Castle Crags State Park

This site has information on trails and hikes in Northern California's Castle Crags State Park, as well as an archives section of hikes I did from 2014 to 2017.

Castle Crags State Park has lots of low-elevation, south-facing acreage, making it a great all-year hiking spot. With few exceptions I've been able to hike there in every month of the year. Adjacent to the park is the Castella, CA Post Office (96017), and food and gas are available (not necessarily in that order) at Ammirati's Market at the freeway offramp. The closest ATM is almost 5 miles north at Manfredi's on the south end of Dunsmuir.

There are hiking possibilities in the adjoining Wilderness Area, and you can download a map of campground area trails, as well as a larger scale map showing more trails in the Park itself.

The State of California also has a website for Castle Crags State Park.

A page from the National Weather Service with local weather info is available online.

If you're wondering about road conditions, CalTrans has a page with a webcam showing the freeway on the north end of Dunsmuir, about 6 miles north of the Park entrance, and another page showing all of the webcams in the northern end of the state.