For more than 50 years, Whiskeytown Environmental School has connected children with science, nature, and one another through hands-on learning in the outdoors. Located beside Clear Creek in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, the campus is surrounded by oak, pine, and manzanita woodlands, abundant wildlife, and a landscape continuing to recover from the 2018 Carr Fire.
Today, Whiskeytown Environmental School offers Preschool–8th Grade Field Labs during the spring and fall while work continues toward rebuilding and reopening the residential Outdoor Science School. Explore the options below to learn about current field trip programs, discover the natural and cultural history of WES, or follow the effort to rebuild.
Get more information about our popular Preschool-8th Field Labs that run in spring and fall.
Get historical information & resources and learn more about exploring WES and all it has to offer.
nature and historical information and resources
See how our nonprofit group,Whiskeytown Environmental School Community, is working toward rebuilding:
Directions to Whiskeytown/N.E.E.D. Camp
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From Interstate 5, take exit 678 to merge onto CA-44 W toward Eureka.
Use the right 2 lanes to turn right onto CA-273 N/Pine St (signes for CA-299/Weaverville/Eureka).
Use the left 2 lanes to turn left at the 1st cross street onto CA-273 N/Eureka Way (signes for Weaverville/CA-299 W).
Continue onto CA-299 W (Eureka Way) for approximately 7 miles.
Turn left onto JF Kennedy Memorial Rd. follow for approximately 2 miles.
Turn left onto Paige Bar Rd. Continue on Paige Bar Rd for approximately 2 miles following signs for NEED Camp. You will cross the bridge over Clear. Creek and come directly into our campus.
Please remember that our campus is a school and ONLY authorized visitors are allowed. Our campus is NOT open to the general public.
Please call 530-225-0111 to schedule an appointment.
For safety of children on campus we ask that all visitors check in at the Administrative Office upon arrival.
