Best camping site near S.F. Bay area? Recommend!!?

Seung Chul

Hi..

I'm thinking about camping near S.F Bay area.

I live in Santa Clara County (San Jose).

The party (about 6 people) planning to go to camping end of March.

Area driving within 3 hours will be fine.

Please recommend the best camping site in Northern Cali~

Thanks.

Answer
It usually would depend on what type of camping you are looking to do... car camping or backpacking. However, in your case, I would certainly suggest Big Sur for either. From Monterey to San Simeon there are limitless options. For car camping, be sure to check out Pfeiffer and Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Parks. Limekiln is also nice. If you are backpacking, consider venturing into the Ventana or Silver Peak Wilderness Areas, part of the Los Padres National Forest. Both are accessible from Hwy. 1 or from lesser known roads within the Santa Lucia Range.
I would include some links for you, but searching any of these places online will yield numerous results.

Have a great time!

Good places to backpack around Bay Area, California?

Jetskier

Hi,
Me and my group of friends are used to backpacking in desolation wilderness and the area around that. We are now looking into going during our winter break some where at least sort of around the Bay Area. We don't want to have to deal with snow but the cold is absolutely fine.
What we are looking for is a good 2-3 day trip with low to moderate incline. Also, we like the single track trail type of desolation wilderness. Does any one know any good places and possibly some links to info on them?
Thanks a lot!!!
Oh and also we like to be sort of secluded.

Answer
I believe it's Henry Coe State Park, going south from the Bay Area on Highway 101, it's just east of Morgan Hill. It's been about 25 years since I was there, don't have any current information, but it was quite pleasant for wintertime backpacking. All of it was low elevation, coastal mountain, oak trees and manzanita environment with several lakes and streams, pretty much the same weather as San Jose. The park is strictly hiking/horseback, can't remember if there was a campground for car camping or not.

If you search under California State Parks you should be able to find current info.

Hiked it years ago.

Edit: Chris, you are right, Big Sur Canyon is beautiful. 12 miles in is Sykes Hot Springs, a natural, un-developed hot springs right on the bank of the Big Sur River. During the winter though a redwood forest is very dark, gloomy place and the canyon being very narrow doesn't allow much sunlight over the ridge to the canyon floor. I've been there in January.

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