Free Camping in California
570 free camping spots in California. Best-documented first.
California has 570 free camping spots on OpenCamp. 100% of these are free to camp. U.S. Forest Service manages most of these.
About these 570 free camping spots
California has 570 free camping spots on OpenCamp. 100% of these are free to camp. U.S. Forest Service manages most of these.
Showing 1–24 of 570
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Upper Saline Valley/Warm Springs CampgroundDeath Valley National ParkNear Independence · 1,463 ft15 sites · 5 of 7 facts known
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Cedar Creek CampLos Padres National ForestNear Ojai · 5,098 ft3 sites · 4 of 7 facts known
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China BarSierra National ForestNear Big Creek · 3,360 ft6 sites · 4 of 7 facts known
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Elam CampRedwood National ParkNear Orick · 105 ft4 of 7 facts known
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Lower Saline Valley/Warm Springs CampgroundDeath Valley National ParkNear Independence · 1,378 ft4 of 7 facts known
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Bear Wallow Camping AreaSierra National ForestNear Squaw Valley · 1,086 ft3 of 7 facts known
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Cedar Glen CampgroundAngeles National ForestNear Wrightwood · 6,352 ft3 of 7 facts known
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CheyenneSierra National ForestNear Big Creek · 7,008 ft3 of 7 facts known
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Chicago StumpSequoia National ForestNear Wilsonia · 6,677 ft3 of 7 facts known
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Gravel Flat Camping AreaSierra National ForestNear Squaw Valley · 1,814 ft3 of 7 facts known
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NavajoSierra National ForestNear Big Creek · 7,005 ft3 of 7 facts known
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PawneeSierra National ForestNear Big Creek · 6,988 ft3 of 7 facts known
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PawneeSierra National ForestNear Big Creek · 6,988 ft3 of 7 facts known
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Summit Camping AreaSierra National ForestNear Shaver Lake · 6,398 ft3 of 7 facts known
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Three Mile CampLos Padres National ForestNear Ojai · 5,869 ft3 of 7 facts known
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Upper Virginia Creek Primitive CampgroundToiyabe National ForestNear Virginia Lakes · 9,370 ft3 of 7 facts known
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Voyager Rock Camping AreaSierra National ForestNear Shaver Lake · 8,271 ft3 of 7 facts known
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DeMartin CampgroundRedwood National ParkNear Klamath · 778 ft10 sites · 5 of 7 facts known
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Mahogany Flat CampgroundDeath Valley National ParkNear Furnace Creek · 8,104 ft9 sites · 5 of 7 facts known
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44 CampRedwood National ParkNear Orick · 400 ft4 of 7 facts known
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Buckhorn CampgroundUkiah Field OfficeNear Hopland · 2,890 ft4 sites · 4 of 7 facts known
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Cottowood Canyon campsite C7Death Valley National ParkNear Death Valley · 2,241 ft4 of 7 facts known
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East Fork CampgroundKlamath National ForestNear Etna · 2,382 ft6 sites · 4 of 7 facts known
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Grider Creek CampgroundKlamath National ForestNear Happy Camp · 1,696 ft10 sites · 4 of 7 facts knownGroup sites · 9
Group sites · 9Set up for larger groups, not counted in the list above.
Show group sitesSingle sites · 365
Single sites · 365Unnamed spots, mapped individually. Easiest to judge on the map.
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