Van Damme State Park Campground California
8001 US Highway 1Little River, California 95456
707 937-5804
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Van Damme State Park campground has 74 campsite along the Little River in a lush redwood and fern forest along the California coast. Hike/bike and group campsites are also available. The park also has 9 first-come, first-served “environmental” (primitive) sites in a redwood forest along the Fern Canyon Scenic Trail. These are about 1.75 miles from the trailhead near the end of the campground.
Campsites can accommodate tents, trailers and RVs. Each campsite also has a table, food locker and fire ring/grill. The campground has drinking water, flush toilets, showers ($) and an RV dump station. There is also a campfire center and visitor center.
Van Damme – Area Recreation
Van Damme State Park 1,831 acres offers some great hiking through the forest and along the beach. Other outdoor recreation includes biking, kayaking, surf fishing, exploring historic sites, beach combing, picnicking, kayaking, swimming (if you like cold water) and photography. Wildlife viewing is also nice in the area.
Russian Gulch State Park is just 6 miles to the north and Navarro River Redwoods State Park is 12 miles to the south.
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5, 9, 15, 18, 21, 26, 30, 32, 42, 48, 56
Regions
Campsite Types
- ADA
- Group
- Hike/Bike
- Primitive
- RV
- Tent
- Trailer
Season:
Year Round
Elevation:
20
# of Campsites:
74
Amenities
- Amphitheater
- BBQ Grills
- Campfire Center
- Campground Host
- Campsite Tables
- Drinking Water
- Dump Station
- Fire Pit
- Fire Rings
- Firewood Available
- Food Storage Locker
- Grills
- Group Camping
- Hike/Bike Campsites
- Pets OK
- Picnic Tables
- Restrooms (Flush Toilets)
- Showers
- Visitor Center
Activities
- Beach
- Beach Access
- Beach Combing
- Biking
- Bird Watching
- Boating (non motorized)
- Creek
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Historic Sites
- Kayaking
- Mountain Biking
- Nature Trails
- Photography
- Picnicking
- River
- Scuba Diving
- Stargazing
- Surf Fish
- Swimming
- Walking Trails
- Water Sports
- Wildlife Viewing
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Do you have any information on the hike/bike in sites or the environmental camping? Thank you
Hi Mistie,
Unfortunately we don’t have pictures of these campsites. The 9 first-come, first-served “environmental” (primitive) sites in a redwood forest along the Fern Canyon Scenic Trail. These are about 1.75 miles from the trailhead near the end of the campground.
Bathrooms were always clean and tidy. Site 46 was sloped … not ideal for our campervan.
Hi,
If I could only keep one site, which one is better between #15 and #16? We do car camping and will be having 3 cars. Thank you!
Hi Donna,
Campsites #15 and #16 are very similar. Both have about the same size parking area and you can fit 3 cars in either. Both are also flat and have a good amount of room for tents/equipment if you decide to go that route. Campsite #15 (one of our favorites at the campground) may have a little more shade over the table/fire ring area.
Thank you for the quick response! Is there something wrong with #17? I checked that one but it’s not showing that it’s available. Thinking to keep #16 so there ‘s no one next to us if that’s the case.