (the first light). Follow Sale Lane about 2 miles to the Red Bluff Recreation Area. Proceed through the gate and turn left at the Sacramento River Discovery Center. Follow the road to the large parking lot by the river. Camp Discovery is to the left, through a gate across the road.
Coming from the Chico area heading North on 99E. 99E turns into Antelope Boulevard. At the second light turn left onto Sale Lane. Follow the same directions as above once on Sale Lane.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Red Bluff, CA
Typical weather
Typical October night 51°F, day 79°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 38°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Camp Discovery Group Camp (Red Bluff Recreation Area) is in California’s 1st congressional district. Whoever holds it votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. See how its representative votes on public lands →
Our roster still carries Doug LaMalfa for this district and the current federal record doesn’t list them as sitting, so we’re not naming a representative here until the two agree.
How we know
every fact on this page, and where it came from
“the agency's own site records list "CELL PHONE SERVICE" on 1 of 1 campsites here”