McCloud Bridge
1Heads up1 fire 45 mi away
- Right now
- OpenListed open; its database flags it not open
- A night
- $30–$60Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 162 on recreation.gov
- Season
- April 1 – October 31Open April 1 through October 31
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 7 notices
In the agency’s own words
McCloud Bridge Campground is located on the McCloud Arm of Shasta Lake, it has a total of 14 sites; 3 double sites and 11 single sites with an average back in around 35ft. This campground has vault restrooms and water spigots. There are picnic tables, bear lockers, and fire rings with grills on top located at each site. The campground is on the water when the lake is at full pool. The campground is 17 miles back on Gilman Road making it a more remote campground. This campground has no cell service. This Campground is on a First Come - First Serve Basis, vistors are required to physically be at the campground to purchase and claim a site. You must also occupy the area the day you pay for it, no advance payments. We encourage our visitors to download the recreation.gov app to take advantage of the Scan & Pay Option. There is also a Iron Ranger on site that you can pay with cash or check. Keep reading
Recreation
Shasta is perfect for everyone whether you are a boater, angler or camper. There is something for everyone. Enjoy multiple marinas and natural wonders making it the perfect destination for adventure. Different Species of fish in Shasta Lake include rainbow trout, brown trout, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, Chinook salmon, bluegill, black crappie, Sacramento sucker, white sturgeon, squawfish, white catfish, Threadfin shad, brown bullhead, golden shiner, green sunfish, riffle sculpin. Trout fishing – best during spring fishing on the McCloud Arm north of Hirz Bay, The Sacremento arm, Big Backbone Creek, and Little Squaw Creek, during summer trout move to deeper lake levels – successful baits are live minnows, and marshmallow /egg combinations. Successful lures used for trolling are Kastmasters, Rebels, Thinfins, Z-rays, Z-r or X-5 Flatfish, and Rapalas. Bass Fishing – Good year round but best during spring and early summer, fishing in shallower waters is best. Successful baits are mostly live baits, rubber worms, and spinner baits.
Facilities
A public boat ramp is located approximately 7 miles away at Hirz Bay (dependent on water level), but informal mooring is allowed if the water levels are sufficient. To view current ramp information visit our website: Ramp Information Natural Features Shasta-Trinity is the largest national forest in California with a diverse landscape encompassing five wilderness areas, hundreds of mountain lakes and 6,278 miles of streams and rivers. Lake Shasta sits at an elevation of 1,067 feet, with 365 miles of shoreline punctuated by steep mountains blanketed in manzanita and evergreens. A snow-capped Mount Shasta, the second-tallest mountain in the Cascade Range, looms in the distance. Lakeside sites at McCloud Bridge offer excellent views and access to the water when lake is at full pool. Wildlife is abundant in the area.
Nearby Attractions
There are several attractions in the area for a list view our website: Local Attractions Contact Info This location is unstaffed. To speak with our main office for general information, please call: (530) 275-8113.
Charges & Cancellations
Refunds for Check or Cash Purchases: Refunds for cash payments will be issued a check or cash refund. A refund will be processed within 30 days of receipt and approval. For cash or check refunds please call us at 530-275-8113. Please Note! Refund requests made during or after departure can only be processed when approved by the facility management staff based upon local policy. Refunds for Emergency Closures: In the event of an emergency closure the Recreation.gov will attempt to notify users and offer alternate dates and sites (as appropriate). If this is not possible, reservations will be canceled and all fees paid will be refunded. Refunds for Naturally Occurring Events: Refunds will not be issued for naturally occurring events like rain, snow, wind, smoke, extreme temperature, low lake level, etc. If you are requesting a refund for a walk-up site, please contact the host on-site or call us 530-275-8113. All refunds must be approved and issued through our office or processed though Recreation.gov.
