National Park System · CA

Camping in Redwood National and State Parks

The Recreation.gov record puts 3 campgrounds inside the park. Of those, 2 take reservations and 1 is first-come, first-served. Entrance fees, alerts and hours for the park itself are on our sister site, Park Atlas.

3 campgrounds1 first-come

The park in figures

recreation visits in 2025
1,202,480
campsites
234
campgrounds take reservations
2 of 3

The entrance fee and visit count come from Park Atlas open data. The campground figures are totals across the 3 Recreation.gov records listed below.

Reservable · CA
Mill Creek Campground
145 sites
Reservable · CA
Jedediah Smith Campground
89 sites
First-come · CA
Gold Bluffs Beach Campground

Every campground

CampgroundSites
Mill Creek Campground145
Jedediah Smith Campground89
Gold Bluffs Beach Campground·
Park campgrounds book out fastest of any on Recreation.gov. Most open six months ahead at 10 a.m. Eastern; the first-come loops are the fallback when the window is gone. The first-come playbook