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Cloverdale/Healdsburg Campground

61 RV Sites, 18 Cabins, 46 Tent Sites, 14 Lodges

Cloverdale Healdsburg Campground in California's Alexander Valley offers 61 RV sites, 32 cabin and lodge units, and 46 tent sites on a ridge overlooking Sonoma County wine country, with 30 and 50-amp full hookups and rigs accepted up to 100 feet. Premium view, premium pull-through, and standard categories join a pool, spa, game room, and dark-sky stargazing. Sixty-one sites span 30/50-amp standard, 30/50-amp standard pull-thru, 30/50-amp premium, 30/50-amp premium pull-thru, and 30/50-amp premium view categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 100 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. One hundred feet is exceptional and accommodates the longest coaches with a tow. The premium view category is the one to request. Thirty-two cabins and lodges and 46 tent sites round out an unusually deep lodging inventory. A general store, laundry, and restrooms handle the practical side. An outdoor pool and spa anchor the property, with a game room, pond, walking trails, and dog park filling the grounds. Fishing and swimming run on site. Pets are welcome. The dark-sky certification is the differentiator — this is one of the few certified campgrounds in Northern California, and on a clear night the ridge position delivers what that promises. The Alexander Valley appellation spreads below, with Healdsburg's tasting rooms and restaurants a short drive south. The campground has been operating for 34 years. Harvest season and summer drive the heaviest demand in Sonoma. Reserve well ahead for August through October.

from $63/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

Blue Lakes Village RV Park

14 RV Sites

Blue Lakes Village RV Park in Upper Lake, CA, offers 14 full-hookup back-in RV sites with 30-amp service and room for rigs up to 40 feet. Every site is a back-in carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi. Note the electrical: this is a 30-amp park throughout, so a rig wired for heavier service will need an adapter and some load management, and the 40-foot maximum keeps it to mid-size rigs. Laundry and a bathhouse with showers are on site, and pets are welcome with a dog park. The water is why people book. A fishing pier and a beach give guests direct access to Blue Lakes, which stay private to resort guests — a genuinely rare thing in California — with swimming, fishing, kayaking, hiking, and biking from the property. Upper Lake sits in Lake County, in the wine country foothills north of Clear Lake, directly across Highway 20 from the lakes. Rates and availability are on the booking page. Fourteen sites on a private lake means summer fills quickly — reserve well ahead.

from $55/night

Mendocino Redwoods RV Resort

47 RV Sites, 18 Cabins, 15 Tent Sites

Mendocino Redwoods RV Resort in Willits, CA, offers 47 full-hookup RV sites, 18 cabins, and 15 tent sites, with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 60 feet. Sites run from standard back-ins and standard pull-thrus up through deluxe pull-thrus, end sites, and premium pull-thrus with a private hot tub. Every site carries water, sewer, and electric with cable TV, a fire pit, picnic table, and barbecue. The grounds are gated. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, firewood, propane exchange, and a dump station cover the essentials, and pets are welcome with a dog park on site. The recreation list is genuinely deep for a park this size: an outdoor pool, a water park, a hot tub and sauna, a disc golf course, mini-golf, a game room and arcade, volleyball, basketball, bocce, and horseshoes, plus a bar, snack bar, pavilion, and a barn for larger gatherings. Creek frontage, walking trails, and hiking round it out. Willits sits just off US-101 in Mendocino County, at the junction of the redwood country and the road west toward the Mendocino Coast. Rates for sites, cabins, and tent spots are on the booking page. The premium hot tub pull-thrus are limited and book earliest.

from $46/night

Jellystone Park™ Tower Park

259 RV Sites, 95 Cabins

Jellystone Park Tower Park in Lodi, California, offers 259 RV sites and 95 cabins on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, with 30 and 50-amp full hookups, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted to 90 feet. Deluxe, Preferred Deluxe, and Red Carpet categories in both back-in and pull-through join a marina, lazy river, and water park. Two hundred fifty-nine sites span deluxe back-in, preferred deluxe back-in, preferred Red Carpet back-in, preferred Red Carpet pull-through, and premium categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 90 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Accessible sites are available, and 95 cabins including Delta Deluxe units round out the accommodations. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. A daily resort fee applies and covers mini-golf, the playground, and the wider amenity set. Recreation is extensive. A water park, lazy river, outdoor pool, hot tub, and inflatable water toys anchor the summer, with a marina, boat ramp, and Delta slough fishing on the water side. Mini-golf, laser tag, a jumping pillow, gaga ball, gem mining, sports courts, volleyball, basketball, and horseshoes fill the grounds, with a craft room, bar, on-site dining, live music, and planned activities besides. Pets are welcome. Lodi is world-renowned Zinfandel country, which makes this a rare resort where the children's programming and the wine tasting trail work in parallel. Summer is peak. Reserve well ahead.

from $62/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.

