Ripstein Campground

in Shasta-Trinity National Forest

The numbers that decide it

Recreation.gov publishes no site-level detail for this campground, so we cannot say what length of rig it takes. Call the managing office before committing to it in a large vehicle.

Site-level detail from Recreation.gov, checked 2026-08-05. Where a field says “not published”, the agency has not published it — it does not mean zero.

Ripstein Campground

Ripstein Campground is normally available on a first-come, first-serve basis. There are 10 tent-only sites. The majority of tent sites have food lockers to deter habituation of black bears.

Before you go

Fees

Free

Hours

Facility has a self-registration station at the entrance.

Make it a night on a better road

Byway plans the drive in — real stops, real weather, nothing invented.