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Pet Friendly
About Horse Camp Primitive Campground
Number of accommodations: 2
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Hiking
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2026 Season availability
Open year round
This campground is open year round, providing flexibility for your stay.
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Pet friendly
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- Pet friendly
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Reviews (32)
What Guests Are Saying
Horse Camp Primitive Campground is praised for its peaceful, clean, and private atmosphere, making it ideal for stargazing and enjoying nature. Many visitors appreciated the beautiful scenery and responsive rangers. However, some concerns were raised about the lack of level parking spots and occasional issues with site reservations.
What Guests Are Saying
Horse Camp Primitive Campground is praised for its peaceful, clean, and private atmosphere, making it ideal for stargazing and enjoying nature. Many visitors appreciated the beautiful scenery and responsive rangers. However, some concerns were raised about the lack of level parking spots and occasional issues with site reservations.
Review Summary
lital w
VerifiedNovember 6, 2020 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: HORSE CAMP PRIMITIVE CAMPGROUND
camping during weeknights, site 001, no horses---had a really lovely time. Quiet, pretty, sounds of wildlife and wind.
Because this camp is only 2 sites and far off the main road, this location doesn't get much traffic (maybe 3 groups drove/walked by in 3 days). There is a trailhead next to camp 002. Very quiet here. There were no campers at the other site, but if there were, they would have been quite far from us.
While there are trees and some shade, site does get hot and sunny during the day (in November!). We were only there at night and in earlier mornings as a result. Gets really hot by 10:30.
And yes, plenty of buzzing critters were coming in to check out our food as we ate. But, we were careful to keep everything covered up except the food being put in our mouth, and so the insects had nothing to eat and went away quickly.
I definitely wouldn't leave a glass of juice sitting out unguarded for more than 30 seconds here--you'll have a wasp drowning in it.
Vanessa G
VerifiedJanuary 17, 2020 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: HORSE CAMP PRIMITIVE CAMPGROUND
Very large site, nice trail right next to campground, well maintained bathroom, very secluded
Location Horse Camp 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 at the visitor center and follow it for 1.6 miles until you reach a fork in the road at the dam. Turn left on Paige Bar Road and drive for two miles until you reach another fork in the road at the NEED Camp. Turn left onto the gravel road and proceed .5 miles to Horse Camp.
Latitude & Longitude: 40.5761 / -122.531
Elevation: 326 feet
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
Check in time
1PM
Check out time
12PM
General
- 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.
- 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. If you already have a valid Interagency Annual, Senior, Access, Military, or Whiskeytown Annual pass, please display this pass in a hangtag or place it on the dashboard of your vehicle. Annual passes from Crater Lake National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park and Lava Beds National Monument are also valid here at Whiskeytown.
- Maximum occupancy is 10 people and 3 vehicles.
- Horse Camp may accommodate any vehicle or combination of vehicles, including trailers, RVs, and RVs pulling other vehicles.
- Quiet hours are between;
- 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.
- 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.
- Pets must be kept on a leash or in a crate at all times. Pets may not be left unattended. Dispose of pet waste in trash cans.
- Please be advised that because the Carr Fire of 2018 burned extensively through the park, post-fire hazards such as falling trees and branches remain. Stay alert while camping in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area.
- You may stay a total of 14 days from May 15 through September 15 or a total of 30 days for the entire calendar year.
- Click here for more information about Whiskeytown National Recreation Area www.nps.gov/whis
- There is a 3 tent maximum per site for this campground.
- 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
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Last updated: June 3, 2026
