Mccloud Bridge in CA -- Campground & RV Camping
Mccloud Bridge in CA
CampgroundUSFS
19 mi from Shasta Lake
Road Access
- Road difficulty 4 of 5: a difficult drive in.
- Recorded as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt, pitching to 12%, 100% of it on a shelf.
Campground details
Setting
McCloud Bridge Campground sits 17 miles back on Gilman Road along the McCloud Arm of Shasta Lake. The facility offers 14 total campsites (3 double sites and 11 single sites) with average 35-foot back-in spurs, picnic tables, bear-proof food lockers, and fire rings with grills. On-site facilities include vault toilets and drinking water spigots. When the reservoir is full, sites sit directly on the water with informal boat mooring allowed; a formal public boat launch is located 7 miles away at Hirz Bay.
Getting there: I-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.
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a 16-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
- Flat ground is scarce: under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
- Billibokka Mountain stands 2,968 ft above the map pin, 1.6 miles east.
- The Shasta Lake shoreline is 0.1 mi off.
Climate averages
October normals 52–78°F, 3.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
Starlink Radar
Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy
Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 82 of 100.