Dry Creek Group Campground (Whiskeytown Nra)

We reserved a site without knowing much about this campground. That was a mistake. If you decide to stay here be sure to go online and pay for your site after you arrive and choose a site. Not knowing anything about the sites we randomly choose site 7 which we could not have fit into. There were very few sites which would have accommodated our 36ft 5th wheel most of which weren't very level. The sites are back in parking lot style wide enough for RV's. If you are on solar there is a lot of trees that would making getting enough sun difficult.

While this is dry camping there is a dump station with potable water and a black water flush available. The area was wooded and beautiful with a marina and lake access less than a mile down the road.

We ended up moving our reservation down to Oak Bottom on the other side of the lake which had plenty of space for larger RV's and the needed sun for our solar.

I had just done a 21 mile bike ride and was just wanting a place to crash. It's a narrow parking lot and wasn't suitable for my 22' trailer. The one site I thought about backing into was teaming with an ant colony, I don't expect pest control but these were not your standard sugar ants...they were frantic and would have infested my camper in minutes. Nothing seemed close by for walking. Closed in with trees not great for my solar. No nothing, water spicket, bathroom, there may have been some garbage...but for $20 pus the $26 for the National "access permit" I took a hard pass. I thought it would be close to the the lake and trail heads that I wanted to ride but it wasn't. Went to Oak Bottom which was a great experience.

Open Oct 6 2019
It has a lower and upper section
I stayed in the lower on a Sunday night all by myself
The spaces are wide and almost level
Purchase pass at visitor center
It is one of two open campgrounds on the lake