Planned Activities

Antlers RV Park & Campground

65 RV Sites, 39 Tent Sites

Antlers RV Park and Campground in Lakehead, California, offers 65 full-hookup back-in RV sites and 39 tent sites overlooking Shasta Lake, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 75 feet. A single back-in category means every guest gets the same spec, with a private boat launch, slip rentals, outdoor pool, and general store five minutes off I-5. Sixty-five back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 75 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. One category and no guesswork — and 75 feet accommodates a long coach with a tow, which is generous for a lakeside property on sloping terrain. Thirty-nine tent sites, cabins, and trailer rentals round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. A private boat launch, boat rentals, and slip rentals open the lake for boating and swimming, with an outdoor pool, sports courts, volleyball, basketball, ping pong, horseshoes, a playground, and picnicking filling the rest. Planned activities run through the season. Pets are welcome. Directions southbound: take the second Lakehead exit (702) for Antlers Road / Lakeshore Drive, turn left, right onto Antlers Road at the stop sign, and continue about 1.5 miles. Shasta Lake is California's largest reservoir, and this is one of the few private camping resorts that genuinely overlooks the water — houseboating, bass fishing, and the Shasta Caverns are all here, with Mount Shasta rising to the north. Summer lake season drives demand hard. Reserve well ahead for June through August.

from $33/night

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

Chinook RV Resort

15 RV Sites, 2 Cabins, 6 Tent Sites, 1 Onsite RV/Trailer

Framed by towering coast redwoods and positioned along the U.S. Highway 101 corridor near Klamath in Del Norte County, Chinook RV Resort offers a natural retreat at the intersection of the Klamath River and the Pacific Coast—one of Northern California's most scenically distinctive settings and a prime gateway for exploring the old-growth redwood forests that define the region's character. The combination of riverside proximity, towering tree canopy, and immediate access to Redwood National and State Parks makes the resort a compelling basecamp for guests drawn to Northern California's redwood coast. The resort accommodates guests in RV sites, rental cabins, and tent sites, providing lodging options suited to different camping styles and group preferences. An on-site lake with a lakefront fire gathering area serves as the social hub of the property in the evenings, where guests collect to unwind after days spent on the trails and beaches of the surrounding park system. The property's compact, nature-forward character gives it a quieter atmosphere compared to larger resort operations elsewhere along the Highway 101 corridor, and the lakefront fire setting is among the most atmospheric features of an evening spent at the resort. Redwood National Park—combined with Prairie Creek Redwoods, Del Norte Coast Redwoods, and Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Parks—forms one of the most intact old-growth redwood ecosystems remaining on the Pacific Coast, and Chinook RV Resort sits in close proximity to several of the system's most rewarding access points. Fern Canyon in Prairie Creek, where vertical canyon walls are carpeted in five-finger ferns, is accessible for wading hikes during summer. Enderts Beach offers a secluded cove with tide pools and driftwood-covered shores, and High Bluff Overlook provides sweeping coastal views and seasonal gray whale watching during winter and spring migration along the coast. The town of Klamath straddles the Klamath River at its mouth, and the river's lower section is productive for salmon and steelhead—a significant draw for anglers who pair a resort stay with fishing on one of California's premier coastal rivers. The Trees of Mystery attraction in Klamath, featuring a gondola ride through old-growth canopy and a Native American museum, adds a family-friendly option close by. The Redwood Coast Music Festival in Eureka brings jazz, blues, and folk performances to the coast each April for guests timing their visit to the spring shoulder season. Chinook RV Resort is best positioned for late spring through early fall visits, when the redwood parks are fully accessible and the coastal climate is most accommodating for outdoor activity. Summer fog is common along the Del Norte coast, moderating temperatures but sometimes limiting visibility at coastal overlooks during morning hours. Reservations are recommended well ahead of summer and fall peak periods, when demand for Redwood National Park-adjacent accommodations consistently outpaces available supply along this stretch of the Northern California coast. The property's lakeside social setting and its position within the redwood park network make it a well-rounded Northern California basecamp for guests who want both active trail access and a relaxed evening atmosphere at the end of each day.

from $26 $23/night

Mad River Rapids RV Park

12 RV Sites

Mad River Rapids RV Park in Arcata, California, offers 12 full-hookup pull-through RV sites with 30-amp service and rigs accepted to 70 feet, open year-round on the Mad River's coastal terrace in Humboldt County. A game room with billiards, ping pong, and an arcade, plus on-site dining and a general store, make this a full-service base on the Redwood Coast. Twelve pull-through sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30-amp, sized to 70 feet, with picnic tables. The pull-through configuration and big-rig-friendly layout suit large coaches, though note the 30-amp service if you run high-draw appliances. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side, and WiFi reaches the sites. If you provide a mobile number when booking, you may receive up to two text notifications a week; reply STOP to opt out. On-site recreation covers the region's rainy stretches well. A recreation center and game room hold billiards, ping pong, an arcade, and basketball, with on-site dining for meals and a playground for families. The Mad River runs alongside the property, with boating, a golf course, a casino, and wine and beer tasting all nearby. Pets are welcome. Arcata sits about 280 miles north of San Francisco near the junction of the Mad River and Humboldt Bay, where the world's tallest trees meet wild Pacific beaches. The university city has built a distinctive identity around ecological values and independent commerce, and serves both US-101 travelers and visitors drawn to the redwood forests. The park operates year-round, which matters on a coast where many properties close. Summer redwood traffic is the peak — reserve ahead for July and August.

