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Facilities: 14 tent/trailer campsites with picnic tables, fire rings, vault toilets, no hookups. Potable water until October 31, 2016. Lost Coast Trailhead and parking area. Wheelchair accessible. No OHV access.
Location: North end of King Range at the beach. U.S. 101 at Garberville, South Fork/Honeydew, or Ferndale exits. Follow signs toward Petrolia, turn on Lighthouse Road toward ocean.
Use Fee: Camping - $8.00
Beautiful location. Hearing the waves crashing all day and night is relaxing.
Beautiful area. The campground was nice. Lighthouse road is winding and a bit rough, but a great scenic drive to get to this campground.
The beach is just past the campground over the sand dunes. A lovely area to go with a couple friends to BBQ and relax. Lots of tables/areas to pick from. The bathrooms were clean, but no running water. Always remember to bring lots of water while camping out.
This place is the boondocks. No amenities whatsoever, it is so far off the grid that if it wasn’t for the immense light from the highly visible milkway in the night sky you couldn’t see anything at night. Combine that with the constant crashing of the waves on the miles of vacant sandy beach all night was pure torture. Spent most of my days here without seeing any other people aside from a few hikers, not a barista or latte within 50 miles.
The beach is absolutely beautiful, but it’s more of a rough and tumble campground. You can’t see the water from the sites, even in a rooftop tent, and there is zero privacy between sites and there is no host. Seems like more of a local spot so it’s hit or miss if you’ll have a quiet night here. The last 3 miles headed into camp have quite a good washboard to them, so expect a bumpy ride. Zero Verizon reception at or around camp. My suggestion would be to do mattole road from ferndale to humboldt redwoods state park and stay there.
Windy area. Too cold for the tents. A lot of tent campers moved out before sunrise because of cold windy weather. Restrooms are clean. Verizon coverage only is in one spot on the beach. Lack of firewood - bring it with you. Beautiful lighthouse trail but 1/3 is by the sand.
