Leo Carrillo State Park
Malibu · near Malibu · Los Angeles / SoCal
Camping
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Elevation
- 50
- Campsites
- ~130 sites
- Season
- Year-round
- Fee
- ~$45/night
Permits and booking
- Reservation required
- Yes
- How to reserve
- Reserve on ReserveCalifornia (6 months ahead). A canyon campground under sycamores across PCH from the beach at the western edge of Malibu. Showers, RV sites (no hookups). Tide pools, sea caves, and surf across the highway.
What is here
- Setting
- beach
- Amenities
- Sycamore-shaded canyon sites · Showers · Beach, tide pools & caves across PCH · Store nearby
- Best for
- Malibu beach camping with amenities
- Features
- Camp at the edge of Malibu · Tide pools, caves & surf beach · Sycamore-shaded sites · Backbone Trail access
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Camping detail
- Camp type
- developed · rv
- Intl tip
- Reserve on ReserveCalifornia 6 months ahead. The campground is in a shaded canyon; the beach (tide pools, caves) is across PCH. Backbone Trail hiking/running from the canyon. Combine with the Malibu coast. Showers; RV-OK (no hookups). Under an hour from LA — books out in summer.
The guide
Leo Carrillo State Park brings beach camping to the western edge of Malibu — a shady canyon campground beneath big sycamores, j…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Leo Carrillo State Park — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.044, -118.935