Del Norte Coast Redwoods (Mill Creek)
Crescent City · near Crescent City · North Coast
Camping
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Elevation
- 100
- Campsites
- 145 sites
- Season
- May–September
- Fee
- ~$35/night
Permits and booking
- Reservation required
- Yes
- How to reserve
- Reserve on ReserveCalifornia (6 months ahead). A large forested campground in second-growth redwoods on Mill Creek, near dramatic redwood-backed coast. Showers, RV sites (no hookups). Seasonal.
What is here
- Setting
- forest
- Amenities
- Redwood creekside sites · Showers · Damnation Creek Trail · Redwood-backed coast nearby
- Best for
- Quieter redwood camping near the coast
- Features
- Peaceful redwood creek canyon · Damnation Creek Trail to the sea · Less crowded than the marquee parks · Redwood-meets-ocean coastline
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Camping detail
- Camp type
- developed · rv
- Intl tip
- Reserve on ReserveCalifornia 6 months ahead (seasonal, ~May–Sept). Hike the steep, stunning Damnation Creek Trail to the coast. Quieter than Jedediah Smith or Prairie Creek. Combine with all the redwood parks around Crescent City. Showers; RV-OK. Cool and misty.
The guide
Del Norte Coast Redwoods, on Mill Creek near Crescent City, offers a quieter, more secluded redwood-camping experience than the…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Del Norte Coast Redwoods (Mill Creek) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 41.702, -124.116