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Mariners Point Campground is located where the Pit and Squaw arm of Shasta Lake come together and offers sites to both tent and RV campers. Visitors to this area can enjoy boating and fishing at the nearby Shasta Lake or hiking around the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.
The nearest public boat ramp is six miles away in Jones Valley. Nearby lakeside resorts offer boat rentals and fuel. Shasta Lake is popular for power and non-motorized boating, fishing and water skiing. Anglers can fish for trout, catfish, Chinook salmon, crappie, bluegill, white sturgeon, brown bullhead and bass.
All campsites have picnic tables, grills, fire rings, and parking spurs. Portable toilets are provided.
Shasta-Trinity is the largest national forest in California with a diverse landscape encompassing five wilderness areas, hundreds of mountain lakes and 6,278 miles of streams and rivers.
Lake Shasta sits at an elevation of 1,067 feet, with 365 miles of shoreline punctuated by steep mountains blanketed in manzanita and evergreens. A snow-capped Mount Shasta, the second-tallest mountain in the Cascade Range, looms in the distance.
From I-5 take the Mountain Gate/Wonderland Blvd. Exit and go east to Bear Mountain Road. At Dry Creek Road go left to Silverthorn Road (take left Y) Follow Silverthorn Road toward the resort and take the left turn prior to entering resort. Campground is behind gate.
**Refunds must be requested no later than 14 days before your scheduled arrival date for a full refund (excluding recreation.gov fees).**
Reservation Fee: For some facilities, an additional reservation fee is charged. This additional non-refundable fee is $10.00 for the call center and online reservations.
Refunds for Bankcard Purchases: Refunds for bank card payments will be issued as a credit to the original bankcard. Please note the charge on your bank card statement will read "Recreation.gov 888-448-1474."
Refunds for Emergency Closures: In the event of an emergency closure the Recreation.gov will attempt to notify users and offer alternate dates and sites (as appropriate). If this is not possible, reservations will be canceled and all fees paid will be refunded.
Used to be great, you could rent out camp sites individually. Perfect for a quick trip as it was close to home. But of course, they turned it into a group campground catering to tourists, leaving locals that have used these grounds for years high and dry. It is a shame, used to love this spot.
This is now group campsite!! My research was that it didn’t take reservations but when we showed up the gates were closed, it said it had changed to a group site and that it was full. Super disappointing as it’s pretty far from most of be other campsites in the area, but we found an off-road trail on our way driving back out right on Shasta Lake that was $10 for overnight parking/camping and totally open to camp where you see fit. We had a great time camping here, there were porto-potties but obviously not tables or designated fire sites, just make shift ones that others had left behind. The fish were jumping and lots of people were dropping boats in in the morning and swimming. The water was great already by June 6th!
Kinda compact, sites very close together. Right next to the water, which is nice. Requires a small hike if road is closed. Not too long, but maybe not good for small children. There were a bunch of boats docked near here when I came. Not sure if that's common. Not too many people though. Seems like a good place for solitude.
Made the reservation back in march site unseen. Big mistake. We had a good time but the road leading to the camp was the worst super narrow and windy. Then the camp its self was so small says 50 people and 15 vehicles. Not sure where they came up with that but yeah right. With water so low it was a steep and long way to water, had to drive truck down and our 4 wheeler. Lots of rocks broken glass and trash.
Plus if you have any kind of camper or rv not great. We had 2 40 foot rvs and 2 30+ trailers and it was tight.
