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Lakeshore Resort - Lakehead

39 RV Sites, 10 Cabins, 1 Cottage

On the banks of Lake Shasta in Lakehead, California—five minutes off Interstate 5 in Shasta County where the Sacramento River, McCloud River, and Pit River meet behind Shasta Dam to create California's largest reservoir at 29,000 surface acres and 365 miles of shoreline in the Klamath Mountains' forested landscape—Lakeshore Resort provides a historic lakeside retreat with 39 RV sites and 11 cozy cabins under towering ponderosa pines, a seasonal swimming pool, a restaurant and bar, and the position as one of the few private resorts directly overlooking Lake Shasta's waters, with boat launches and swimming accessible within minutes of the resort property. For I-5 travelers making the run between Sacramento and Portland who want more than a truck stop, and for Shasta Lake anglers and houseboaters who want a comfortable land base, Lakeshore delivers the lake character the drive north is working toward. The 39 RV sites provide hookup service under the ponderosa pine canopy in the Lakehead community on the lake's northern arm, with the Lake Shasta views and the resort's direct water proximity creating the lakeside camping atmosphere that the inland California mountain reservoir delivers. Eleven cabins in the pine-forest setting alongside the seasonal pool, restaurant, and bar provide the complete resort infrastructure for guests without a rig in an environment the forested Shasta County lakeshore makes appealing beyond its I-5 convenience. The restaurant and bar serve the evening social function for both RV guests and cabin occupants, and the pool provides the warm-weather complement to the lake swimming that the property's close water access enables. Lakehead sits on the Sacramento River arm of Lake Shasta in the northern Sacramento Valley/southern Cascade Range transition zone, in the Shasta County landscape where the Interstate 5 corridor's passage through the Klamath Mountains creates the dramatic change in terrain from the valley floor to the mountain environment that marks the most visually significant transition on the entire I-5 corridor between Los Angeles and the Canadian border. The Pit River Bridge over Lake Shasta on I-5—at 500 feet above the lake surface, one of the highest interstate highway bridges in the United States—provides the introduction to the Shasta Lake landscape for northbound travelers that makes a stop in Lakehead feel like a logical response to the view. Shasta Dam, five miles south at the head of the Sacramento River arm, stands as one of the most impressive concrete structures in the American West—the second-tallest concrete dam in the United States at 602 feet, completed in 1945, whose visitor center and tours explain the Central Valley Project's water management infrastructure and the dam's construction history. The Shasta-Trinity National Forest's 2.2 million acres surround the lake in the mixed conifer and chaparral landscape that provides the hiking, fishing, and the dispersed camping that supplements the resort's infrastructure. Lake Shasta's bass, trout, salmon, and kokanee fishery makes it one of California's most productive multi-species lakes. Lakeshore Resort operates seasonally with the peak summer season from Memorial Day through Labor Day when the lake's houseboating fleet fills the 365-mile shoreline and the warm mountain summer temperatures make the pool and lake swimming the daily activity anchor for families and groups. The spring season from April through May offers the lake at its most full—the snowmelt from the Klamath Mountains and the Sierra feeds the reservoir to high-water levels that maximize the shoreline access and the scenic impact of the lake in the green, flower-season landscape. Reserve your RV site or cabin at Lakeshore Resort and let Lake Shasta's 365-mile shoreline, the ponderosa pines, and the northern California mountain landscape make the I-5 corridor's most impressive water body the destination rather than the backdrop.

from $53/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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ramblin' Redwoods Campground & RV Park

66 RV Sites, 5 Cabins, 20 Tent Sites

Ramblin' Redwoods Campground and RV Park in Crescent City, California, offers 66 RV sites, five cabins, and 20 tent sites along US-101, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Full-hookup and water-and-electric back-in and pull-through categories join a general store, community fire pit, pet washing station, and dog park. Sixty-six sites span back-in 30-amp, back-in 50-amp, back-in water-and-electric 30-amp, pull-thru 30-amp, pull-thru 50-amp, and pull-thru water-and-electric 30-amp categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits. Confirm your tier before booking, as the water-and-electric categories do not carry sewer at the site. Five cabins and 20 tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, and a pet washing station handle the practical side — the pet wash is genuinely useful on a coast this wet and muddy. Walking trails, a playground, community fire pit, dog park, horseshoes, and hiking fill the grounds, with a river, beaches, a casino, and a golf course nearby. Pets are welcome. Crescent City sits minutes from the entrance to Redwood National and State Parks, a complex of protected land preserving the tallest trees on earth in a setting of Pacific fog, fern-carpeted forest floors, and cold clear rivers. The Smith River, Jedediah Smith Redwoods, and the harbor's crabbing fleet are all close, with the Oregon border just north. Summer is peak on the far north coast. Reserve well ahead for July through September.

