Beach trail | Wild Camping

July 5th, 2023 by Maverick

Park rangers shower up, told me to leave. Apparently someone was there with a stolen car. Not a great spot. Go to Orick, they sent me there. Huge dirt pull off on the south side of town. You'll see semi trucks at night. But the better spot was the parking lot for the redwood park horse trail, behind the school. Rodeo ground nearby is supposed to allow camping for $5 with coin showers available but they seem to be erratically picky as to whether you can stay if you don't have horses. Hosts are nice but they don't handle money so the organizer woman who does, has no social skills.

July 4th, 2023 by emmasuzanne.h

Decent enough spot, but the police showed up at 9pm and told us we couldn't stay, pointed us towards the rest area 5 miles south

April 17th, 2023 by chrissnguyen

Stayed a night here, we were alone but felt safe enough. It was a rainy day so the trail down to the beach was extra muddy and we didn't venture down.

February 19th, 2023 by jaclynnord

Easy spot parallel to the highway. Quiet, except for occasional road noise. A lot of trash! You can see the ocean a little bit through the trees. There are two spots that are not easily visible from the highway, but larger vehicles might not be able to access. There are a few spots visible to the highway as well.

T-Mobile - no service

December 31st, 2022 by lindsay-chellew

Nice quiet spot, no issues. It’s near a gorgeous trail down to the water.

November 11th, 2022 by smilkoslens.com

Looks like a frontage road on the side of the highway, take it all the way to the back and you’ll find a spot tucked away behind a big rock and some bushes. There is also a spot just before it, that is ever so slightly exposed to the highway views. Stayed one night, was quiet even despite being next to the highway.

October 12th, 2022 by hihosilver.van

Pretty nice spot, especially the further down the dead end road you go. May be challenging for taller vehicles. Lots of surf sound and the occasional vehicle on 101. Lots of trash too. Leave it better than you found it. Good for one night. Trail takes you down to the lagoon

October 6th, 2022 by cecilia.murazzo

So we were able to make it down to the end where there is a canopy of trees and what others say is a trail down to the river but when we got there we saw an obscene amount of trash/bottles/excrement so we turned around and went to the nearest rest area south (it’s actually pretty nice). Anyway we got some weird vibes here and like to linger outside of the van but wouldn’t feel comfortable doing so here.
There were a few gnarly potholes on the way in, and a narrow area…

September 26th, 2022 by newlandsmitheddie

A small road just off the main Highway that has a few pullout spots to park in, spots further down the road are quieter but may be difficult for any high roof vans. The road is very dirty, with lots of trash and a few areas with poo, so be careful where you tread. There is a small path down to the beach at the end of the road, which was very quiet, but the walk down was like going through the rainforest.

August 19th, 2022 by dougfielding

This place is in wrong location - it is located at 41.20634, -124.11040

August 19th, 2022 by dougfielding

this was actually a decent little place. There was at least two spots at the top of the hill there might have been more further on but we didn't venture. But it's far enough off 101 that the noise was lower and honestly quieted down pretty much for the night. But we felt very safe and it was a great place. There was a nice view that you could see through the trees but of course the trees mostly obscured it.

August 8th, 2022 by samuelthomaselkins

Nice spot for a night. Had 3 bars Verizon. Fairly secluded once you get into the trees. No problems at all, one other car down the road a bit.

June 28th, 2022 by val.frosty1

Stayed one night here. a few other cars there. gps on this is not exact. coming from north, it's a bit past the coordinates but there is atleast a sign for the turn in.

trail is overgrown and looks a bit sketchy. noisy because it's right by the road but very sparse at night, I just wore ear plugs anyway. pretty private otherwise probably only good for one ish night

June 5th, 2022 by alexandramoutinho1998

As one of the precedent comments says , the spot is a bit after the gps point.
Nobody was here, but we didn’t have any problems. It’s right next to the road so you can ear it but still good for one night.

June 2nd, 2022 by lutzie.feuerstein

Nice and secluded though close to the Highway. There is one spot even further in and I think a small way to the ocean but I didn't go down all the way.
Lots of trash, please leave better than you found it!

May 17th, 2022 by amyquel

I followed directions from the check ins since the google maps takes you down a private property road. So I turned around went south, took a right down a dead end road. There were several signs saying no rv’s past this point unless you have a permit turn around. Now I need to hurry and find a last minute spot. Eek!

May 2nd, 2022 by elizabethandursula

A paved, relatively flat road running parallel to HWY 101. The spot furthest toward the end is relatively buffered by trees, reducing the road noise, which dies down quite a bit after dark. Felt very safe and private for one night. 3bars VZN LTE.

April 25th, 2022 by gguilbault

Side road on the 101, parallel to it, on asphalt, room for about 3 vehicules. Very good for one night!

April 16th, 2022 by lexgocamping

If you’re northbound on 101, the left turn is certainly before the google map pin.
Southbound, right turn is after the pin.
2 bars Verizon LTE.

April 3rd, 2022 by lucy

Good for one night. Joined by one other van. No tmobile. pretty good att

March 13th, 2022 by naima.guell

not super appealing at first sight, as it's just off the highway, but we had a great night!
you can actually see and hear the ocean from the spot. we got the spot closed to the beginning of the trail so we were pretty tucked in and not visible from the highway. another car pulled out later on and got the spot closer to the highway. both very decent spot to rest and spend the night

December 4th, 2021 by FIREMonkey

Excellent spot for a night. It's a road that goes parallel to 101. It didn't show up in any of my GPS apps. As you go south on 101 and you "pass" the point, slow down and you'll see a dead end road branching to the right.

December 2nd, 2021 by Steppers

We couldn't camp in the campground where we were expecting to stay so we looked for another site in the area. Spent one night here in our B-van. It was just as described. There was one car parked there, but we never saw an indication that anyone was in it. The site was reasonably level and the road noise died out pretty well at night.

September 11th, 2021 by TheDragonWagon.me

This small spot is hidden from the road, leads to a trail / hike to beach. No amenities, road noise is present. Good for one night