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Douglas City Campground
Douglas City Campground offers camping opportunities along the Wild and Scenic Trinity River in Trinity County, CA. The campground has 24 sites, flush toilets, hot showers, and easy access to the Trinity River. Campers can enjoy small beaches along the river for swimming, fishing, or paddling. The campground is nearby to many other recreational experiences in Trinity County - lakes, trails, wilderness, whitewater rafting, and more.
Camp on the edge of the Trinity River in one of 24 tent/trailer campsites. No electric, water, or sewer hookups are available. Potable water, flush toilets, and hot showers are available. Campsites have picnic tables, fire rings, and bear boxes. A small beach and day use area are found within the campground. A campground host is generally on site.
Need to Know
Please check in with the campground host when you arrive. The host can provide you the code to the shower facility.
Dogs must be kept on leash in the campground.
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 .
We have lots of wildlife in the campground - please keep you campsite clean and use the bear boxes found in each site to store your food.
The river is cold and fast - life jackets save lives!
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.
Natural Features
Douglas City Campground is nestled in a narrow valley with ponderosa pine, douglas fir, oak, and madrone trees coating the hillsides. The campground is immeidately adjacent to the Wild and Scenic Trinity River, known for its cold, clear water and abudant paddling, swimming, and fishing opprotunities.
Nearby Attractions
Trinity River (Lewiston Lake to Pigeon Point): Class I and II segment popular for fishing, swimming, and paddling. Access map can be found on the BLM website.
Trinity River (below Pigeon Point): Class III and IV segment popular for white water rafting. Guided trips availalbe from local vendors.
Lewiston and Trinty Lakes: Fishing, boating, and swimming.
Weaver Basin trail system: Non-motorized trails near Weaverville, CA that offer great hiking and mountain biking opportunities. Find out more on the Trinity Trail Alliance website .
Trinity Alps Wilderness: Access the wilderness area through many nearby trailheads for overnight or day hiking. More information on the Forest Service website.
Weaverville, CA: Small town with dining and shopping options.
Recreation
Swimming, fishing, and paddling are all popular activites along the Trinity River immediately adjacent to the campground. A rustic hiking trail can be explored to find additional river access points and connect you to other recreation sites along Steiner Flat Road. Wildlife is abundat along the river, so birding and other wildlife viewing activities are popular!
Changes & Cancellations
- If you are cancelling completely or arriving later than your reservations start date - please use Recreation.gov webiste or call center to make the modification
- If you are in the middle of your stay and want to modify your stay length or which site you are in - please use Recreation.gov website or call center to make the modification
If you are not going to use your reservation for a night, please consider cancelling or modifying your reservation so that other hopeful campers have the opportunity to reserve the site and enjoy the campground!
Contact Information
Phone Number
For campground inquiries, please call: 530-224-2100
Rental Options
Learn more about gear rental options for your trip
Driving Directions
Follow State Highway 299 to Douglas City, CA. Turn onto Steiner Flat Road (sometimes called Riverview Road on maps). You should see the Douglas City firehouse and store. Follow Stiener Flat Road about one-half mile west of Douglas City to the campground turnoff.
Available Campsites
- Site Site 23, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Site 14, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Site 12, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Site 18, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Site 20, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Site 3, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Site 2, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Site 9, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Site 10, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Site 15, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Site 13, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Site 24, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Site 19, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Site 16, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Site 17, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Site 8, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Site 6, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Site 1, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Site 7, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Site 5, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Site 21, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Site 11, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site Site 22, Loop , Type Standard Nonelectric
