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U.S. Forest Service · Wilderness Area · California

Trinity Alps Wilderness

2 federal campgrounds, 1 of them with first-come, first-served sites.

2Campgrounds
1With first-come sites
20Sites, from 1
1,920–4,980 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 2 of these 2 campgrounds

Where they are

2 of 2 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 2

2 campgrounds
Reservable
Mary Smith Campground
Trinity Alps Wilderness · CA
20 sites20 hike-in sites20 with a tent pad1,920 ftdrinking watertoilets
Seen from the air The agency never photographed these, so here is the satellite view. Same data, same sources.
Big Flat CampgroundTrinity Alps Wilderness · CA4,980 ftFirst-come
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Lake Eleanor397 acres · 9 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Source: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
mill creek 2 fire · 40 mi from the nearest campground here
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 8, 2026

Who answers for this land

Trinity Alps Wilderness’s campgrounds sit in 2 congressional districts. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Doug LaMalfa (R)CA 1st · 1 campground · grade F
Jared Huffman (D)CA 2nd · 1 campground · grade A+
Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score
Unit: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) land units
SRC · RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM · unified by CAMPANAC · refreshed nightly