Ohl Olsen Group Campground
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 25 of the next 30 nights read 14:29 UTC
- Sites
- 2All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 6 notices
In the agency’s own words
Ohl Olsen Group Campground provides 2 sites for group camping in the Chappie-Shasta OHV Area. Access to the staging area and OHV trails is right next to the campground! This site is ideal for RVs, trailers, and toy hauler type camping. Potable water and trash service is available, but no electric, water, or sewer hookups. Campfire rings and picnic tables are in each site. The area is a large flat gravel lot with limited natural shade. Keep reading
Recreation
Chappie-Shasta OHV Area provides 200+ miles of trails for motorcycles, UTVs, ATVs, Jeeps, and more! There are trails for all skill levels - from front country loops to longer, more remote adventures. This area is primarily used by OHVers - but access to the Sacramento River Rail Trail (non-motorized) and Shasta Lake are great too.
Facilities
Two group campsites are available. Each has a vault toilet, potable water, picnic tables, trash can, and campfire ring. The sites are large gravel lots, great for RVs, trailers, etc. The two campsites can function seperately, but the sites are immediately adjacent to each other. If both are reserved for your group, they can function jointly. No electric, water, or sewer hooks are available.
Natural Features
The campground is nearby to Shasta Lake and Keswick Reservoir. The surrounding hillsides are coated in trees and shrubs offering a more secluded feel. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (530) 224-2100.
Nearby Attractions
Chappie-Shasta OHV Area - 200+ miles of OHV trails available for all skill levels and types of vehciles. Map and additional information found on the BLM website Sacramento River Rail Trail - non-mortorized trail which travels along Keswick Reservoir and the Sacramento River into Redding, CA. Keswick Reservoir - Great fishing and floating Shasta Lake - Large reservoir for boating, fishing, and water-based recreation East Keswick Trails - 50+ miles of non-motorized trails popular for hiking, biking, and horseback riding. Check out Chamise Peak Trail for a classic view of the "Three Shastas"!
What the agency tells you
To access the Campground you must cross Shasta Dam. Shasta Dam is closed to crossing from 10pm to 6am. You must show a valid driver's license and vehicle registration, and your vehicle and trailer may be subject to inspection. Security is not controlled by BLM.
Please note this campground is located in a high-use OHV area.
Campfires are allowed in the established fire rings, when in conformance with BLM Fire Restrictions (click on the Redding Field Office tab). Please get a free CALFire Campfire Permit before arriving by visiting Ready for Wildfire webpage .
Everything else this campground posts · 3
If you are making a same day reservation - please bring a copy (screen shot is ok!) of your reservation confirmation to show the camp host.
There is no cell service in the campground
Campground host can be found in the Shasta Campground, less than 0.5 miles down the road.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 2 · 2 group
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 60 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…campsites are available. Each has a vault toilet, potable water, picnic tables, trash can, and…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…trailers, and toy hauler type camping. Potable water and trash service is available, but no electric,…”
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake, River
- Off Highway Vehicle Trails
Something open on 16 of the next 25 bookable nightsread 14:29 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
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 14:29 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
2 sites
All 2 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. 2 of the 2 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Ohl Olsen | Lower Site | group rv area nonelectric | 55 ft | $60–$80 |
| Ohl Olsen | Upper Site | group rv area nonelectric | 60 ft | $60–$80 |