Best Places to Camp for Free in California
Best Places to Camp for Free in California
https://www.campendium.com/california/free-camping
See the top places to camp for free in California based on reviews from campers in the Campendium community:
00:00 Intro
01:05 Joshua Tree South Dispersed Camping
http://campendium.com/joshua-tree-south
01:51 Alabama Hills Recreation Area
https://www.campendium.com/alabama-hills-recreation-area
02:46 Sawtooth Canyon Campground
https://www.campendium.com/sawtooth-canyon-campground
03:19 The Pads
https://www.campendium.com/the-pads
04:17 American Girl Mine Road Dispersed Camping
https://www.campendium.com/american-girl-mine-road
04:48 Keysville North Recreation Site
https://www.campendium.com/keysville-north-recreation-site
05:30 Glass Creek Campground
https://www.campendium.com/glass-creek-campground
05:54 Owens River Road Dispersed Camping
https://www.campendium.com/owens-river-road
06:22 Williams Hill Recreation Area
https://www.campendium.com/williams-hill-recreation-area
Pronounced PASA Row-bows. Pasa Robles
Isn’t it great?!?! That in America, most of the free camping areas are in the desserts and other inhospitable places?
If it’s a nice place with clean water and beautiful views, you can bet someone is going to be charging for it!
What would anyone recommend for a kinda colder fresh feel camping spot, closer to Fresno?
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I love California! And all nice spots to camp 🏕 and be free! But please, please, please don’t destroy this places! Take all your trash with you! Even your 💩 shirt! There’s bags for that! 👍🏽
So basically anywhere in the middle of the desert?
Last one sounds nice new to this and actually have a car now that can make it placed 🤘 for these free ones do I need anything or to sign up someplace or?🤷🤔
As a resident of Bishop, CA I live out of my van and am constantly picking up broken glass, bullet casings, toilet paper, dog poop, and a lot of trash on the BLM land out here. From Alabama hills(not too bad) up to the Glass Creek area please be respectful and clean up after yourselves. The Glass Creek area has trash all over it by the end of summer. A lot of it comes from the ATV crowd(most are good people… but as always there are a few bad apples that ruin it). Also please don’t be afraid to help pick up other people’s trash to help out. This is the most amazing place on earth out here so let’s keep it that way.🙏🏽
What about any current travel restrictions in CA, especially from out of state?
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Well done! Very helpful when planning a trip to these places and can see why these camping locations made the list. Had the opportunity to visit the June Lake area in the Eastern Sierras for the first time in January. Already talking about going back! After watching this, would like to check out Keysville. Thanks for sharing! 👍
sick!
Joshua tree is not free tho lol
Anza-Borrego is a great place. The reason I haven’t tried anywhere else is the rules aren’t always the best/easy to figure out or it’s crowded. Anza-Borrego is so expanse it’s possible to get away or be in an area with other people. And the rules are super easy to follow
Great video, thank you!
Wow thanks so much for this! Definitely will visit these locations
Thank you. Sure did enjoy ya video.
Unfortunately, it’s winter only. Save the coast.
Grow up in Alabama hills , lone pine mount Whitney lone pine creek Kennedy meadows back in the day when had movie theater nights. Fishing and camping kern river.
Yes!!!! If you can bring it with you, you can bring it home or to a trash can! Please take care of our beautiful state guys! If you see trash pick it up.
Where’s the location please?
Thank you so much to cheer everything where I’m staying right now to Joshua Tree is like an hour and a half I might shake it out that place🚚🇺🇸😍😍
lots of great ideas! Will definitely be making a trip up to photograph Mammoth region this summer, so will check some of these out.
Wow what a fun list!
I’m here casually watching this and then my name pops up in a review! Haha, great spots, thanks guys
A very informative vid. I live in the Central Coast and r.v. camping is expensive and booked. Travel within California and the price of fuel is also a factor. Thanks for sharing free camping when many others don’t.
Next time include RV in your title, most of the places you mentioned were deserts with no cover or trees.
Slab city
There is another disperse camping between Shaver and Huntington lakes.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Thanks a lot. 👍👍
Highway 99
Duration of longest camping stay at one spot?
Thanks! Great list, just in time for my vacation.
Love all these locations in California. This is definitely a list for us to explore. We enjoy camping and exploring. We loved your video and descriptions of the places. Awesome 🙂
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GREAT 👍INFO! TY SO MUCH! LUCRETIA
Glass Creek was the farthest north on this list by a country mile. Is Campendium based in LA and/or focused on southern CA camping?
We’re glad that we found your channel! Your videos are awesome. You have a lot of creative ideas and we want to share them with our customers. We sell land close to camping areas. And we’re always on the lookout for channels like yours where we can send our customers to get awesome ideas for their next adventure.
I do pick up other’s trash. Even in my home neighborhood. Some don’t appreciate the gift of beauty that the natural world offers us every day.
Ya got me
Do they have wifi?
Enjoyed the video. The Sierra is already plural. Try not to say "The Sierras."
Had downloaded “Campendium” on my phone last fall, so excited to watch this!
Alabama hills camping 27 years ago Awesome
If you live anywhere near where people live you’ll have to drive out 3+ hours to get to these areas. I’ll stay at my state parks with showers and a flush toilet. A lot of these blm/boondocking areas are super sketchy. Been to several of these areas on this list and didn’t feel safe at night. You can here gun shots all through out the day and night. It’s can be a wild Wild West out there. You’ll face a few odd characters that give you chills.
What does BLM mean in regards to camping?
It won’t be called camping soon!
Really, it’s bad enough with crowds now you gotta blab the last few secrets of camping. You watch, won’t be long b4 they start charging because of too many people!!
What a beautiful video !