Hallsted
- Right now
- Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
- A night
- $35–$45Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 20All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 9 notices
In the agency’s own words
Hallsted campground is conveniently situated in the Feather River Canyon, just off the main road in the northern Sierra Nevada Mountains. At an elevation of 2,300 feet, it offers a cool getaway from the summer heat, as well as a variety of outdoor activities The route on the nearby Feather River National Scenic Byway traverses a steeply carved river gorge that encapsulates the historic railroad system from Oroville to Quincy and impressive powerhouses built to provide hydroelectricity. Keep reading
Recreation
Fly fishing for trout and swimming are popular activities in the nearby north fork of the Feather River.
Facilities
Hallsted is within walking distance of the Feather River. The campground offers multiple single-family sites, accommodating both tent and trailer camping. Tables and campfire rings with grills are provided, as well as flush toilets, showers and drinking water. Recently renovated, most of Hallsted’s campground spurs have been widened and lengthened as well as multiple sites now have power. The shower and bathroom facilities are all new. In addition, a nice walking path meanders through the forest and takes you down to the North Fork of the Feather River.
Natural Features
Mature pine and fir trees provide ample shade for the campground, as well as a perfect atmosphere for mountain camping. Several sites parallel the north fork of the Feather River. A variety of wildlife make its home in the area.
Nearby Attractions
A general store is available in Twain, less than a half-mile from the campground. Quincy is approximately 17 miles east, providing the nearest source of fuel.
What the agency tells you
America the Beautiful, Senior Passes, and Access Passes are accepted for single campsites only. They are not accepted for double or group campsites and do not apply to any electric hook up fees.
Firewood Bundles are available for purchase from a Campground Host.
Generally, campsites will accommodate 2 vehicles. The first vehicle is included in the site fee, the second vehicle fee will be collected onsite at the daily rate posted on the fee sign.
Everything else this campground posts · 6
No OHV use permitted in the campground.
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.
The Showers are open for the camping season.
Check- In is 2:00pm and Check-Out is Noon
Campground Map
There is no burn damage at this location.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 20
- Hookups
- 8 electric
- Longest rig
- 54 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- 2
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- “…with grills are provided, as well as flush toilets, showers and drinking water. Recently renovated,…”
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- “Tables and campfire rings with grills are provided, as well as flush toilets, showers and drinking water.”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…as well as flush toilets, showers and drinking water. Recently renovated, most of Hallsted’s…”
- Store
- Nearby
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
Around the campground
- On the water
- River
- Night sky · 334th darkest of 1,201 in CA
- Bortle 2
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
Watch for a cancellation
Full? Watch it.
One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.
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Tell me when the season opens
Watch for the season to open
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.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $35–$45 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
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
20 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 20 mapped sitesAll 20 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. 20 of the 20 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| HALL | 001 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 85 ft | 589 ft | $35 | ||
| HALL | 002 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 76 ft | 660 ft | $35 | ||
| HALL | 003 | standard nonelectric | 43 ft | 55 ft | 590 ft | $35 | ||
| HALL | 004 | standard electric | 42 ft | 30 amp | 63 ft | 650 ft | $45 | |
| HALL | 005 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 76 ft | 686 ft | $45 | |
| HALL | 006 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 45 ft | 463 ft | $35 | ||
| HALL | 007 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 55 ft | 542 ft | $35 | ||
| HALL | 008 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 137 ft | 324 ft | $35 | ||
| HALL | 009 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 103 ft | 403 ft | $45 | |
| HALL | 010 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 89 ft | 370 ft | $35 | ||
| HALL | 011 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 59 ft | 449 ft | $35 | ||
| HALL | 012 | standard electric | 38 ft | 30 amp | 74 ft | 460 ft | $45 | |
| HALL | 013 | standard nonelectric | 37 ft | 59 ft | 504 ft | $35 | ||
| HALL | 014 | standard electric | 30 amp | 57 ft | 560 ft | $45 | ||
| HALL | 015 | standard nonelectric | 42 ft | 57 ft | 610 ft | $35 | ||
| HALL | 016 | standard electric | 31 ft | 30 amp | 45 ft | 487 ft | $45 | |
| HALL | 017 | standard electric | 45 ft | 30 amp | 70 ft | 574 ft | $45 | |
| HALL | 018 | standard nonelectric | 54 ft | yes | 66 ft | 640 ft | $35 | |
| HALL | 019 | standard electric | 32 ft | 30 amp | 70 ft | 579 ft | $45 | |
| HALL | 020 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | yes | 66 ft | 664 ft | $35 |
OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Spanish Creek CampgroundPlumas National Forest · 5.8 miMeadow Camp CampgroundPlumas National Forest · 6.1 mi
Queen Lily Campground (Plumas)Plumas National Forest · 7.9 miFrom Oroville, travel east on Highway 70 for about 65 miles. From Quincy, travel west on Highway 70 for 17 miles.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Twain, CA
Typical weather
Typical October night 33°F, day 69°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 25°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
Roadless country, and what’s coming for it
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Hallsted is in California’s 3rd congressional district. Its representative, Kevin Kiley (I), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →