Happy Camp, California

Happy Camp is a census-designated place in Siskiyou County, California in the United States. The population was 1,190 at the 2010 census.The town of Happy Camp "The Heart of the Klamath" is located on State Route 96, about 70mi west of Interstate 5 and 100mi northeast of Willow Creek. The town of O'Brien, Oregon is accessible from Happy Camp . 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, provides road closure information.NameHappy Camp was so named by miners in the early days of prosperity. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. H.C. Chester, who interviewed Jack Titus in 1882 or 83, states that Titus named the camp because his partner James Camp, upon arriving there, exclaimed "This is the happiest day in my life." Redick McKee mentions the camp on Nov 8, 1851, as 'Mr Roache's Happy Camp' at the place known as Murderer's Bar (Indian Report 1853:178)GeographyHappy Camp sits on the Klamath River and a nexus of creeks including: Elk Creek; Little Grider Creek; Indian Creek; Doolittle Creek; Ikes Creek; Deer Lick Creek and Cade Creek.According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 12.3sqmi, 12.1sqmi of it is land and 0.2sqmi of it (1.94%) is water.