Cattle Camp Campground
- Right now
- Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
- A night
- $15From, per site
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
Description : At an elevation of 3700 feet, this is one of two developed campgrounds on the Upper McCloud River. There are 27 sites with tables and fire rings, vault toilets, and piped drinking water. Suitable for tents and larger RV's or trailers. Double sites for large families or small groups. 14 day limit. $15 per night. No reservations. Features : The Upper McCloud River is one of the primary attractions in the area. In addition to swimming and fishing, there is 15 miles of river-side trail to explore. Cattle Camp Swimming Hole is a Day Use Area, no Camping. Please do not dam up the river with rocks, this prevents the natural flow of the McCloud River and encourages algae growth in the swimming hole when the water is low.
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…are 27 sites with tables and fire rings, vault toilets, and piped drinking water. Suitable for tents and…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…and fire rings, vault toilets, and piped drinking water. Suitable for tents and larger RV's or trailers.…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- River
Phone before you drive
recreation.gov publishes no availability for a campground you can’t reserve, so there’s no thirty-night reading to draw here. The season bar above is what the agency does publish.
Every line of the receipt · 5
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the lowest per-night amount the agency’s fee record states ($15), and no booking fee, because this campground takes no reservations. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
How we know this receipt · 5
record Aug 24, 2026 · How we know all this
Getting there
the map and the coordinate
Where it is
Camp 4 Group CampgroundShasta National Forest · 2.9 miAlgoma CampgroundShasta National Forest · 3.0 miCamp 4 Group Campsite and Day Use AreaShasta National Forest · 3.0 mi
Fowlers CampgroundShasta National Forest · 4.5 miTrout Creek CampgroundShasta National Forest · 13 miAhDiNa CampgroundShasta National Forest · 13 miThe weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for McCloud, CA
Typical weather
Typical October night 38°F, day 64°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 27°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
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
what threatens it · who answers for it
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Cattle Camp Campground 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.