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Strawhouse Resorts and Cafe

14 RV Sites, 8 Cottages, 1 Yurt

Strawhouse Resorts and Cafe in Junction City, California, occupies the banks of the Trinity River in Trinity County — a riverside resort in one of California's most remote and most scenically dramatic inland counties, where the Trinity River flows cold and clear from the Trinity Alps Wilderness through a forested canyon that supports world-class fly fishing, whitewater rafting, and the kind of genuine wilderness character that Highway 299's remote corridor delivers for travelers willing to make the drive between Redding and the Humboldt coast. The resort's combination of cottages, a 30-foot yurt, pet-friendly accommodations, and full-hookup RV sites gives guests a range of accommodation formats suited to the river canyon environment, and the on-site café — built into a 2,000-square-foot straw bale structure overlooking the Trinity — provides the culinary experience that makes staying at Strawhouse a more complete destination than simply a camping infrastructure. Cottages including the Creekside Cottage and Suncrest House, the distinctive 30-foot yurt, and RV sites positioned across from the café with private fishing and direct Trinity River access give guests multiple ways to inhabit the same riverside setting. The resort's family-friendly orientation and the pet-friendly policy across multiple accommodation types make it accessible to the full range of traveling household compositions, and the private river access at the RV site level gives campers the direct Trinity River contact that motivated their drive to Trinity County in the first place. The café's organic coffee, full meals, and river view make it a natural gathering point for both resort guests and Highway 299 travelers. The Trinity River through Junction City and the Trinity County corridor is one of California's premier wild and scenic rivers — a designated Wild and Scenic River with exceptional water quality, substantial populations of summer and winter steelhead, spring chinook salmon, and rainbow trout in a river setting of old-growth Douglas fir and ponderosa pine forest. The Trinity River fly fishing tradition draws anglers from across California and the Pacific Northwest specifically to this corridor, and the combination of drift boat float fishing and wade fishing through the green-water pools accessible from the resort's private access makes Strawhouse the natural base for fishing-focused Trinity County stays. Whitewater rafting on the Trinity River, accessible through outfitters operating from the Junction City area, provides Class II through IV whitewater through the canyon sections that the river's gradient and volume produce in the right-season conditions — typically from snowmelt through early summer. Trinity Lake, formed by Trinity Dam upstream near Weaverville, adds flatwater recreation, bass fishing, and lake camping options to the broader Trinity County recreation available from a Strawhouse base. The Trinity Alps Wilderness, rising to over 9,000 feet above the resort's valley floor, provides trail access into some of the most alpine and least-visited wilderness terrain in Northern California. Strawhouse Resorts and Cafe operates through Trinity County's outdoor season, with the steelhead and salmon fishing windows driving the most fishing-specific visitor traffic — fall chinook from September through November and winter steelhead from December through March. Summer whitewater and general resort season runs May through September when the café operates at full capacity and river access from the RV sites is most actively used. Reserve accommodations ahead for fall fishing season and summer rafting weekends, when Trinity County's limited lodging inventory fills from the Redding, Sacramento, and Bay Area markets.

from $62/night

Klamath Falls RV Resort

58 RV Sites

Klamath Falls RV Resort in Oregon offers 58 full-hookup RV sites along US-97 in the Klamath Basin, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 70 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Deluxe, premium, and standard back-in and pull-through categories join a hot tub, spa, fitness center, recreation center, and tennis. Fifty-eight sites span standard back-in 50/30-amp, standard pull-thru, deluxe back-in 50/30-amp, premium back-in 30/50-amp, and premium pull-thru 50/30-amp categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 70 feet, with fire pits. Seventy feet accommodates a long coach with a tow. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, showers, and golf cart rentals handle the practical side. No wristbands are needed to use the amenities, and each space rental includes a set number of guests — confirm when booking. A hot tub, sauna, and spa anchor the property, with a fitness center, recreation center, clubhouse, game room, arcade, tennis, volleyball, basketball, shuffleboard, walking trails, a lake, playground, and dog park filling the rest. A state park is nearby. The Klamath Basin sits at just over 4,100 feet, surrounded by high desert valleys, ancient lava beds, and vast wetlands that form one of the Pacific Flyway's most important migratory corridors — the waterfowl concentrations here in spring and fall are genuinely spectacular, and the winter bald eagle population is the largest in the lower 48. Crater Lake and Lava Beds National Monument are both within reach. Summer and the spring and fall migrations drive demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $50/night

