Trout Creek Campground — Hotel in Willits

Conveniently located on the Eel River. Even the campsites farthest from the river are a short walk to the river. Vary affordable.

There are two areas. The first, near check in, are first come first served sites. The second area, being closer to the river, are sites reserved online .

We stayed in the first area, drove up in a couple of trucks to a pull off, hiked down to the river, and tubed down to the campground's beach. After getting back to the campground someone with a car took the owners of the trucks back to the pull off.

The rapids where fairly easy. (Though they may scare young children.) We were a large group of young adults. Other then a few bruised butts, due to bolders just below the water's surface in the rapids, no one got hurt. A few people flipped over, I did not, and the only thing we lost were a pair of boots that were not tied to the the craft they were on.

I give it 4 stars rather then 5 because I was told there is no drinking water there. There are water spigots but they are not for drinking. I just brought 3 1/2 gallons of drinking water. Which I bought for just under $10 at the corner store in Potter. So...

My family loves Trout Creek Campground! We camp here at least once a year. Lucky for us this paradise is just about an hour from our home. The campsites are shady and the river is the best. I did prefer it before the changes of recent years, they changed up the sites a little and now you have to reserve your space online, but it is still great! To address some negative comments in these other reviews, I'd just like to clarify. There are outhouses, not bathrooms and temperatures rise to 100+ all summer here, so yes they don't smell good when you have to use them. The year the campground was closed for "no reason", we had had huge storms, fires and mudslides here after a severe drought. So yeah, there was probably a reason. Complaining about rattlesnakes in the wilds of Northern California during the summer months as part of a campground review is just silly. They live here, i simply stomp wherever I go and i never see them. Have fun, leave only footprints, take...

Drove 3 hours to only discover that the gate was locked. The host was just on the other side of the fence and all set up. They even had a painted sign on the fence that said "can't wait to see you next spring" Spring 2026 I guess? So we decided to go down the road underneath the bridge and fish. It might be called Trout Creek Campground but don't fish in any of the water. I purchased a fishing license for the first time and my very first pole. Fish and Game came down and immediately wrote me a hefty ticket. I put the fishing line in the water three times and spent $200 on licensing the day before. Definitely a shitty experience all...