best camp grounds near los angeles?

Answer 1

Depends on what you mean by LA area. If you mean the immediate LA area, there aren't many. Check out rvparkreviews.com to see the few that are in the LA area. There's Dockweiler (County beach, NOT state beach), which is right on the beach at Playa Del Rey. Then there's Malibu Beach RV Park, which is on the hill ABOVE the beach, across PCH. Technically, this is not on the beach, since you have to cross PCH to get to the beach. It's an older park with VERY tight spots, even for tent trailers. However, the sweeping views tend to make people forget about the other issues, like the grumpy managers, Stalinistic regulations, and the abundance of permanent residents with their associated clutter. That's it for LA County Beach Parks. I don't count Leo Carillo State Beach, it has no hookups (and it's on the north side of PCH, to boot).

Others, which are not on the beach, include East Shore, Featherly, Fairplex KOA, and a few in Anaheim.

If you are interested in RV parks within 100 miles, your possibilities open up quite a bit. From LA south to San Diego:

Newport Dunes: The Cadillac of RV parks. But the prices are at least double that of the state parks. If I wanted to spend that much, I'd get a hotel room.

Doheney State Beach: No hookups, but you are right on the beach. Plan your life 6-7 months in advance, because this is popular.

San Clemente State Beach: Once again, no hookups, and you are on the bluffs above the beach.

San Onofre State Beach: Unless you are a HARD CORE surfer, this is not a good place to camp. Camped here once, never again. You are 10 feet from the RR tracks, 20 feet from I-5. If you're lucky, you get to be right next to the border checkpoint, with flashing lights all night. And it's 1/4 mile walk
to the beach. Loud teens and twenty-somethings up late, and no ranger enforcement of quiet time. Great if you're a college-aged person and want to surf and party, but rotten for families.

South Carlsbad SB: Not a bad campground, but no hookups. On the bluffs above the beach. Great for whale watching during migration season.

San Elijo SB: Same as South Carlsbad, but with HOOKUPS in a few sites. Once again, you need to be on reserveamerica.com on the first of the month, six months in advance.

Campland on the Bay: Private campground on the north end of Mission Bay. Close to Sea World. Excellent location, lots of organized activities, but you pay for it. Full amenities here, like Newport Dunes: Water, electric, sewer, cable, good camp store. It has everything, and is close to Sea World.

Now, let's travel northward from LA County to Santa Barbara:

Point Mugu State Park, which consists of Broome State Beach and Sycamore Canyon. No hookups. Thornhill Broome campground is on the beach. This is a lonely bit of windswept beach, near a naval base. The nice part is that it's less crowded. However, that's because of the wind.

Mc Grath SB: Nice enough campground, no hookups. However, about 1/4 mile walk to beach across dunes.

Emma Wood SB: No hookups here, but you can park right by the water, which crashes against the rocks on the breakwater.

Carpinteria: Now we're talking. This has sites with hookups, as well as non-hookup sites. The best area is Santa Rosa, which has full hookups. San Miguel has water and electric, but no sewer. If you have a rig about 24' or less, then try to get beach row in Santa Rosa. If you have a longer rig, up to 30', you will need to camp in Long Row. This is one of the most popular campgrounds in the State (along with San Elijo)

El Capitan and Refugio State Beach: Neither has hookups, but they are very nice campgrounds about 2 miles apart. Refugio is on the beach level, and El Cap is on the bluffs above the beach.

That's about it, have fun!

Answer 2

You can find a lot of LA campgrounds on this site: http://www.reserveamerica.com/browseMaps.do?topTabIndex=CampgroundMap. It really depends on whether you want to be near the beach or up in the mountains. LA is in one of its worst droughts ever, so you may find that some of the mountain campgrounds are closed or are severely restricting campfires, and you should be sure you have a radio or something with you in case you need to keep up with the news about fires. The Angeles National forest has a site with info also: http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/angeles/recreation/develop-camp-group.shtml

Answer 3

As glaring pronounced until now me, definite Carpinteria is between the terrific new child friendly tenting places, i understand simply by fact i've got additionally camped there with my family, somewhat the terrific tenting places are exterior of l. a., north somewhat, into Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. additionally attempt McGrath State sea coast in Ventura, i at the instant camped there, it truly is like $35 consistent with night, it is high priced for a campsite, even although they do want the money, it truly is appropriate on the sea coast, each and every campsite is unquestionably shaded, there are nature trails, large expansive fields to play in, even although you may deliver your canines yet they do no longer look to be allowed on the sea coast as there are organic preserves in the instant area, which you and your infants can flow to. on the 2nd, truly with Memorial Day Weekend bobbing up maximum campsites would be packed to ability, and IMO once you have large crowds, no longer something is new child friendly. additionally attempt using as much as Ojai and using up into the Los Padres national woodland, there are a lot of unfastened campsites, yet they do no longer furnish centers, different than decrease back homes for bogs. in assessment to various the forests in the l. a. county area, Los Padres has components with large timber, various flora and fauna, and tranquility! LOL stable success!

Answer 4

You need to add to this question like the other guy said. Do you want Beach camping, lake camping, mountains? What?