Happy Camp (Karuk: athithúf-vuunupma)[2] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Siskiyou County, California, United States.

The shortest route to Oregon, over the Grey Back Pass, is a seasonal summer road and is not cleared or maintained in snowy conditions.

The Forest Service, located in Happy Camp on SR 96,[3] provides road closure information.

There are many trailheads for this wilderness area within 10 miles (16 km) of the town for which the U.S. Forest Service provides trail information.

The Bigfoot Jamboree is an annual festival hosted by the Happy Camp Community Council.

[10] It is marked by very hot summer days, being shielded in the valley behind the mountains from the cooling Pacific influence affecting nearby coastal locations.

The winters are much cooler and snowier than in inland locations further south, albeit still very mild compared to areas in the east of the continent.

The dry and hot summers can fuel the abundant vegetation from the rainy winters, make the surrounding forest prone to wildfires, as occurred during the 2014 Happy Camp Complex Fire, which took months to extinguish and burned nearly to the Oregon border.

[15] Federally, Happy Camp is in California's 1st congressional district, represented by Republican Doug LaMalfa.

[16] Gold prospectors, conservation groups, the California Department of Fish and Game, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Karuk, Hupa (Hoopa) and Yurok tribes are at odds with each other over what constitutes fair and ethical use of the river.