Village Camp Truckee

85 RV Sites, 29 Cabins

Village Camp Truckee in California offers 85 full-hookup RV sites and 29 cabins at 5,817 feet in the Sierra Nevada, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted to 81 feet. Premium ADA pull-through, deluxe, standard, and economy pull-through categories join back-in sites minutes from Donner Lake. Eighty-five sites span back-in, economy pull-thru, standard pull-thru, deluxe pull-thru, premium pull-thru, and premium ADA pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 81 feet. A dedicated premium ADA pull-through category is genuinely uncommon — accessible sites here are a proper tier rather than an afterthought. Twenty-nine cabins round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. Two policies to check before booking: holiday weekends carry a three-night minimum, and RVs must be 10 years or newer and RVIA certified, with non-compliant reservations canceled on arrival. A fitness center, recreation center, clubhouse, sports courts, walking trails, hiking, biking, swimming, a playground, and dog park fill the grounds, with planned activities through the season and a golf course nearby. Truckee is close enough to Tahoe's skiing, paddling, and hiking to serve as a basecamp for all of it, and far enough from the South Shore to keep the mountain-town character. Summer and ski season both draw hard. Reserve well ahead, and confirm your RV meets the age requirement.

from $70/night

Ashland's Creekside Campground

9 RV Sites, 25 Tent Sites

Ashland's Creekside Campground & RV Park offers a straightforward and comfortable place to stay for travelers visiting Ashland, Oregon. With full and partial RV hookup sites and tent camping options with and without power, our property is designed for guests looking for a convenient stop while exploring the area. Enjoy an inexpensive way to stay in Ashland, get back to nature, and camp under the stars. Relax in a peaceful park-like setting and take in the natural beauty that surrounds our property. Once you have stayed at Ashland’s Creekside Campground, you'll want to come back year after year.

from $39/night

Mendocino Magic

Mendocino Magic in Laytonville, California, is a multi-format camping destination in inland Mendocino County offering RV sites, glamping setups, and traditional tent camping — a versatile outdoor accommodation property in the US-101 corridor of the North Coast Range where the Eel River's wild and scenic stream country, the Cahto Wilderness, and the drive to the Mendocino Coast's redwood groves, sea stacks, and art galleries give guests the most complete North Coast camping experience available from a campground positioned between the redwood coast and the inland mountain valley. Laytonville's Mendocino County position on US-101, 45 miles east of the Mendocino coast and 50 miles south of Humboldt Redwoods State Park, gives the campground the specific North Coast corridor character of a property at the intersection of the coast road's scenic tourism appeal and the inland mountain valley's quieter outdoor recreation character. RV sites, glamping setups, and traditional tent camping give Mendocino Magic the complete spectrum of overnight outdoor accommodation in a single Laytonville property — the glamping format specifically gives the comfort-seeking non-camper the curated outdoor accommodation experience that the Mendocino County inland mountain setting sustains without the tent camping infrastructure logistics, and the RV site gives the self-contained traveler the hookup service for the North Coast leg of the US-101 coastal tour. The campground's multi-format accommodation reflects the specific Mendocino County market of the coastal artisan and agricultural heritage tourism that the North Coast's unique culture sustains. Pets are welcome. Humboldt Redwoods State Park, 50 miles north of Laytonville on US-101 in Humboldt County, protects the largest remaining contiguous old-growth coast redwood forest in the world — 17,000 acres of ancient Sequoia sempervirens forest in the Eel River's Bull Creek drainage where the Avenue of the Giants 32-mile scenic alternate to US-101 passes through the Rockefeller Forest's 10,000-acre old-growth stand, the world's largest preserved ancient redwood grove, in a grove of trees that include the confirmed tallest individual specimens in the forest. The coast redwood's maximum height of 380 feet and the 2,000-year age class of the Bull Creek drainage's oldest trees give the Humboldt Redwoods the specific scale and antiquity that no other temperate forest in the Northern Hemisphere matches. The Mendocino Coast, 45 miles west of Laytonville via CA-162 and CA-1 at Fort Bragg, provides the dramatic sea stack and headland coastline of the Mendocino Headlands State Park, the Mendocino village's Victorian architecture and artist colony character, and the Noyo Harbor's working fishing fleet and salmon charter boat operation that give the Fort Bragg-Mendocino corridor its specific combination of natural coastal scenery and North Coast cultural heritage. The MacKerricher State Park's 10 miles of beach north of Fort Bragg and the Glass Beach's sea-polished glass deposits give the Mendocino coastal day trip its accessible natural and geological attractions. Mendocino Magic serves guests through Mendocino County's North Coast camping season, with the spring whale migration from February through April giving the coastal viewpoints their spectacular gray whale observation and the summer fog season from June through August creating the coastal marine layer conditions that the inland Laytonville valley's warmer, clearer summer temperatures specifically complement for the guest who values the inland camp over the often-foggy coast campground in the summer. The Cahto Wilderness in the Mendocino National Forest gives the campground's immediate backcountry hiking access in the Laytonville area's inland mountain terrain. Reserve sites and glamping accommodations ahead for the summer US-101 coastal tourism season and the fall harvest season in Mendocino County's wine and apple country.

