Your Favorite So Cal Spot

[PITPOP27]

Haven't found it, and maybe you've done it before - but I'm looking for everyone's Top 10 List of their favorite local places to camp.  And any inside tips on those locations!

[wavery]

So far.....my favorite spot is Pt Mugu SP.

It is low on amenities but high on ambiance :p

There are no showers, no hook-ups, only portable toilets but they have been clean every time that I've been there.

The spaces are out in the open with no trees and you just line up along the road in marked spots. They do have fire-rings. You are camped about 100ft off of the water so the surf is quite loud at night. You are also about 50' from the highway but there's not much traffic at night except for the occasional big-rig.

I love being able to look out my camper window and see the dolphins swimming and the sun go down on the ocean. I also love sleeping to the sound of the surf. Rock collecting is good and beach walks are spectacular.

[TheViking]

1.  Indian Hill Ranch in Tehachapi
 2.  Vail Lakes in Temecula
 3.  Mojave Narrows in Victorville (Not when it's 20 degrees and 60mph winds)
 4.  Campland at the Bay in San Diego
 5.  Pismo Beach - (Not really SoCal but still top 5)

[Dee4j]

1.  Indian Hill Ranch in Tehachapi
 2.  Vail Lakes in Temecula
 3.  Mojave Narrows in Victorville (Not when it's 20 degrees and 60mph winds)
 4.  Campland at the Bay in San Diego
 5.  Pismo Beach - (Not really SoCal but still top 5)

I'll have to Ditto Viking...hey as long as I can have Beer & a Fire..I'm Happy :!

[hatlet]

KOA SAn Diego
Leo Carrillo
Hurkey Creek

[OC Campers]

1)  San Mateo cg @ San Onofre
2)  Vail Lake Resort-Temecula
3)  Malibu RV Park-Malibu
4)  Lake Cachuma-Santa Barbara County
5)  Big Sycamore Canyon-Pt Magu
6)  Metro KOA-Chula Vista
7)  San Clemente SB-San Clemente
 Pismo Coast RV Village
 
 
Jacqui

[beacher]

1) Big Bear Lake - Serrano
2) Carpinteria SB
3) Cardiff - San Elijo SB
4) Chula Vista - KOA (Visits to Sea World, Zoo, Puerto Nuevo)
5) San Diego - Campland on the Bay
6) South Carlsbad SB
7) Lake Arrowhead - Dogwood
Dana Point - Doheney SB
9) Santa Barbara - Lake Cachuma
10) Santa Barbara - Lake Casitas

[griffsmom]

I pretty much concur with what everyone else has posted, but I would just add that it isn't so much the place as the people with whom you camp.  Especially if they're SCCampers. :sombraro:

[OC Campers]

I pretty much concur with what everyone else has posted, but I would just add that it isn't so much the place as the people with whom you camp. Especially if they're SCCampers. :sombraro:

AYE AYE!!!  I agree.
 
Jacqui

[griffsmom]

You may have moved north, Jacqui--but you'll always be a SCCamper!

[griffsdad]

1. Vail Lake
2. San Mateo - San Clemente
3. Pismo Coast RV Village
4. Campland BTB
5. Doheny State Beach
6. Lake Casitas - Ojai
7. Woods Valley
8. Malibu RV Park
9. Guajome
10. Carpenteria SB

[Estone]

Hi all,

We are going to Doheny SB next month.  I know this is a bizarre question, but are the bathrooms clean there and do they have "lids" on them? Not just those cold, metal bowls???  
 
I'm kind of picky on where I go, no pun intended.  (Well, maybe a little).

[Estone]

Also, what can anyone tell me about Malibu?  Anyone been to Big Sur?
 
We're planning a trip to those places, then up to the Bay area and finish off with Pismo this summer.:tent:
 
Thanks.
 
 
 
 
 

Hi all,
 
We are going to Doheny SB next month. I know this is a bizarre question, but are the bathrooms clean there and do they have "lids" on them? Not just those cold, metal bowls???
 
I'm kind of picky on where I go, no pun intended. (Well, maybe a little).

[oldmoose]

Doheney SB has flush toilets, showers and the bathrooms are clean. We camped there in January for the SoCal Beach DOG. Nice campground. No hookups, but water and dump station there. You also have to like trains as the coast route is near by. Not as many trains as Mojave Narrows though.

Moose

[Recumbentman]

Hope to get this Topic back on track since it could give us some new CG to try.

1. Campland BTB - San Diego
2. Sycamore Canyon - Pt Mugu (Oxnard)
3. Lake Casitas - Ojai
4. Faria County CG - Rincon Beach Area (Between Ventura & Carpenteria)
5. Rincon RV Parkway - (Between Ventura & Carpenteria)
6. Flying Flags - Buellton (Solvang)
7. Refugio - Santa Barbara
8. El Capitan - Santa Barbara
9. Lake Lopez - Arroyo Granda
10. Yosemite (had to include)