About Brandy Creek Primitive Campground
Number of accommodations: 2
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Reviews (7)
What Guests Are Saying
Brandy Creek Primitive Campground offers a peaceful and fairly private camping experience with individual composting toilets at each site. While the campsites are exposed to the sun and wind, the abundance of trees provides necessary shade. Although there are no facilities, the nearby beach and the sound of a creek enhance the overall ambiance.
What Guests Are Saying
Brandy Creek Primitive Campground offers a peaceful and fairly private camping experience with individual composting toilets at each site. While the campsites are exposed to the sun and wind, the abundance of trees provides necessary shade. Although there are no facilities, the nearby beach and the sound of a creek enhance the overall ambiance.
Review Summary
Court A
VerifiedDecember 19, 2025 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: BRANDY CREEK PRIMITIVE CAMPGROUND
Good spot, away from the lake but that was ok, pretty quiet if site below is quiet. I would stay there again
Matthew C
VerifiedOctober 20, 2025 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: BRANDY CREEK PRIMITIVE CAMPGROUND
The trees and brush are slowy starting to grow back. The sites are pretty exposed, so hot sun during the day and windy at night. Other than that, they are nice, out of the way, fairly private campsites each having their own composting toilet.
The undergrowth is coming back with a vengance, so while there's an abundance of dead wood to harvest, getting to it will be challenging without a lot of bushwacking.
Jorge L
VerifiedSeptember 27, 2024 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: BRANDY CREEK PRIMITIVE CAMPGROUND
There are no facilities but lots of trees for needed shade and the beach is nearby.
Tom K
VerifiedMay 22, 2024 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: BRANDY CREEK PRIMITIVE CAMPGROUND
Site #1 was peaceful with a limited but nice view of Whiskeytown Lake. Two picnic tables, a fire-ring, bearproof storage box. You could hear a nearby creek/small waterfall but was not visible from the campsite.
Jenna D
VerifiedAugust 22, 2023 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: BRANDY CREEK PRIMITIVE CAMPGROUND
People were in our campsite. Then it was too hot to stay and no fires allowed. Total trip was a bust.
Anita C
VerifiedJuly 9, 2022 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: BRANDY CREEK PRIMITIVE CAMPGROUND
Sad to see so much fire damage but beautiful to see everything coming back and enjoyed the wildflowers!
Silvia B
VerifiedMay 27, 2022 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: BRANDY CREEK PRIMITIVE CAMPGROUND
Broken bear locker, no picnic table, dirty, exposed, campsite 2 full of broken glass, trash and trash, so we could not use it as alternative. We had to abandon the campsite and ended up paying $40 in another campground. Both of the campsites should not be open until they are fixed.
Location Brandy Creek Primitive Campground
Address:
Po Box 188
Whiskeytown, CA, 96095
United States
From Interstate 5 in Redding, CA, drive 10 miles west on Highway 299. Turn left on Kennedy Memorial Drive and follow it for 5.4 miles to Brandy Creek Road. Turn left and follow Brandy Creek Road for 1.2 miles to the entrance to the campground on the right-hand side of the road. Site #1 will be immediately to the left. Site #2 will be to the right down the driveway.
Latitude & Longitude: 40.6014 / -122.582
Elevation: 521 feet
Policies & Rules
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Download your proof of payment for your campsite from recreation.gov onto your phone or other device. You must be able to show this to a park ranger if requested. |
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Entrance Pass Required - Whiskeytown is a National Park Service site and requires a vehicle entrance fee. You can purchase an entrance pass at the visitor center, or online by using your smart phone, tablet, or computer by going to the website. www.Recreation.Gov.
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Check-in time is 1:00 p.m. and check-out time is 12 p.m. (noon). |
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Maximum occupancy is 6 people and 2 vehicles. |
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Tent camping only. |
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Black bears frequent the area: all food, beverage containers, toiletries, cooking and eating utensils must be stored inside a bear-resistant locker or out of sight in your vehicle unless they are in immediate use. |
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Protect our natural resources. Gather only dead and down wood for firewood. Do not put nails in trees or damage or remove vegetation. Campfires must be attended at all times and completely extinguished (using water and dirt) when going to bed or leaving the campsite. |
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Generators are not allowed. |
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Please be advised the 2018 Carr Fire burned extensively through this campground and surrounding areas. There is no shade available at these campsites. Please use portable pop-up structures for shade if needed. |
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Click here for more information about Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. |
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Pets must be leashed at all times on a leash 6 feet or less. |
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Camping is limited to an aggregate of 14 days between April 1 and October 31 (inclusive) and no more than 30 days per person per calendar year. No period of stay of 30 days may be succeeded by any period of stay with less than a 7-day break. The 14 day between April 1 and October 31 is necessary to provide more equitable access to campsites. The maximum 30 window between November 1 and March 30 is necessary to prevent individuals from residing within Whiskeytown |
