McCloud Dam Put-in provides access to the McCloud River for paddling, located near the McCloud Reservoir with a boat ramp facility managed by PG&E that includes parking for vehicles with trailers, picnic tables, and vault toilets.

Day-use parking costs $5 per vehicle, and the put-in serves as a starting point for whitewater runs down the McCloud River toward Shasta Reservoir, with Class III-IV rapids beginning shortly downstream.