Camp ObserverHayward Flat
Camp site features
Across 84 camp sites:
- Fire pit: 3 of 84 sites
- Picnic table: 81 of 84 sites
- Pets allowed: all 84 sites
- Longest RV: 45 ft
- Largest party: 12 people
Services within 25 miles · OpenStreetMap
Nearest dump station: 18.0 mi
Nearest water fill: 7.8 mi
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 than 14 days before your scheduled arrival date for a full refund (excluding recreation.gov fee’s).
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 Check or Cash Purchases: Refunds for cash payments will be issued a check refund. A refund will be processed within 30 days of receipt and approval. For cash or check refunds please call us at 530-275-8113. Please Note! Refund requests made during or after departure can only be processed when approved by the facility management staff based upon local policy.
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.
Refunds for Naturally Occurring Events: Refunds will not be issued for naturally occurring events like rain, snow, wind, smoke, extreme temperature, low lake level, etc.
If you are requesting a refund for a walk-up site, please contact the host on-site or call us 530-275-8113. All refunds must be approved and issued through our office or processed though Recreation.gov.
Directions
From Redding, CA: Go west on Highway 299 to Weaverville, then north on Highway 3 for 15 miles. Turn right at Hayward sign and travel approximately 2 miles to campground entrance.
From Eureka, CA: Go east on Highway 299 to Weaverville, then north on Highway 3 for 15 miles. Turn right at Hayward sign and travel approximately 2 miles to campground entrance.
Stay Limit
Check in from 3 PM, check out by 2 PM.
Reviews
Eric N
Loop:Elderberry
Site:
Reviewed a month ago
The campground was empty and for good reason. There were major logging operations ongoing in the actual campground. There were massive piles of logs stacked up, orange safety fencing, and debris everywhere right next to our campsite. We went elsewhere because of all of this. Whoever runs this campground should not have been taking reservations and the place should have been closed temporarily until it was cleaned up.
David p
Loop:Dogwood
Site:
Reviewed 2 months ago
Nice, clean and quiet.
We love it there.
Elliott W
Loop:Dogwood
Site:
Reviewed 2 months ago
Elliott W
Loop:Dogwood
Site:
Reviewed 2 months ago
Zoe H
Loop:Elderberry
Site:
Reviewed 3 months ago
Ended up last minute re-routing our camping group to a different area after reading recent reviews.
Emily H
Loop:Elderberry
Site:
Reviewed 3 months ago
We stayed in the elderberry loop. Seems like a lot of trees were recently cut down and are in a huge pile off to the side of the campground with a bright orange plastic fence. There is no camp host here, which is so odd, because the instructions for our site booking specified needing to purchase wood at the campsite and there was no one to purchase from. One of the rangers checking on the site/bathrooms said we can collect and burn wood. The bathroom up the hill in Elderberry was clean and the one by the lake had a leak and the floor was covered in nearly an inch of water. The sites are a bit rough because of all the mulchy cuts of wood around. We had to book two campsites to make up our 3 nights, and nearly all the sites were available and the person who had booked out first site was a no-show, so we had to move for no reason. It was very private feeling. Not much wildlife at the site in the heat of August, other than hornets. We loved the proximity to the lake and enjoyed much of our time in the water swimming and on paddle boards. We also love watching the Perseid meteor shower on the beach. Beach is rocky bring a fitness pad to sit on/something squishy. I loved the lake and location and quiet, but this campground could really use some TLC.
Season dates
Peak season
May 15, 2027 – Sep 9, 2027
Reservable online
Peak season
May 15, 2028 – Sep 9, 2028
Reservable online
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