Blue Lakes Village RV Park

14 RV Sites

Blue Lakes Village RV Park sits directly across California Highway 20 from Blue Lakes in Lake County, Northern California, a small private resort tucked into the wine country foothills north of Clear Lake where the pace slows and the water is the center of daily life. The lake is private to resort guests, and the combination of direct waterfront access and a campground designed for campers who want to actually use the water rather than just park near it sets Blue Lakes Village apart from most RV parks in the Northern California lake country. Full hookup sites serve RV guests, and the resort's amenities lean into the lake experience: a private beach and dock give guests a direct launch point for kayaking, swimming to the rope swing, fishing from the dock, or simply jumping in on a summer afternoon. The property includes a fenced dog park, hammocks, BBQ pits, camping games, coin-operated laundry, a community garden, and resort-wide WiFi. Hot showers ensure the transition from lake to campsite is as comfortable as the experience of getting in the water in the first place. Blue Lakes sits in a long, narrow valley in the Lake County hills, surrounded by oak and manzanita terrain that holds the warmth of the Central California summer while staying noticeably cooler than the Sacramento Valley floor below. Lake County is California's least densely populated wine region—a place where the volcanic soils and high elevations produce Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, and Zinfandel largely without the weekend crowds and tasting room queues that define Napa and Sonoma. The lakes here are spring-fed and clear, the kind of water that makes you want to get in it rather than just look at it from the shore. Clear Lake, the largest natural freshwater lake entirely within California, is a 20-minute drive south and supports excellent bass fishing, kayaking, and birdwatching along its extensive tule marsh shoreline. Lake Mendocino, formed by Coyote Valley Dam on the East Fork Russian River, is a similar distance north and adds boating, swimming, and hiking on Cow Mountain Recreation Area trails that climb the ridges above the reservoir. The town of Lakeport on Clear Lake provides restaurants, a lakefront city park, and the Lake County Museum's collection of Pomo and Wailaki basketry that is among the finest in California. Blue Lakes Village operates through the Northern California camping season with summer the peak period for lake swimming and water recreation. The resort accommodates both short-term campers and long-term guests on weekly and monthly arrangements, making it a flexible option for extended stays in the Lake County hills. The tiny home and retro RV accommodations available for overnight rental give the property a boutique character that goes beyond the standard RV park, and the private dock and beach ensure that arriving without a kayak is not a reason to miss out on what makes this particular lake destination worth visiting.

