Mt. Madonna County Park Campground California

7805 Pole Line Road
Watsonville, California 95076
408 842-2341

Lat / Long:

37.005470, -121.709927

Mt. Madonna County Park is located in the Santa Cruz Mountain Range and has 4 campgrounds with 118 campsites. The park includes 4,605 acres of redwood forest, oak woodland, dense chaparral, grassy meadows and sparkling streams.

There are both drive-in and walk-in campsites throughout the 4 campgrounds/loops. Valley View 1 includes campsites 101-149, Valley View 2 includes campsites 201-221, Valley View 2 includes campsites 301-325, and Tan Oak loop includes sites 401-421. Valley View 1 also has 17 sites with partial hookups and sites 125, 128, 130, 132 and 134 have yurts..  Five group campsites are also available in the park.

Amenities include drinking water, vault and flush toilets, showers, RV dump station and trash collection. Each campsite has a table, food storage locker, fire pit and grate. There’s also an amphitheater, visitor center, archery range, equestrian staging area and picnic areas. Cell service is fair to poor depending on where you’re located.

Mt. Madonna County Park – Area Recreation & Activities

Outdoor recreation at the park includes hiking, horseback riding, archery, photography, picnicking and wildlife viewing.

This 4,605-acre park is dominated by the redwood forest so characteristic of the Santa Cruz Mountain range. To the east, the park overlooks the Santa Clara Valley, to the west, Monterey Bay. As the slopes of Mt. Madonna descend toward the valley, the landscape changes from redwood forest to oak woodland, dense chaparral and grassy meadows.

If you’re heading toward the coast you may also like Sunset State Beach or Manresa State Beach.

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Best Campsites

Valley View 1 Campground: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 125, 142. Valley View 2 Campground: 201, 211, 214, 219, 220, 221. Valley View 3 Campground: 304, 305, 307, 309, 311, 315, 316, 320. Tank Oak Campground: 408, 410, 411, 414, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421.

Regions

• Central California
• Creek
• Mountains
• Redwood Forest
• Redwoods

Campsite Types

• ADA
• Electric Hookup
• Group
• Primitive
• RV
• Trailer
• Walk-To
• Yurt

Amenities

• Amphitheater
• Bathhouse
• BBQ Grills
• Campground Host
• Campsite Tables
• Cell Service Fair
• Cell Service Poor
• Drinking Water
• Dump Station
• Electrical Hookup
• Equestrian Facilities
• Equestrian trail
• Fire Pit
• Fire Rings
• Firewood Available
• Grills
• Pets OK
• Picnic Tables
• Ranger Station
• Recycling Center
• Showers

Activities

• Archery Range
• Bird Watching
• Creek
• Hiking
• Historic Sites
• Horseback riding
• Nature Trails
• Photography
• Picnicking
• Stargazing
• Visitor Center
• Walking Trails
• Wildlife Viewing