Want to escape the crowds of Yosemite this summer? One campground just outside the park offers uncrowded serenity on the ...

On a late fall camping trip, my family and I were headed to Picacho State Recreation Area. The remote desert park is situated along a scenic 9-mile stretch of the Colorado River on the border of ...

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This California mountain recreation area, between San Jose and Bakersfield and near an underrated national park, is perfect ...

The calendar says winter, but the struggle to find spaces at summer campsites has already begun — especially at California state park system’s most popular campgrounds, where most booking begins six ...

Kristen Tate camps a lot. The freelance book editor from San Francisco takes car camping trips for two weeks every summer, during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays and often on weekends. She ...

Each year, millions of people visit California’s treasured state and national parks — a fact that can make snagging a camping reservation extremely difficult. In 2025 alone, state parks tallied nearly ...