William Heise County Park
Julian · near Julian · San Diego
Camping
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Elevation
- 4200
- Campsites
- ~103 sites + cabins & group/equestrian
- Season
- Year-round (one of the few SD parks that reliably gets snow)
- Fee
- ~$29-35 tent · ~$35-49 RV/hookup · cabins ~$75-90
Permits and booking
- Reservation required
- Yes
- How to reserve
- San Diego County (parksres.sandiegocounty.gov), up to 3 months out; competitive on weekends and fall Julian apple season, easy midweek. Cabins book far ahead.
What is here
- Setting
- forest
- Amenities
- Coin-op hot showers & flush toilets · Big incense cedars & pines · Trail network (Canyon Oak, Desert View) · Rentable cabins
- Best for
- The best forested county-park base for the Julian area
- Features
- Cool pine-and-cedar forest near Julian · Rentable cabins Cuyamaca/Laguna lack · Reliable winter snow · Great stargazing
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Camping detail
- Camp type
- developed · rv · cabin-glamp
- Intl tip
- Book a cabin months ahead for fall apple season in Julian. The Canyon Oak and Desert View loop trails are the standout hikes, and winter can bring a dusting of snow.
The guide
William Heise is the best forested camping base for the Julian area - a San Diego County park at 4,200 feet in big incense ceda…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to William Heise County Park — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 33.019, -116.575