Gold Bluffs Beach Campground Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Gold Bluffs Beach Campground in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park near Orick California offers guests one of the most unique "front-country" (meaning you can drive to the sites) camping locations in the world. Accessible after a 6 mile dusty and often bumpy packed gravel road this scenic campground provides guests with primitive tent and RV camping sites adjacent to the beach. Operated by California State Parks the popular campground has 26 campsites on a single direction loop road a couple hundred yards from the pounding surf. Camp among sand dunes and beach vegetation with towering Redwoods in the nearby hills. No hookups are available and off limits to trailers (they are often spotted out here anyways) and larger RVs (bad idea to even try it) this campground is best suited to tent camping and truck/ van campers. Sites have excellent separation that combines with a sea breeze and waves to create an over-all peaceful environment. Picnic tables, fire rings and food storage lockers are available (yes bears do venture out to the beach too!). A single restroom facility with showers and running water is available. Water spigots are dispersed throughout the grounds. No food or supplies available come prepared. This campground is first come first served all year long. Multiple trails are accessible from here along with mountain biking along the gravel road (there are some loops you can string together with single track too). Roosevelt Elk are often spotted in the area. Like the nearby Elk Prairie Campground Gold Bluffs Beach Campground is one of those bucket list you can't go wrong destinations. See the park in standard format