Trail Inn RV & Campground

The facts that decide your trip

Max rig length

50 ft

Sites

Not published

Hookups

Full Hookups (50/30A)

Access

Drive-in

Nightly rate

Not published

Season

Open year-round

Elevation

1213 ft

Dump station

No

Potable water

Yes

What is actually on site

• Shade canopy
• 50 amp
• 30 amp
• Dog friendly
• Pull-through
• WiFi
• Flush toilets
• Potable water
• Showers
• ADA accessible
• Picnic tables

Road work on the way in

Source: Caltrans. County roads (e.g. Gilman Rd, Lakeshore Dr) aren't covered by this feed.

Nearest public camera

Salt Creek · I-5 — about 0.4 mi from the campground

Camera operated by Caltrans District 2

Frame refreshes about every 4 min · feed last verified 20 hours ago

Useful for road surface, smoke and haze — not for checking your site.

Facility info

Getting there

From Redding, take Interstate 5 north to exit 698, Salt Creek Road and Gilman Road. Gregory Creek Road starts at the interchange, and the park is at 19765 Gregory Creek Rd, a short paved drive from the freeway. From the north, take I-5 south to the same exit. The park asks guests to follow the directions in their booking confirmation rather than their phone's GPS, which it says sometimes sends rigs past the best turn or onto side streets that don't suit big rigs. It describes Gregory Creek Road as wide enough for big rigs but not a highway: some curves, gentle grades, and soft or narrow shoulders in spots. Arrive in daylight on a first visit if you can. Exit 698 is not the main Lakehead exit. If your navigation sends you to exit 702 and Lakeshore Drive, you are four miles north of the park.

40.85760, -122.34993 · Driving directions

Local deep dive

Trail Inn is the RV park on Gregory Creek Road, a short paved drive off I-5 at exit 698, the Salt Creek and Gilman Road interchange about four miles south of the main Lakehead exit. It changed hands recently. The new owners describe themselves as RV travelers who took it over to fix the basics: they say sites are being regraded and leveled, water, power and sewer are being refreshed section by section, the Wi-Fi has been upgraded, and signage and lighting inside the park are getting better. Directory listings and older camper reviews were written before that work started, so expect some of what you read elsewhere to be out of date. The park sits under pines rather than on the shoreline, which is the trade most people make here: shade and quiet at night, then a short drive to the water. It has full-hookup RV sites in both pull-through and back-in layouts, tent sites, and a small but growing number of tiny-home cabins, one of which is booked through Airbnb. There are shared restrooms with showers, Wi-Fi, an on-site store with cold drinks and basics, and propane refills for RV tanks and grill bottles. Leashed dogs are welcome, and the park describes itself as ADA accessible. **What the park does not publish is the part big-rig owners care about most: a site count, a maximum length or an amperage list.** Directories fill the gap but disagree. The Dyrt lists a 50-foot maximum with 50-amp service, while Campendium lists 70 feet with both 30 and 50 amp. We publish the lower figure. The park's booking page asks you to send your rig length and party size, and the owners say they match each rig to a site that fits, which is the safer route for anything over 40 feet. Booking is direct, through the park's online system or by phone at (530) 238-8533, with nightly, weekly and monthly stays. No rate card is posted online.

Exit 698 sits between the two halves of the Sacramento Arm's camping. Four miles north is the Lakehead cluster: Antlers, Lakeshore Drive and the resorts along it. Just south are the Salt Creek and Nelson Point areas on the water, and O'Brien and the Packers Bay ramp are a few miles further down I-5. Gilman Road leaves the same interchange and runs east toward the McCloud Arm and Hirz Bay, so this is one of the few spots where both arms are an easy drive. The trade-off is the usual one at this end of the lake. Being close to the freeway makes arrival easy and keeps fuel, food and groceries a few minutes away, but you are not camped on the shoreline. As Shasta draws down through summer and fall, the nearest usable ramp changes: Antlers closes once the lake drops below 992 ft, and the Sugarloaf low-water ramp, about the same distance away, takes over. Expect Shasta foothill weather at roughly 1,200 feet: hot, dry summers that push past 100 degrees F on the worst afternoons, and mild, wet winters. The pine shade the park leans on matters most in July and August. On fire: the park is private land, and we have not found a document that settles whether Shasta-Trinity Forest Orders reach it. Ask at check-in what the current campfire rules are.

Questions people ask

Where these facts come from

• Trail Inn RV & Campground: official site · checked 2026-10-05
• Trail Inn: amenities (hookups, showers, Wi-Fi, store, propane, dogs) · checked 2026-10-05
• Trail Inn: reservations, phone and exit 698 access · checked 2026-10-05
• Trail Inn: arrival guide and new-ownership improvements · checked 2026-10-05
• Campendium: Trail In RV and Campground (coordinates, elevation, 70 ft, 30/50 amp, camper reports) · checked 2026-10-05
• The Dyrt: Trail In RV Campground (50 ft, 50 amp, year-round, ADA) · checked 2026-10-05