from $50/night

Mendocino Redwoods RV Resort

47 RV Sites, 18 Cabins, 15 Tent Sites

Mendocino Redwoods RV Resort sits just off US-101 in Willits, California, positioned at the junction of the redwood-lined Eel River corridor and the highway that carries travelers west toward the Mendocino Coast. The resort draws both destination campers and travelers passing through Northern California's scenic interior, offering a full-featured family resort experience inside a landscape defined by towering conifers and the quiet rhythms of the coastal range. The resort's amenities are built for multi-day stays: a pool, hot tub, fishing pond, mini golf, disc golf, splash pad, and a western-themed area that hosts evening dances and ice cream parlor events through the season. Premium sites include private hot tubs for guests who want a step up in comfort. A petting zoo, playground, and arcade room target younger campers, while bicycle rentals, a dog park, and a general store give everyone a reason to spend the day on-property. Free WiFi, bathrooms, showers, and laundry facilities handle the basics. Rustic cabins are available alongside RV sites and tent camping for a range of accommodation needs throughout the season. Willits sits in the Redwood Valley at the southern edge of Mendocino County's interior, surrounded by second-growth redwoods, Douglas fir, and the mixed conifer forests that define the Northern California coastal range. The Mendocino Redwoods RV Resort captures the character of this landscape—dense woodland, cool summers, and a natural quiet that stands in sharp contrast to California's more crowded campgrounds further south. Highway 20 connects Willits to Fort Bragg and the Mendocino coast in about 45 minutes, giving resort guests easy access to both the interior forest environment and the Pacific shoreline without an extended detour. The Skunk Train is the defining attraction of the Willits–Fort Bragg corridor—a historic narrow-gauge railroad that has been running through the redwood mountains since 1885, now offering various rail excursions through scenery inaccessible by road. Fort Bragg's Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, positioned directly on a Pacific bluff, provides 47 acres of coastal plants, native plant nursery, and direct beach access. The Avenue of Giants, south of Garberville, is the most dramatic concentration of ancient coast redwoods in the world, with trees exceeding 350 feet in height and more than 2,000 years in age. Closer to Willits, regional wineries provide evening tasting options for adults looking to extend the Northern California experience. Mendocino Redwoods RV Resort runs a summer season that tracks the Northern California camping peak, with the interior valley around Willits often enjoying warmer, clearer weather than the foggy immediate coast. Fall brings crisp weather and lower crowds across the region—an underrated time to explore both the redwoods and the coastal communities of Mendocino and Fort Bragg. Reserve early for summer holiday weekends, and plan your Skunk Train tickets in advance as the popular rail excursions fill quickly. For families and couples who want a genuinely Northern California forest experience without sacrificing comfort, Mendocino Redwoods RV Resort delivers easy access to some of the region's most iconic landscapes.

from $46/night

Clear Lake Campground

39 RV Sites

Clear Lake Campground in Clearlake, California, offers 36 full-hookup RV sites on Cache Creek with 30-amp service, taking rigs to 40 feet, plus a boat ramp, kayak and boat rentals, and an outdoor pool. Established in the 1950s, it sits on the sole natural outlet of Clear Lake — the largest natural freshwater lake entirely within California. Thirty-six sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30-amp in back-in, creekside back-in, and pull-through configurations sized to 40 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Rigs longer than 40 feet will not fit, and the 30-amp service is worth noting for guests running high-draw appliances. Laundry, restrooms, and showers handle longer stays, and WiFi reaches the property. Water access is the campground's core. A boat ramp gives direct entry to the creek and lake, and boat and kayak rentals are available on site for guests who arrive without their own. Fishing, canoeing, kayaking, paddle boats, and swimming all run from the property, with an outdoor pool as the managed alternative. A playground serves families, and hiking, biking, ping pong, and birding fill out the rest. Pets are welcome. Cache Creek carries bass and catfish, and Clear Lake's position on the migratory corridor concentrates birdlife through spring and fall. Note the lake experiences blue-green algae blooms in some summer periods, which affects swimming conditions. Clearlake sits 90 miles north of San Francisco on Highway 20, in Lake County's wine country and volcanic highlands. The campground has drawn returning Bay Area families for seven decades. Summer is peak — reserve ahead, and check current lake conditions when planning swimming.

