McCloud is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Siskiyou County, California, United States.

Located in the Shasta Cascade area of Northern California, McCloud sees many visitors.

Visitors use McCloud as a base to engage in nationally recognized trout fishing in the nearby McCloud,[3][4] Sacramento[3][4][5] and Klamath[3] Rivers, or come to see and climb Mount Shasta, Castle Crags or the Trinity Alps.

McCloud is located at 41°15′17″N 122°8′11″W / 41.25472°N 122.13639°W / 41.25472; -122.13639 (41.254682, -122.136321)[7] on the southern slope of Mount Shasta, at an elevation of 3,271 feet (997 m) above sea level.

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22.0 °C).

[13] Federally, McCloud is in California's 1st congressional district, represented by Republican Doug LaMalfa.

The contract process was protested by local special interest groups[15] whose claims include that Nestle neglected to study the impact on the region's ground water and have overstated the potential economic benefits of the proposed plant.

On May 13, 2008 AP Press reported that Nestle announced plans to reduce the size of the proposed McCloud Bottled Water plant to 350,000 sq ft (33,000 m2) from the originally-planned 1,000,000 sq ft (93,000 m2) proposal.

McCloud Partners has turned the property into a self funded enterprise zone that supports new business, employment opportunities, and new ideas.

It has hosted 3 CalFire Fire Camps with abundant water resources, an air support dipping pond, and hostfacilities.

The importance of property stewardship shows the priority how the partnership values the community in where it's located.