from $56/night

Redwood Meadows RV Resort

35 RV Sites, 4 Tent Sites

Ten minutes east of Crescent City on Highway 199 in Hiouchi, California—immediately adjacent to Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park where the most intact old-growth redwood grove in the California state park system grows in a forest that has never been logged and where the Smith River's jade-green water flows under redwood canopy that rises 300 feet above the creek bed—Redwood Meadows RV Resort positions guests in the redwoods themselves rather than in the coastal fog zone that obscures the trees from the ocean-side campgrounds. The inland location produces warmer temperatures and less fog than Crescent City's coast, making the campground specifically better for the hiking and forest photography that Jedediah Smith's old-growth groves attract visitors specifically to experience. All sites feature crushed-rock pads with full hookup service—30 and 50-amp electric, water, and sewer—alongside fire rings and picnic tables. Spacious pull-through sites accommodate larger rigs without the navigation constraints that the forest setting might impose on properties with less thoughtfully designed site layouts. Clean restrooms, hot showers, on-site laundry, complimentary WiFi, and cable television complete the practical infrastructure. A basketball court and recreational room with a pool table, cable television, books, and board games provide the rainy-afternoon indoor programming option that the Del Norte County coast's maritime weather makes practically useful on a regular basis. The accommodation range extends from full hookup RV sites to tent sites on grassy areas and elevated platforms with electrical service, yurts, and cabin apartments—giving the property a flexibility across accommodation types that serves the broadest range of visitors to the redwoods corridor. Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park directly adjacent to the resort provides the most immediate and spectacular redwood access of any campground in the California redwood belt. The Stout Memorial Grove—a 44-acre old-growth stand of coast redwoods named for lumber baron Frank D. Stout—is accessible by a 1.5-mile loop trail that takes visitors through redwood trees of 1,000 to 2,000 years in age, some exceeding 20 feet in diameter at the base. The Boy Scout Tree Trail, accessible from near the campground, leads through one of the finest old-growth redwood environments in the state system on a six-mile round-trip that traverses the Fern Canyon ecosystem as well as the primary redwood canopy. The Smith River—designated a National Wild and Scenic River and one of only a handful of undammed major rivers remaining in California—flows through the park with the clarity that its undeveloped watershed produces. The river's winter steelhead and fall Chinook salmon runs are legendary in the California sport fishing community, and the access points within Jedediah Smith's boundaries give visiting anglers wading and bank fishing access to some of the most productive wild fish water in the state. Kayaking the Smith River's fern-lined banks in the dry season provides the most intimate experience of what an undammed California river looks like in its natural state. Redwood Meadows RV Resort is open year-round in Del Norte County's year-round-viable climate for the northern redwood corridor. The dry season from June through September provides the clearest views of the canopy and the warmest temperatures. Winter brings the steelhead season and the park's most atmospheric fog-filtered light. Reserve your site, pack rain gear for the shoulder seasons, and let Jedediah Smith's old-growth grove give the California redwood experience its most intact and genuinely ancient form.

from $35/night

The Retreat at Redwood Shores

71 RV Sites, 15 Cabins, 17 Tent Sites

The Retreat at Redwood Shores in Eureka, California, offers 71 RV sites, three cabins, and 10 tent sites across 10 acres on Humboldt Bay, with 30 and 50-amp water-and-electric service and rigs accepted to 72 feet. Premium, pull-through, back-in, and standard categories join a dry camping tier, with an outdoor pool, mini-golf, and dog park. Seventy-one sites span back-in, standard, premium, pull-thru, and dry camping categories, carrying water and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 72 feet. Two things to plan around: the sites carry water and electric but not sewer, so manage tank capacity accordingly, and the dry camping tier gives self-contained rigs a lower rate. Seventy-two feet is generous for the North Coast. Three cabins and 10 tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the property, with mini-golf, bocce ball, a playground, dog park, swimming, picnicking, and planned activities filling the grounds. Pets are welcome. Eureka sits where the Humboldt Bay estuary meets the southern edge of the coastal redwood ecosystem — the tallest trees on earth, in the only place they grow. The Avenue of the Giants runs south and Redwood National and State Parks north, which puts the two great redwood drives within reach of a single basecamp. Old Town Eureka's Victorian architecture, the Sequoia Park Zoo and garden, the Humboldt Botanical Garden, Fort Humboldt, and Madaket harbor cruises are all close. Summer is peak on the Redwood Coast, when the fog lifts and the parks fill. Reserve well ahead for July through September.