from $58/night

Oregon Outback RV Park

11 RV Sites, 1 Tent Site

Oregon Outback RV Park in Lakeview, Oregon, offers 11 RV sites and a tent site on the Oregon Outback Scenic Byway, with 30 and 50-amp water-and-electric service and rigs accepted to 80 feet. Pull-through and no-hookup back-in categories serve a spacious, family-owned property at 4,800 feet with views of Abert Rim. Eleven sites run in pull-through and no-hookup back-in configurations, the serviced sites carrying water and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 80 feet, with picnic tables — note there are no sewer hookups, though a dump station is available. A tent site covers simpler camping. Laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, showers, and WiFi handle the practical side. Pets are welcome. A playground serves families, and the setting does the rest. Abert Rim rises directly from the alkali flat of Lake Abert's western shore — the longest exposed fault escarpment in North America at over 30 miles long and 2,500 feet tall, a geological display that recalibrates your sense of the Great Basin's vertical scale. Fishing, hiking, biking, birding, and hot springs are all accessible from the area, with skiing nearby in season. The elevation delivers crisp, clear air and genuinely dark night skies, which the Outback Byway's distance from any major urban center sustains. Lake County packs more geological and wildlife interest into its landscape than almost anywhere else in Oregon. The park serves the high desert season, with summer travel on the byway the peak and fall bringing clear conditions and quiet. With 11 sites, reserve ahead for summer weekends.

from $25/night

Coastal Pines RV Resort

59 RV Sites

On Humboldt Bay in Eureka, California—in the redwood coast's most significant commercial city, where the Victorian architecture of Old Town, the fishing pier culture of the bay's working harbor, and the 40-mile radius that contains both Redwood National Park and the Coast Range's most intact temperate rainforest create a Northern California stopping point of genuine and multilayered quality—Coastal Pines RV Resort provides 59 full hookup sites with complimentary high-speed WiFi, 75-plus satellite television channels, and walkable access to the 6.3-mile Humboldt Bay waterfront trail that connects the resort to Old Town's restaurants, galleries, Victorian neighborhoods, and the waterfront character that Eureka has maintained more successfully than any other North Coast city. The trail access, the Old Town proximity, and the Redwood parks' 40-minute driving range make Coastal Pines the campground that Eureka's layered visitor experience deserves. Fifty-nine full hookup sites include 45 pull-through positions, accommodating the range of RV lengths up to 45 feet with 30 and 50-amp electric service, water, and sewer connections. Complimentary high-speed WiFi covers the property's full footprint, and 75-plus satellite channels at each site provide the entertainment infrastructure for extended-stay guests. Modern shower rooms and restrooms, coin-operated laundry, and mobile RV repair service available on request complete the practical infrastructure. The 6.3-mile Humboldt Bay waterfront trail accessible directly from the resort provides the most immediately impactful amenity: a pedestrian route along the bay's edge connecting the campground to Old Town Eureka's restaurants, bars, boutiques, galleries, and the Victorian architecture that makes Eureka's historic core a walking tour of specific and photographable quality. The Redwood Market adjacent to the campground provides gas and diesel with the proximity that eliminates the navigation detour that fuel stops typically impose on arriving guests. Old Town Eureka's Victorian architecture reflects the wealth that the Humboldt County timber industry generated in the late 19th century and deployed in the construction of the painted-lady houses, the ornate commercial facades, and the Carson Mansion—considered one of the finest examples of Victorian residential architecture in the United States—that define the district's visual character. The Blue Ox Millworks, operating as a working Victorian mill and artisan complex within the Old Town area, demonstrates the craft skills that built the original houses and continues to produce the gingerbread millwork that restoration projects across the country purchase for historically accurate renovations. The Samoa Cookhouse—a surviving lumber camp cookhouse across the bay, operating as a restaurant that serves lumber-camp-style meals at long tables with no menu choices—provides a historically specific dining experience that exists nowhere else in California. The Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, accessible by the bay trail or by car from the campground, provides birding access to one of the Pacific Flyway's most important wintering shorebird habitats. Redwood National and State Parks—encompassing the world's tallest trees in old-growth redwood groves accessible on trails ranging from half-mile easy walks to all-day backcountry routes—are 30 to 50 minutes north on US 101, making Eureka a practical base for multiple days of redwood exploration without paying the premium pricing of the Klamath and Crescent City campground markets. Coastal Pines RV Resort is open year-round in Eureka's cool maritime climate, where the fog and mild temperatures that the ocean moderates make every season comfortable for RV occupancy. The redwood parks are open year-round, Old Town is active year-round, and the bay trail's coastal scenery is as rewarding in the winter gray as in the summer's occasional clear days. Reserve your pull-through site, walk the bay trail to Old Town for dinner, and let Humboldt Bay and the redwood coast earn the Northern California reputation that travelers who stop here almost always wish they had planned more days for.

