Lower Jones Valley in CA -- Campground & RV Camping in California
Lower Jones Valley in CA
U.S. Forest Service allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
Lower Jones Valley Campground sits on the Pit River Arm of Shasta Lake within Shasta-Trinity National Forest. It offers 9 single sites and 2 double sites with average back-in lengths around 30 feet. Facilities on-site include vault toilets, drinking water, and trash collection. Lake Shasta features 365 miles of shoreline framed by steep mountains and views of distant Mount Shasta, with water skiing, jet skiing, and fishing for species like trout, bass, salmon, and catfish. A public boat ramp is located about 1 mile away at Jones Valley, depending on lake water levels.
Road difficulty 1 of 5 -- an easy drive in. Recorded as maintained for passenger-car comfort, paved, pitching to 8%. Flat ground is scarce -- under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
The Shasta Lake shoreline is 0.1 mi off. Bear Mountain stands 1,496 ft above the site, 1.6 miles west. Exposed here -- the nearest through road is 0.1 miles off, a 22-site campground. Night skies measure Bortle 2 -- true dark-sky territory. The nearest town, Bella Vista, is 5.9 mi off.
September normals 60–90°F, 0.5″ rain. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
Set by U.S. Forest Service. Stage 1 and 2 orders change within days -- check the current order before you build a fire.
fs.usda.gov