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This scenic stretch of roadway offers outstanding views of the Pacific coastline and the Channel Islands. The Parkway is located between Faria Beach Park and Hobson Beach Park on Highway 1 off the Ventura Freeway.
From US-101 & State Beaches (exit 72), N 6.5 mi on Old US-101/Pacific Coast Hwy (R)
127 parking spaces are available for Recreational Vehicle (RV) use.
Excellent location for dry camping if you happen to get a spot. The reservation system is so bad. They allow spots to be reserved 3 months in advance and people just reserve since it’s $40 a night but end up not showing up. To many time I’ve driven through the sites half empty but show full online and when asking rangers , their response is “no show”
Something needs to be done to make it easier to reserve a spot so everybody can have a chance to enjoy.
Rocks block the view, be careful of the ground squirrels. Trains are real close too!
Unfortunately we didn’t sleep all night because the cars were passing so fast just next to our camper and the train also during night
Very noisy because of both the train rail right next to the parking spot and the waves crashing into the beach. Paying $50 for nothing more than a parking spot parallel on the road seems unreasonable to me.
The view is great, quality of sleep not so much…
We stayed here for the first time this past weekend. Overall, it was a great experience, but now we know what we would look for if booking in the future. We were in site 9, which is one of the sites that has a wall between you and the beach below. The wall is about 4 feet high, so if you are at your trailer, you can see the ocean but not the waves crashing on shore. There is no beach whatsoever at this section of the campground. A few things to note. It is loud. At high tide, the waves crash against the wall and it gets the ground muddy closest to the wall. The waves weren't near our rv, but if the surf was higher, I could see it getting pretty far into your site. Cars are flying by on highway 1 which is about 10 feet from from were you park. On Saturday morning, a tractor started up and was going back and forth in the fields just above the campground. It was pretty loud. Trains come by as well, but although they are loud, they go by quickly. Another thing that was strange was a weird, piercing sound like a whistle that my wife and I would hear every now and then. It scared the crap out of our dog. Eventually, we realized it was some sort of new fangled "scare crow" to scare birds away from the filed across from us. We only realized that after it went off one time and hundreds of birds took off from the field. We walked the entire campground and noticed that some sites have very small areas in front and then rocks that lead down to the beach below. Some sites have large rocks in front of the site, that sit about 4 feet high, others have no rocks at all. Finally, some sites have almost no access to the beach unless you want to risk twisting an ankle trying to navigate through the large rocks. Overall though, you are oceanside with a great view. We plan on going back soon after learning some of the tips that I outlined above and trying some of the other sites.