from $43/night

Riverwalk RV Park

18 RV Sites

Riverwalk RV Park in Fortuna, California, offers 18 full-hookup pull-through RV sites alongside the Eel River, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 65 feet. Every site is pull-through, with an outdoor pool, spa, clubhouse, and recreation center at the southern gateway to Humboldt County's redwood coast. Eighteen pull-through sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and high-speed internet, sized to 65 feet. Every site pulling through means no backing after a long drive up US-101 and no unhitching for an overnight. A general store, laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. Pets are welcome. An outdoor pool and spa anchor the property, with a clubhouse, recreation center, billiards, ping pong, and horseshoes covering indoor and social hours. Walking trails run along the river with fishing, hiking, and swimming from the area, and a playground serves families. Fortuna sits at the southern gateway to the California Redwood Coast, and the corridor north is the reason to stay. Ancient coastal redwood forest, wild Pacific coastline, and Victorian-era fishing communities extend from here through the heart of Humboldt County — one of the most remarkable natural landscapes in the American West, and one that rewards more than a single day. The park serves both US-101 through-travelers and guests basing themselves for the redwoods. Summer is the peak, with the coast staying mild and the parks busy from June through September. With 18 sites, reserve ahead for warm-weather weekends.

from $65/night

Camp Trinidad RV Resort

44 RV Sites, 4 Cabins

Camp Trinidad RV Resort in Trinidad, California, has been a cherished destination on the Humboldt County North Coast for over 40 years — a locally owned resort in one of the most naturally spectacular and most ecologically intact sections of the California coastline, where the Trinidad Head's sea stack and offshore rock archipelago, the old-growth coastal redwood forests within minutes of the campground, and the Humboldt Bay and Patrick's Point State Park corridor give guests an outdoor recreation and natural beauty concentration that the Northern California coast specifically delivers away from the more trafficked Bay Area and Mendocino coast sections. The resort's four decades of North Coast heritage and the local ownership's deep connection to the Trinidad area's natural character sustain the authentic identity that long-established independently owned campgrounds maintain against the regional franchise alternatives. The resort's full-service RV sites give guests the practical infrastructure for comfortable North Coast stays in an area where the narrow coastal road geography and the undeveloped character of the surrounding public lands limit the campground inventory to a small number of well-positioned properties. The resort's long-established identity as the Trinidad coastal campground gives it the repeat visitor loyalty that multi-decade operations build — guests who have camped here for years return specifically for the property's character rather than searching the regional market for alternatives. Pets are welcome. Trinidad State Beach, immediately north of the resort in Trinidad's historic coastal community, is one of the most photogenic beaches in California — a small cove beach of dark sand, sea stacks, and the Trinidad Head overlook trail whose views of the offshore rock formations and the Pacific horizon from the lighthouse trail above the cove create one of the classic North Coast vistas. The Trinidad fishing pier and the Trinidad Harbor's commercial fishing fleet sustain the working maritime character that distinguishes Trinidad from purely residential or resort coastal communities and give the town its genuine North Coast fishing village identity. Patrick's Point State Park, five miles north of Trinidad on the same rocky coastal terrace, preserves 640 acres of Sitka spruce forest and coastal bluff overlooking one of the most dramatic rocky coastlines in Northern California — the agates on Agate Beach, the Sumeg Village reconstruction of a traditional Yurok community, and the Wedding Rock and Agate Beach overlooks give the park a comprehensive interpretation of both the natural and cultural landscape of the Northern California coast. Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, 30 miles north on US Highway 101, protects old-growth coast redwood forest with a Roosevelt elk herd visible from Elk Prairie's meadow access road in one of the most consistently reliable large mammal wildlife viewing sites in California. Camp Trinidad RV Resort operates through the North Coast's camping season, with the summer months from June through August representing the primary dry-season window when the Pacific fog characteristic of the Humboldt coast is most reliably absent during the afternoons. Spring wildflowers along the coastal bluffs and the fall steelhead return to the Trinidad area's Freshwater Creek and Mad River sustain the camping demand into the shoulder seasons. Redwood National Park's Lady Bird Johnson Grove and the Tall Trees Grove (home to several of the world's tallest trees) are accessible via ranger-issued permits from Orick, 25 miles north. Reserve sites ahead for the summer peak when the Humboldt County coast's limited campground capacity fills from the Bay Area and Sacramento markets.

from $85/night