Richardson Grove State Park
Southern Humboldt · near Garberville · North Coast
Camping
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Elevation
- 500
- Campsites
- ~170 sites
- Season
- Year-round (some seasonal)
- Fee
- ~$35/night
Permits and booking
- Reservation required
- Yes
- How to reserve
- Reserve on ReserveCalifornia (6 months ahead). Old-growth redwoods on the Eel River — the classic 'gateway to the redwoods' as you drive north. Showers, RV sites (no hookups). Summer river swimming.
What is here
- Setting
- forest
- Amenities
- Old-growth redwoods on the Eel River · Showers · Summer river swimming · Drive-through-tree nearby
- Best for
- Gateway redwood camping + river swimming
- Features
- First big redwoods heading north · Eel River swimming holes · Old-growth grove · Family-friendly amenities
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Camping detail
- Camp type
- developed · rv
- Intl tip
- Reserve on ReserveCalifornia 6 months ahead. Swim the Eel River in summer. It's the gateway grove heading north — combine with Humboldt Redwoods and the Avenue of the Giants just up the road. Showers; RV-OK. Family-friendly. Warmer and sunnier than the coastal redwood parks.
The guide
Richardson Grove is the classic 'gateway to the redwoods' — the first grove of towering old-growth giants that Highway 101 trav…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Richardson Grove State Park — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 40.013, -123.786