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Mary Smith Campground

12 mi west of Trinity Center, CA · No signal at camp

Federal campgroundtype
Reservablebooking
Jun–Sepbest months

About Mary Smith Campground

Mary Smith Campground is located off County Road 105, two miles north of the town of Lewiston, CA. This campground offers excellent fishing and tent camping. This campground was picked as one of California's prettiest lake campgrounds in Sunset Magazine. Many of the sites have shore access to Lewiston Lake. The area offers excellent opportunities for fishing, kayaking, hiking and wildlife viewing. Pine Cove boat ramp is within four miles, and Fairview launching area on Trinity Lake is nine miles north. Motorized boats are limited to ten miles per hour. Rainbow trout are abundant, and brown and brook trout are common. This is a good lake for a float tube and excellent fly fishing. The area offers wonderful wildlife viewing opportunities. There are six Glamping unit sites all with on-site fire pits and picnic tables. The sites offer fair to outstanding privacy. There are both flush and…

  • Fees: If the reservation was made through recreation.gov please call 1-877-444-6777 to make a refund request. Refunds must be requested no later…
  • Managed by: Shasta-Trinity National Forest, FS
  • Where: 12 mi west of Trinity Center, CA · 40.92611, -122.91528

Things to do:

FishingHikingBoating & paddlingWildlife & birding

Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)

Weather by month

40°
26°Jan
40°
24°Feb
44°
25°Mar
47°
27°Apr
55°
33°May
65°
40°Jun
73°
48°Jul
73°
47°Aug
67°
43°Sep
55°
35°Oct
44°
29°Nov
39°
25°Dec

Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Jun–Sep (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Nov–Apr.

See Mary Smith Campground from above

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Trails near camp

TrailOpen toFrom campLength
Four LakesHorse1.3 mi4.0 mi
Summit Lake SpurHiking1.4 mi0.3 mi
Stoney RidgeHorse1.4 mi6.4 mi
Deer CreekHorse1.7 mi6.4 mi
Long CanyonHorse1.7 mi5.1 mi
Siligo SpurHiking1.8 mi0.3 mi

Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.

Good to know

Cell signal

No signal at camp

From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.
Night sky: Pristine

The Milky Way casts shadows and the sky is crowded with stars.

Class 1 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.
RV essentials

Dump station: 12.3 mi
Water fill-up: 3.7 mi
Propane: 14.3 mi

Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.