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post #1 of 13
6/4/10 at 4:24am
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What are some Yosemite/Sequoia-like camping sites in California that will be available for the end of June? The big three (Yosemite, Sequoia, Big Sur) are all reserved. Are there other options available?
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post #2 of 13
6/4/10 at 4:26am
Elsewhere in the Sierras. What kind of camping? I assume you don't mean backpacking?
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post #3 of 13
6/4/10 at 4:38am
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Tent camping.
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post #4 of 13
6/4/10 at 4:43am
Tons of good places - Lassen Volcanic National Park, the Trinity Alps, Calaveras Big Trees State Park, on and on.

What are you looking for? Hiking? Climbing? Fishing? Sleeping next to a river / lake / ocean?
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post #5 of 13
6/4/10 at 4:44am
Hm, you're a bit limited then. There's an enormous amount of backpacking campsites only a few miles from the trail head throughout CA. For drive-up camping I would recommend somewhere in the Sierras or near the "big three." For the former, you can usually find campsites that are less occupied a few miles (sometimes up to 30-60 minutes) from the "main attractions" i.e., Yosemite valley.
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post #6 of 13
6/4/10 at 10:50am
Have fun with the mountain lions.
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post #7 of 13
6/4/10 at 12:57pm
camp 4 at yosemite was a fun time, but you need to get there at a certain time in order to get a place to crash. A lot of rock climbers there, but interesting cool people none the less. Don't try sneaky shit since the rangers are on top of their game there though..
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post #8 of 13
6/4/10 at 2:45pm
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Originally Posted by imatlas View Post
Tons of good places - Lassen Volcanic National Park, the Trinity Alps, Calaveras Big Trees State Park, on and on.

What are you looking for? Hiking? Climbing? Fishing? Sleeping next to a river / lake / ocean?

Seriously, give us some details and we can hook you up.
The Lost Coast and Bear Harbour come to mind.
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post #9 of 13
6/4/10 at 3:53pm
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Seriously, give us some details and we can hook you up.
The Lost Coast and Bear Harbour come to mind.

+ a gazillion, that's an incredible (and relatively easy) hike.
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post #10 of 13
6/4/10 at 4:07pm
If you wanna drive up to the campsite with your car, it's gonna be tough. I wanted to camp at death valley a few months ago and in the vastness of that park, they crammed all the tent sites to within 3 yards of one another probably for some ridiculous environmental reason... roughly the equivalent of a homeless encampment under an overpass. I talked to a ranger who recommended some BLM land just outside the park, and we ended up getting a huge empty arroyo all to ourselves, and there was also firewood around (which the Park doesn't allow, but BLM does). So try BLM land if everything else fails.
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post #11 of 13
6/4/10 at 8:34pm
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Tons of good places - Lassen Volcanic National Park, the Trinity Alps, Calaveras Big Trees State Park, on and on.

What are you looking for? Hiking? Climbing? Fishing? Sleeping next to a river / lake / ocean?
Some hiking. Sleeping next to a river would be wonderful. Mostly activities with family and enjoying nature (forests, not deserts).

I'm looking for the usual camping sites you drive up to and pitch a tent.
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post #12 of 13
6/4/10 at 9:48pm
Lassen is fun.
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post #13 of 13
6/5/10 at 3:06am
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Some hiking. Sleeping next to a river would be wonderful. Mostly activities with family and enjoying nature (forests, not deserts). I'm looking for the usual camping sites you drive up to and pitch a tent.
You mentioned next to a river and Big Sur. I've camped here, tent about 30 feet from the Big Sur River: http://www.fernwoodbigsur.com/ Whoa, what the hell? was it seriously that expensive? Haha, maybe I wouldn't recommend that, I can't believe it's that much. Maybe I only camped there because I couldn't find anything else open that weekend. Nonetheless, it was a pretty nice and scenic campground. You can find plenty of decent car-accessible sites in the National Forests in the Sierras that aren't nearly that much. Do you need flush toilets and showers? That will cut down your choices a lot. For some ideas: http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia/recr...mpgrounds.html and bitly link to recreation.gov reservation site for the area http://bit.ly/ajbJXz
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