Loop 1 · 4 h window · 64 mi
3 h 39 loop · 2 stops · back by 12:38 PM.
- Sundial Bridge · 10 min
- CLRCRKVIST · 15 min
Destinations · California
French Gulch
CA · 40.7053, -122.6353
From French Gulch, California, Byway's registries place 2 public land units and 54 campgrounds within 30 miles.
Get in
The optimal way to go to French Gulch is by car. Be sure to bring chains for your tires in winter.
Day-trip loops
Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.
Loop 2 · 8 h window · 301 mi
8 h loop · 6 stops · back by 4:59 PM.
- 1727 Class M6 · 10 min
- Shastina · 15 min
- "Stand by Me" Bridge · 10 min
- Seismograph · 10 min
- Hot Rock · 10 min
- Shasta Lake Ranger Station · 10 min
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Public land
- Shasta-Trinity National Forest · 3 mi
- Klamath National Forest · 25 mi
Campgrounds
- Ackerman Campground · 9 mi
- Cooper Gulch Campground · 9 mi
- Mary Smith Campground · 9 mi
- Tunnel Rock Campground · 9 mi
- Captains Point Boat-In Campground · 12 mi
- Mariners Roost Boat-In Campground · 12 mi
- Ridgeville Boat-In Campground · 13 mi
- Ridgeville Island Boat-In Campground · 13 mi
Named places
- Merry Mountain · 3 mi
- Shirttail Peak · 3 mi
- Mad Mule Mountain · 3 mi
- Crystal Creek Falls · 4 mi
- Oak Bottom Beach · 5 mi
- Deadwood · 5 mi
- Whiskeytown Falls · 6 mi
- Iron Mountain · 6 mi
A day out of French Gulch, planned on real roads
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Whiskeytown National Recreation Area · 7 mi
- Shasta · 11 mi
- Shasta Lake · 14 mi
- Redding · 16 mi
- Lakehead · 19 mi
- Palo Cedro · 24 mi