Samuel P. Taylor State Park
Marin County · near Lagunitas / Point Reyes Station · SF Bay Area
Camping
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Elevation
- 200
- Campsites
- ~60 sites
- Season
- Year-round
- Fee
- ~$35/night
Permits and booking
- Reservation required
- Yes
- How to reserve
- Reserve on ReserveCalifornia (6 months ahead). Redwoods along Lagunitas Creek in Marin — the Bay Area's most accessible redwood camping. Showers, RV sites, and cabins. Popular; books out fast.
What is here
- Setting
- forest
- Amenities
- Redwoods along a creek · Showers · Cabins available · Bike path to the coast
- Best for
- Bay Area redwood camping close to the city
- Features
- Redwoods 45 min from SF · Cabins & tent sites · Cross Marin bike trail · Creekside setting
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Camping detail
- Camp type
- developed · rv · cabin-glamp
- Intl tip
- Reserve on ReserveCalifornia 6 months ahead — it books fast (cabins especially). Bike the Cross Marin Trail toward Point Reyes. 45 min from SF. Combine with Point Reyes hikes and the Marin coast. Showers; RV-OK; cabins available. The most accessible redwood camping in the Bay Area.
The guide
Samuel P. Taylor is the Bay Area's beloved redwood escape — a shady grove of second-growth redwoods along Lagunitas Creek in th…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Samuel P. Taylor State Park — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.018, -122.733