Castle Rock Trail Camp

Harrison Zhao

Make sure you bring water. Did the castle rock trail up to Saratoga campground. Good mix of light climbing and flat parts.

Subala J K

Nice picnic tables, decent place to set up your tent and go for a short day hike. But... Extremely bad and smelly outhouses, toilet paper doesn't get replenished either. You want to be prepared with your own supplies when u camp here.

Drew

Castle Rock Trail Camp has piped water, pit toilets and even a payphone (though I didn't verify that the payphone works). There are multiple water faucets so we didn't have to walk far each time we wanted to fill our bottles. The camp also features a shelter for "inclement weather". This is good because this is one of the few trail camps that's open all year. Fire rings are available though fires are not allowed during certain parts of the year. The cost per site is $15. The sites are varied; most of them are under tree cover, but a few of them are not. When I was there the extremely bright sun made those latter sites less appealing. Some sites had ample room for a couple of small tents whereas others were laid out in a way that would make more than one tent tricky. There is a cluster of sites that are secluded (sites 1-5), but most of them are concentrated in one large area so don't expect extreme isolation. Being a trail camp, the sites are located several miles from the actual parking lot and ranger station. According to the ranger it's possible that the place fills up, so keep that in mind when planning your adventure.

Jason Willebeek-LeMair

Nice trail camp. You have to backpack in--but it is not a difficult hike. There are plenty of sites -- I have never seen it full--with various degrees of sun and shade. There is potable water available, and outhouses.