National Park Service LogoU.S. Department of the InteriorNational Park ServiceNational Park Service
National Park Service:  U.S. Department of the InteriorNational Park Service Arrowhead
Whiskeytown National Recreational Areaundefined picture
view map
text size:largestlargernormal
printer friendly
Whiskeytown National Recreational Area
Laws & Policies
 

Superintendent's Compendium (2003) - Whiskeytown National Recreation Area's Compendium of Designations, Closures, Permit Requirements and other Restrictions Imposed Under Discretionary Authority. 

 

 

Alcohol, Dog (pet) and Horse Rules

ALCOHOL

36 CFR §2.35 –ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES and CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES

(a)(3)(i) The following public use areas, portions of public use areas, and/or public facilities within the park are closed to consumption of alcoholic beverages, and/or to the possession of a bottle, can or other receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage that is open, or has been opened, or whose seal has been broken or the contents of which have been partially removed:

  • Oak Bottom swim beach, adjacent parking area, picnic areas and grounds and lake within the swim area buoys
  • Brandy Creek swim beaches, adjacent beach parking areas, picnic areas and grounds and lake within designated buoys.
  • Whiskey Creek day use (reservation) picnic area, beach, access road and parking lot and lake within the swim area buoys
  • East Beach and adjacent grounds and parking area and lake within the marker buoy line.
PETS

36 CFR 2.15 (a)(1)

The following structures and/or areas are closed to the possession of pets:

  • Whiskeytown Visitor Center
  • Whiskeytown Headquarters Building
  • Camden House
  • Brandy Creek Beach
  • Oak Bottom Beach
  • East Beach
  • Whiskey Creek Group Picnic Area Beach

HORSES

36 CFR 2.15 (b)

The use of horses or pack animals is allowed on the following trails, routes or areas:

  • All trails, routes or areas within Whiskeytown NRA, excepting:
    • Oak Bottom Campground, Beach, Launch Ramp, Marina and day use parking lots
    • Whiskey Creek Launch Ramp, Picnic Area and parking lot
    • Brandy Creek Marina, Beaches, day use parking lots and Self Contained Recreational Vehicle camping area
    • N.E.E.D. Camp
    • Dry Creek Campground
    • Whiskey Creek Group Picnic Area
    • Overlook Visitor Center parking lot and lawns area
    • Headquarters parking lot and lawns area
    • All portions of the Shasta Divide Trail, between Kennedy Memorial Drive and Whiskeytown Lake
    • All portions of the Davis Gulch Trail between the trailheads at Kennedy Memorial Drive and the Brandy Creek Day Use Area
    • Those portions of the Crystal Creek Canal Trail adjacent to the Oak Bottom Recreation Complex, as delineated on a diagram, attached to this document and available for inspection in the office of the Superintendent
    • All portions of the Crystal Creek Water Ditch Trail
    • All paved roadways, except to cross at right angles

HUNTING

Hunting is prohibited on the following land areas within Whiskeytown Unit, as defined and drawn onto a map.

Refer to the maps for specific boundaries of areas impacted by these closures and restrictions. In all cases, hunting (as defined under 36 C.F.R. 1.4 (a)) and/or discharge of any weapon within 300 feet of any structure, designated camping area or other developed recreation site is prohibited.

Poppies in the Nellis Wash Wilderness  

Did You Know?
"Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them." -- John Updike

Last Updated: December 20, 2007 at 17:21 EST