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, (May 28, 2024) — A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new and improved Red Bluff Campground on Mark Twain National Forest will take place at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 17, 2024.
This grand opening celebration will highlight the new and modernized camping facilities at this beautiful site. To provide the public a chance to enjoy all this site has to offer, Forest Service officials have waived all fees for camping and day-use activities at Red Bluff for June 17th. Guided tours of the site and its improvements will be available to visitors immediately following the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Becky Ewing, District Ranger, said “I am excited to kick-off the summer camping season with this grand opening and fee-free day, so we can highlight the planning, design, and construction work that took place to provide the public with new campsites, showers, a dump station, additional paved loops, and improved electric and water.” In the past, flooding from storms repeatedly damaged campsites, roads, and facilities located in the floodplain at Red Bluff. A two-part project was undertaken, starting a few years ago, to remedy this situation.
The recently completed Phase 1 of the project involved moving all overnight camping facilities to higher ground; and it incorporated modernized amenities such as more electric sites, a shower house, and a dump station fo.