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Camping sites in Southern California While camping in California is an amazing experience overall with thousands of picture perfect settings to pitch your tent, camping in SoCal definitely has it's limitations. The primary reasons are.... Camping in SoCal is - 1. crowded (half the population is located in the lower third of the state) 2. dry terrain (minimal rivers, dry seasonal streams, few waterfalls) 3. wildfire prone (with average rainfall of only 10") 4. costly (all developed campgrounds charge fees) 5. not secluded (with suburbia spread into foothills, busy roads nearby) With the California population nearing 40 million, you will need to do your research in order to find a good, secluded, scenic camping area. Coastal camp sites are the most popular on the list and you should seek advanced reservation w/ the State Park system. City camping is mostly RV parks and a few county parks. Beyond the neighborhoods, countryside camping in the coastal footh

California Campsites Beach Most of the beachfront camping available on the California coast is located within developed campgrounds, usually inside State Parks, National Parks, National Forests. A few located in local county parks and regional parks, and some private RV parks too. The campgrounds listed below are camp sites located on or near the Pacific Ocean. Free camping might be found on back roads near the coast, so those options are mentioned if available. (listed from south to north) San Diego Beach Camping Orange County Beach Camping Los Angeles Beach Camping Ventura Beach Camping Santa Barbara Beach Camping Central Coast Beach Camping Big Sur Camping Monterey Bay Camping Marin Camping @ Point Reyes Sonoma Beach Camping Mendocino Beach Camping Humboldt Beach Camping Redwood Beach Camping Lost Coast - Usal Beach Campground

Imagine trying to "close" the largest State Park, the 600,000-acre Anza-Borrego Desert in San Diego County? yeah right Split Mountain is a must see. Anza Borrego Desert State Park State government budget cuts? How many State Parks are closed in California now? Which ones? Take action -- Californian for the Outdoors