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

Placerville RV Resort & Campground

48 RV Sites, 3 Cabins, 20 Tent Sites

Placerville RV Resort & Campground in Shingle Springs, California, offers 48 RV sites, three cabins, and 20 tent sites in the Sierra Nevada foothills, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted up to 121 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout — the most generous length allowance in this tranche. A water slide, pool, hot tub, and mini-golf serve Gold Country travelers. Forty-eight sites span 30/20-amp back-ins, water-and-electric back-ins, water-and-electric pull-ins, and pull-through categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted, sized to 121 feet, with picnic tables, BBQ pits, cable TV, and site WiFi. Individual sites are listed by number in several categories, so you can pick your spot. Three cabins and 20 tent sites round out the accommodations. A general store, laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. An outdoor pool with a water slide anchors the summer, with a hot tub and sauna, mini-golf, an arcade, and a recreation center besides. A pond supports fishing, with a playground, dog park, horseshoes, and strong stargazing across the foothill sky. Pets are welcome. Shingle Springs sits in El Dorado County on the US-50 corridor between Sacramento and South Lake Tahoe, where Gold Rush heritage meets the Apple Hill agricultural district's orchards and wineries. The elevation trades the Sacramento Valley's summer heat for mountain air. Directions: from Placerville head west on Highway 50 about six miles — do not exit at Ponderosa Road — then take Exit 39, Shingle Springs Drive north. Summer and Apple Hill harvest season drive demand. Reserve ahead.

from $64/night

Grass Valley RV Resort

100 RV Sites

Welcome to Grass Valley RV Resort, your getaway in the beautiful Sierra Nevada foothills. Just minutes from historic downtown Grass Valley, our resort offers a peaceful setting surrounded by tall pines and rolling hills. We provide spacious RV sites with full hookups, along with a variety of amenities to make your stay comfortable and convenient. From outdoor gathering spaces to a refreshing pool and cozy lodge, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Whether you’re here for a weekend escape or an extended stay, Grass Valley RV Resort is the perfect base to explore Nevada County. Relax, recharge, and experience the charm of Northern California.

from $84/night

49er Village

147 RV Sites, 11 Cottages

49er Village in Plymouth, California, offers 136 full-hookup RV sites and 11 cottages on Highway 49 in the Sierra Nevada foothills, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 55 feet. Premium and standard back-in and pull-through categories join two pools, a hot tub, and on-site dining in Gold Country. One hundred thirty-six sites span standard full hookup back-in, standard full hookup pull-through, premium full hookup back-in, and premium full hookup pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 55 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Eleven cottages round out the lodging. A laundry, propane fills, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. An outdoor pool and hot tub and sauna anchor the property, with a clubhouse, on-site dining, playground, and horseshoes filling the grounds. A pond supports fishing, with shuffleboard, volleyball, and birding besides. Boating, a golf course, a state park, and wine tasting are all nearby. Pets are welcome. Plymouth sits in Amador County at the heart of the California Gold Rush trail and the Shenandoah Valley wine region — a combination that makes this one of the most culinarily and historically appealing RV communities in the state. Highway 49 runs the length of Gold Country, and the tasting rooms are minutes away. Harvest season and spring wildflowers drive the heaviest demand in the foothills, with summer bringing heat and Gold Country touring. Reserve ahead for fall crush weekends.

from $52/night

Angels Camp RV Resort

60 RV Sites, 7 Cabins

Angels Camp RV Resort in California offers 60 full-hookup RV sites and seven cabins in the Gold Country foothills, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted up to 100 feet. Back-in and pull-through categories join an outdoor pool, craft room, business center, community fire pit, and pond in Calaveras County. Sixty sites run in back-in and pull-through categories, both carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 100 feet. One hundred feet is exceptional for foothill terrain and accommodates the longest coaches with a tow. Two straightforward categories keep booking simple. Seven cabins, lodges, and premium tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, showers, RV storage, and boat storage handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a craft room, business center, pavilion, playground, pond, dog park, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, and swimming filling the rest. Hiking is close, and a national park is within range. Pets are welcome. Angels Camp is the town Mark Twain made famous with his 1865 story about the Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and the Jumping Frog Jubilee still runs every May. The gold rush mining history that shaped the town is visible throughout the Highway 49 corridor, with Calaveras Big Trees State Park's giant sequoias, Mercer Caverns, and the Sierra foothill wine country all close — and Yosemite within a longer day's reach. Spring wildflowers and summer drive the heaviest demand, with the May Jubilee filling the town. Reserve well ahead for that weekend and for June through August.

from $82/night

Saddle Mountain

16 RV Sites

Saddle Mountain in Carmel, California, offers 16 full-hookup RV sites on 89 acres of wooded forestland off Carmel Valley Road, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs sized to 30 feet. Popular, Popular XL, and Premium categories join cabins and luxury tents, with an outdoor pool, hot tub, and sports courts. Sixteen back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV, sized to 30 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. The 30-foot cap is the key planning detail — this suits smaller trailers and vans rather than large coaches, and the three tiers let you match site to rig. Cabins and luxury tents round out the lodging, and both come with beds, linens, pillows, towels, and washcloths; cabins have central heating and air conditioning as standard. Restrooms, showers, and WiFi handle the practical side. An outdoor pool and hot tub and sauna anchor the property, with sports courts, basketball, ping pong, horseshoes, corn hole, walking trails, hiking, and a playground across the acreage. Stargazing is strong under the forest canopy, and wine tasting and a golf course are nearby. Pets are welcome. The 89 acres of private oak, Monterey pine, and coastal redwood sit five miles from Highway 1 and 30 miles up the coast from Big Sur. That distance from the highway is what makes the seclusion real rather than nominal, while Carmel-by-the-Sea, Point Lobos State Reserve, and the 17-Mile Drive stay within easy reach. Summer is peak on the Monterey Peninsula. With 16 sites, reserve well ahead.

from $102 $89/night