from $34/night

Crescent City Harbor District

53 RV Sites

Redwood Harbor Village at the Crescent City Harbor District sits at 159 Starfish Way on the working harbor of Crescent City, California—the northernmost city on the California coast, positioned at the southern edge of the Del Norte County redwood forests and within 10 miles of both Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park and the southern boundary of Redwood National Park. The harbor-front location gives it a character unique among North Coast campgrounds: boat docks, marina access, and a short walk to the harbor's shops and seafood restaurants combined with one of the most ecologically extraordinary redwood landscapes in the world just up the highway. Full hookup sites with 30 and 50-amp electric service, water, and sewer serve both back-in and pull-through configurations accommodating RVs up to 45 feet. The park is big-rig friendly, and the site layout takes direct advantage of the harbor position with boat dock access and marina proximity for guests arriving or departing by water. Showers and restrooms keep the property's practical amenities functional, and South Beach—the long sand beach that curves south from the harbor mouth—is accessible on foot from the campground. The pet-friendly policy accommodates traveling animals in a coastal setting where the beach provides excellent off-leash terrain where conditions allow. Crescent City's harbor occupies the southernmost protected harbor on the Oregon-California border coast, where the Pacific's exposure and the absence of natural harbor protection along most of this coastline make Crescent City's anchorage commercially and recreationally significant in a way that stretches of wilderness coast to the north cannot match. The harbor's sportfishing fleet targets Chinook salmon, rockfish, lingcod, and Dungeness crab in the productive cold-water upwelling zone that makes the Del Norte coast one of the more biologically rich stretches of Pacific Coast in California. The working waterfront character of the marina—commercial crab boats alongside recreational fishing vessels and the Coast Guard station—gives the campground an authentically maritime atmosphere. Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, 10 minutes northeast of Crescent City, protects the largest old-growth coast redwood forest in the Del Norte coast redwood ecosystem—the Smith River corridor within the park harbors individual trees exceeding 350 feet in height and several thousand years in age in groves that the Smith River's flooding has maintained by preventing the Douglas fir encroachment that characterizes drier redwood sites. The Howland Hill Road provides an unpaved drive through the park's interior that is one of the most immersive old-growth redwood experiences on the coast, accessible without the crowds that concentrate at Prairie Creek and Humboldt Redwoods farther south. Battery Point Lighthouse, on a tidal island accessible at low tide from Crescent City's waterfront, is one of California's most accessible active lighthouse museums. Redwood Harbor Village operates through the coastal California camping season in a climate where Del Norte County's consistent marine influence delivers fog, moderate temperatures, and the dramatic storm activity of the Pacific's winter swell season—storm-watching in January and February on this stretch of coast is among the most viscerally impressive experiences on the West Coast. Summer is peak season when the fog lifts regularly and the redwood parks reach their highest visitor density. Reserve ahead for summer holiday weekends when the harbor campground's combination of marina access and redwood proximity fills the property quickly.

from $37/night

Giant Redwoods RV and Cabin Destination

58 RV Sites, 5 Cabins

On the Avenue of the Giants in Myers Flat, California, surrounded on all sides by the ancient coastal redwood forest of Humboldt Redwoods State Park, Giant Redwoods RV and Cabin Destination offers 23 acres of riverfront camping in the most magnificently forested camping corridor on the Pacific Coast. The Eel River runs along the property's edge, providing a private beach, swimming access, and the kind of riverfront setting that simply does not exist at campgrounds outside the redwood belt. When the question is where to stay to fully experience the world's tallest trees, Giant Redwoods occupies a position—inside the Avenue of the Giants, adjacent to Humboldt Redwoods State Park—that makes it the standard against which other Redwood Country campgrounds are measured. The property's 76 RV sites span the full range of hookup configurations: ten sites with full hookups (50-amp), two with full hookups (30-amp), and 41 partial hookup sites, with 29 pull-through positions accommodating rigs up to 80 feet in length—an important detail in a region where large motorhomes are common. Twenty-five tent sites round out the accommodation options for travelers in smaller setups. Glamping cabins provide the most comfortable option on the property, each equipped with heating, air conditioning, smart TVs, mini fridges, and microwaves, with a private dedicated bathroom a short walk from each unit. Restrooms, hot showers, a laundromat, and a general store handle the practical needs of multi-day stays. A playground, volleyball court, and the Eel River beach provide outdoor recreation, and summer outdoor movie nights with a concession stand operating from Memorial Day through Labor Day add an evening entertainment dimension suited to the campground's unhurried atmosphere. The Eel River beach is Giant Redwoods' most distinctive property feature. The river in this section runs clear and cold through wide gravel bars and sandy beaches that provide some of the most pleasant freshwater swimming in Northern California, with the added atmospheric bonus of doing so beneath coast redwoods that tower 300-plus feet above the water. Fishing for steelhead and salmon marks the fall and winter seasons, and the gravel bar environment supports the kingfishers, mergansers, and great blue herons that work the river margins year-round in impressive numbers. Humboldt Redwoods State Park, which the campground sits within, contains the largest contiguous old-growth coast redwood forest in the world—more than 17,000 acres of ancient forest including the Rockefeller Forest, the largest old-growth coastal redwood forest on earth. The Avenue of the Giants itself—a 31-mile scenic alternate to US-101 that winds through the park's most impressive groves—passes literally through the campground, giving guests immediate, zero-drive-time access to groves including Founders Grove, Williams Grove, and Drury-Chaney Loop, where trees exceeding 350 feet in height and 20 feet in diameter stand in concentrations unmatched anywhere on the planet. Giant Redwoods RV and Cabin Destination operates year-round, though summer represents the peak season when the river swimming, movie nights, and redwood forest hiking combine most effectively. Fall brings steelhead to the Eel River and winter fog into the redwood canopy for a distinctly different and equally compelling atmosphere. Riverside sites and glamping cabins book earliest for summer weekends. Reserve your riverfront site and experience the coast redwoods from the most immediate and immersive position available.

from $75/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