from $31/night

The Parkway RV Resort & Campground

21 RV Sites

The Parkway RV Resort & Campground in Orland, California, offers 21 full-hookup pull-through RV sites with water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp service, sized for rigs to 70 feet. Every RV site is pull-through — a genuine convenience for overnight I-5 stops — with an outdoor pool, a boutique shop, and a dog park on site, midway between Sacramento and Redding. Twenty-one sites run in standard, deluxe, and premium pull-through categories on 30 and 50-amp, all carrying full hookups and sized to 70 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Cabins serve guests without a rig. A general store, boutique shop, firewood, laundry, restrooms, showers, and a dump station handle the practical side, and WiFi reaches the property. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a dog park for pets and horseshoes and planned activities filling out the on-site calendar. The boutique shop is an unusual touch for an interstate corridor park and reflects the resort's positioning above the standard highway stop. Wine and beer tasting are available nearby. Pets are welcome. Orland sits in Glenn County's upper Sacramento Valley, flanked by the Coast Range to the west and the Cascade and Sierra foothills to the east. Black Butte Lake and the Sacramento Valley wildlife refuges give guests reason to extend beyond an overnight stay. The resort operates year-round on the I-5 corridor, serving both through-travelers and longer Sacramento Valley stays. Summer brings the heaviest highway traffic; with 21 sites, availability can tighten quickly on holiday weekends.

from $78/night

Sunny Valley Campground

Sunny Valley Campground in Wolf Creek, Oregon, offers large, shaded full-hookup RV sites on a big-rig-friendly property along the I-5 corridor between Medford and Roseburg. An outdoor pool, hot tub, clubhouse, and general store serve both through-travelers and guests basing themselves in the Rogue River country. Full-hookup RV sites accommodate large rigs, with the shade a genuine advantage in southern Oregon summers. A general store, laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side, with WiFi throughout. Pets are welcome. An outdoor pool and hot tub anchor the warm months, with a clubhouse, community fire pit, and playground on the grounds and volleyball and horseshoes besides. Hiking, biking, and swimming run from the area, with planned activities through the season and a national park within reach. The campground sits near the confluence of Grave Creek and the Rogue River, in a stretch of southwestern Oregon defined by rugged canyon terrain, dense mixed conifer forest, and one of the premier wild-and-scenic river systems on the Pacific Coast. That makes it a practical basecamp for the whitewater, hiking, and natural heritage of the greater Grants Pass and Rogue River region, as much as a convenient stop for travelers passing through. The park serves the I-5 corridor year-round, with summer rafting and hiking season driving the heaviest demand alongside cross-state travel. Reserve ahead for warm-weather weekends, when the Rogue corridor fills with both through-traffic and destination visitors.

from $25/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

AtRivers Edge RV Resort

71 RV Sites, 11 Cabins, 2 Yurts, 1 Airstream

AtRivers Edge RV Resort in Brookings, Oregon, offers 71 RV sites, 11 cabins, and three Airstream and yurt units along a half-mile of the Chetco River, with 20, 30, and 50-amp full hookups, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted to 70 feet. River front and river view categories sit behind a gated entrance, open all year, a mile from the ocean. Seventy-one sites span deluxe back-in, premium pull-through east, river front back-in, river view back-in, and river view pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 70 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and site WiFi. Accessible sites are available. Eleven cabins and three Airstream and yurt units round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, showers, firewood, personal mailboxes, and a clubhouse handle the practical side. The river frontage is the property's identity — half a mile of Chetco River with fishing directly from camp, walking trails, a community fire pit, and a beach. Planned activities run through the season. Pets are welcome. The Chetco River valley position is the resort's real advantage: it sits just outside the coastal fog and wind belt that defines the Brookings oceanfront, creating a temperate microclimate of unusual mildness in one of Oregon's warmest coastal communities. The ocean beaches are a mile away, an 18-hole championship golf course is nearby, and the Kalmiopsis Wilderness and its scenic nature trails begin close by. Summer is peak on the southern Oregon coast. Reserve well ahead, and request a river front site early.

from $66/night

Turtle Rock RV Resort

6 RV Sites

Turtle Rock RV Resort in Gold Beach, Oregon, offers six RV sites with 30 and 50-amp full hookups and cable TV, sized for rigs to 85 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Site categories include creek view back-ins and — distinctively — a back-in site with its own hot tub, on a small resort near where the Rogue River meets the Pacific. Six back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV, sized to 85 feet, with fire pits. Categories run standard back-in, creek view back-in, and back-in with hot tub, the last a genuinely uncommon feature at an RV site. A general store, propane fills, laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side, with WiFi throughout. Group stays require a one-night non-refundable deposit per reserved site at booking; group facility rates are available by phone. On-site recreation is deeper than six sites would suggest. A hot tub and sauna, a game room with billiards, a disc golf course, bike rentals, volleyball, horseshoes, and corn hole fill the property, with on-site dining for meals and planned activities through the season. Pets are welcome. Gold Beach sits in Curry County where the Rogue River — federally designated Wild and Scenic — meets the Pacific at the historic bar. The Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor's viewpoint trails run south along some of the most spectacular and least-visited coastline in the contiguous United States, and Rogue River jet boat tours, coastal hiking, and year-round crabbing and ocean fishing all run from town. Summer is peak on the southern Oregon coast. With six sites, reserve as early as you can.

from $61/night