About Ellery Creek
Number of accommodations: 14
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Reviews (25)
What Guests Are Saying
Ellery Creek offers a beautiful location near the lake, with well-maintained grounds and nearby caves to explore. While some sites are small and not suitable for larger RVs, visitors have enjoyed the picturesque scenery and water access when the lake is high. However, there are concerns about cleanliness and safety, particularly regarding broken facilities and overgrown areas.
What Guests Are Saying
Ellery Creek offers a beautiful location near the lake, with well-maintained grounds and nearby caves to explore. While some sites are small and not suitable for larger RVs, visitors have enjoyed the picturesque scenery and water access when the lake is high. However, there are concerns about cleanliness and safety, particularly regarding broken facilities and overgrown areas.
Review Summary
Evelyn S
VerifiedAugust 17, 2025 • Stayed at: 008, Loop: AREA ELLERY CREEK
LOVE!
Ted N
VerifiedAugust 4, 2025 • Stayed at: 019, Loop: AREA ELLERY CREEK
The only problem was that the bear locker could not be locked, as the key was broken.
Michelle G
VerifiedJuly 27, 2025 • Stayed at: 013, Loop: AREA ELLERY CREEK
Perfect location close to the arm of the lake. Campground was well maintained. Found out after there are caves nearby that we plan to check out next time. Just an FYI the Ellery Creek sign off of Gilman Rd is missing so you can miss the turn into the campground.
Jarrod B
VerifiedJune 5, 2025 • Stayed at: 012, Loop: AREA ELLERY CREEK
One of our favorite spots!
Elisha S
VerifiedAugust 25, 2024 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: AREA ELLERY CREEK
Upon showing up we were unable to safely keep our kids and dog at this campground and had to find a different one last minute after driving back to the I-5 for phone service. There was an frame around a tent area that looked to one time be lovely and level but had eroded in the corners, the frame itself was splintered and broken, there was poison oak growing in the middle of the tent pad and berry bushes and poison oak right up and over the edges. There were cigarette butts and garbage and used toilet paper around the site, the bathrooms could be smelled from most of the campground and there was no water access plus it was very swampy in the water. At full the lake would have been beautiful. There looked to be once a nice water access but it was completely grown over with berry bushes and poison oak. The sites were very small. If you came to sit and lounge all day in the same chair and same spot it would be fine but with two high energy boys and a dog there was nowhere to go and play.
Robert Jr C
VerifiedJuly 10, 2024 • Stayed at: 011, Loop: AREA ELLERY CREEK
Had a beautiful time. Lake and area was amazing. Note that campsite 11 is not accessible for a trailer over 20 feet due to a retaining wall on the road. We found a non reservable site that worked out great. Will definitely be back.
Sean K
VerifiedMay 21, 2024 • Stayed at: 011, Loop: AREA ELLERY CREEK
Amazing gem. Went when lake was high and we were right on the water.
David B
VerifiedMay 21, 2024 • Stayed at: 012, Loop: AREA ELLERY CREEK
Beautiful camp ground, many of the sites are small and cannot accommodate larger RVs or trailers.
Corey M
VerifiedAugust 20, 2023 • Stayed at: 015, Loop: AREA ELLERY CREEK
This is most definitely backwoods, no cell service camping. We loved that. We stayed in sites 15-18 and had the best weekend ever. These are non-flushing toilets but I did not go expecting glamourous. The only real negatives are the wasps but they only came out while cooking and no one was stung all weekend. We also did not see bears and I really hoped for bears. We will most definitely make this a yearly tradition. I can’t wait to share with my grandchildren.
Ted N
VerifiedJuly 11, 2023 • Stayed at: 017, Loop: AREA ELLERY CREEK
Ellery Creek is always a great place to camp.
Location Ellery Creek
Address:
Gilman Road Exit Off I 5
Lakehead, CA, 96051
United States
From Redding, California: Take I-5 to Gilman Road. From the north take the Salt Creek exit to Gilman Road. Go east for 16 miles to the campground entrance (located on the right hand side of the road between Moore Creek and Pine Point Campgrounds).
*The Map Driving Route link gives directions to mail office, not the campground.
Latitude & Longitude: 40.9158 / -122.241
Elevation: 310 feet
Policies & Rules
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The facility is open for walk-ins from April 1- Sept. 10 |
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There is an additional $17 fee for the launch ramp at Hirz Bay |
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Average maximum trailer size is 30 feet |
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Poison oak is abundant throughout the forest |
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Store food and scented toiletries in the provided bear-proof lockers; be prepared to hang food from the trees if necessary |
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There is a $12 extra vehicle fee collected at the campground after the first car for single sites |
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Click here for further information on this campground |
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Click here for more information about Shasta-Trinity National Forest |
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Don't Move Firewood: Protect California's forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. For more information visit firewood.ca.gov. |
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Check-in time 3 P.M. and Check-out 2 P.M. |