What the agency tells you
There is an additional $17 fee for the launch ramp at Hirz Bay
Average maximum trailer size is around 35 feet
Poison oak is abundant throughout the forest
Everything else this campground posts · 4
Store food and scented toiletries in the provided bear-proof lockers; be prepared to hang food from the trees if necessary
There is a $12 extra vehicle fee collected at the campground after the first car for single sites, and after the second car on double sites
Check-in time 3 P.M. and Check-out 2 P.M.
Protect California's forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. For more information visit: Firewood Information
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 16
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…back in around 35ft. This campground has vault restrooms and water spigots. There are picnic tables, bear…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…This campground has vault restrooms and water spigots. There are picnic tables, bear lockers, and fire…”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Bear boxes
- Yes
- Cell signal
- Little or none
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Creek, Beach, Coast
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Jet Skiing
- Kayaking
- Paddle Boating
- Picnicking
- Stargazing
- Swimming
- Tubing
- Cell signal · Cell signal · Forest Service says
- None
Nothing on the booking system for the next 30 nightsread 15:27 UTC
recreation.gov lists 2 of the 16 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.
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.
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.
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.
Every line of the receipt · 15
What you actually pay
“There is a $12 extra vehicle fee collected at the campground after the first car for single sites, and after the second car on double sites” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own agency notice
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $30–$60 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.
“Refunds for Check or Cash Purchases: Refunds for cash payments will be issued a check or cash refund. A refund will be processed within 30 days of receipt and approval. For cash or check refunds please call us at 530-275-8113. Please Note! Refund requests made during or after departure can only be processed when app…” · 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 · 7
recreation.gov availability, read 15:27 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
16 sites
All 16 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. 16 of the 16 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| McCloud Bridge | McCloud Bridge (Double) | standard nonelectric | $30–$60 |
| McCloud Bridge | McCloud Bridge (Double) 1 | standard nonelectric | $30–$60 |
| McCloud Bridge | McCloud Bridge (Double) 2 | standard nonelectric | $30–$60 |
| McCloud Bridge | McCloud Bridge (Double) 3 | standard nonelectric | $30–$60 |
| McCloud Bridge | McCloud Bridge (Standard) | standard nonelectric | $30–$60 |
| McCloud Bridge | McCloud Bridge (Standard) 1 | standard nonelectric | $30–$60 |
| McCloud Bridge | McCloud Bridge (Standard) 10 | standard nonelectric | $30–$60 |
| McCloud Bridge | McCloud Bridge (Standard) 11 | standard nonelectric | $30–$60 |
| McCloud Bridge | McCloud Bridge (Standard) 2 | standard nonelectric | $30–$60 |
| McCloud Bridge | McCloud Bridge (Standard) 3 | standard nonelectric | $30–$60 |
| McCloud Bridge | McCloud Bridge (Standard) 4 | standard nonelectric | $30–$60 |
| McCloud Bridge | McCloud Bridge (Standard) 5 | standard nonelectric | $30–$60 |
| McCloud Bridge | McCloud Bridge (Standard) 6 | standard nonelectric | $30–$60 |
| McCloud Bridge | McCloud Bridge (Standard) 7 | standard nonelectric | $30–$60 |
| McCloud Bridge | McCloud Bridge (Standard) 8 | standard nonelectric | $30–$60 |
| McCloud Bridge | McCloud Bridge (Standard) 9 | standard nonelectric | $30–$60 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions
Where it is
Pine Point (Shasta Lake, CA)Whiskeytown Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area · 0.8 mi
Ellery CreekWhiskeytown Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area · 1.6 mi
Hirz Mountain Lookout1.9 mi
Moore CreekWhiskeytown Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area · 4.0 mi
Dekkas RockWhiskeytown Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area · 4.4 miI-5 heading north from Redding take exit 698 Gilman Rd, turn right and continue on road for 17 miles until you reach McCloud Bridge Campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Lakehead, CA
Typical weather
Typical October night 55°F, day 78°F.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or moreOutside the published season
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
McCloud Bridge 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
“…it a more remote campground. This campground has no cell service. This Campground is on a First Come - First Serve Basis,…”