U.S. Forest Service · Shasta-Trinity National Forest · California

Clark Springs Campground

Located 17 miles from Weaverville, north on Hwy 3. This campground has 20 campsites with a table and a fireplace and most campsites have bear -proof food lockers. The campground is a single loop through cedar and other deciduous trees. There are four secluded walk-in tent sites next to a babbling brook. The campground accommodates mostly tent campers but has three spurs for trailers. While the campground tends to be rugged, the adjacent boat ramp and swimming area at Trinity Lake are attractive. Directly adjacent to the Clark Springs picnic area, swim beach and boat ramp.

Closed for the season First-come, first-served 20 sites From $21 per nightTents only

More like this: first-come in California · tent only in California

4fires
active

Hayfork Watershed Rx (prescribed burn) · 29 mi away

3 more within 50 miles

Incident details ↓

Amenities & rules

Equipment	Tents
Fees	$21 per day per site, $8 per day per extra vehicle

Individual sites vary. Confirm on Recreation.gov or with the managing office.

Season & status

Status	Closed for the season. Forest Service sites close for the season; check the official page for the reopening date.
Season	May 1 to Oct.31
Forest	Shasta-Trinity National Forest
Fees	$21 per day per site, $8 per day per extra vehicle

Shasta-Trinity National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →

The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Trinity Rvr Hatchery, 9 miles from the campground at 1,861 feet, station USC00049026 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 32 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 6 inches a year on the same inches scale.

Getting there

Coordinates

40.8571° N, 122.8135° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

Prescribed
Hayfork Watershed Rx
29 mi from the campground
Prescribed
Hayfork Watershed Rx
29 mi from the campground
Prescribed
Gore Ranch Rx
30 mi from the campground · 49 acres
Prescribed
Shf Rx
35 mi from the campground

Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.

Supplies & services

Outdoor gear	Trinity Outdoors ↗	11.1 mi
Dump station	Dump station ↗	18.4 mi
RV sales & service	Cousin Gary RV Center ↗	27.6 mi

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Explore

Video

Clark Springs Campground - Trinity Lake, CA

Worth a stop

0.1 mi
Clark Springs Day Use Area And Beach ↗Day use
0.1 mi
Clark Springs Public Boat Ramp ↗Boat launch
0.4 mi
Shasta-Trinity National Forest - Clark Springs Boat Ramp ↗Boat launch
7.7 mi
Cooper Gulch Day Use Area ↗Day use

Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →

under 0.1 mi
Trinity Lakeshore
2.8 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
2.6 mi
Granite Peak ↗
4.6 mi trail · hiking, horse
4.3 mi
Stoney Ridge ↗
6.7 mi trail · hiking, horse
4.6 mi
Long Canyon ↗
5.6 mi trail · hiking, horse
4.6 mi
Granite Peak Spur
1.2 mi trail · hiking, horse
4.7 mi
Rush Creek Lakes ↗
6.7 mi trail · hiking, horse

Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.

Public land it sits in

On Wilderness Atlas →

This campground sits inside Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

in
Shasta-Trinity National Forest ↗
National Forest · Forest Service · 2,715,499 acres
2.7 mi
Trinity Alps Wilderness ↗
Wilderness · Forest Service · 537,357 acres
14.8 mi
Six Rivers National Forest ↗
National Forest · Forest Service · 1,273,949 acres

Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.