Brookshire Campground

Great campsite well secluded and yes the gps on your phone tells you to turn on a private road that would be a great way to get to this campground if the gate was not locked talking to the US Forrest firemen across the street they said if that road was open it's about a 15 minute drive in but no luck you have to take the long way in that takes about 2 to 3 hours of a bit rough fire road driving you will need a vehicle with clearance I did not put my 4runner into 4wd but I would not try this without an SUV or pickup truck if you decide to do the trip it's worth the extra driving if you want to camp in a quite secluded area bring your own TP and water bathroom was clean and sites well taken care of will be going back soon.

We attempted to get here based on some GPS coordinates we found online (I later noticed Google has it listed as a campground in the same spot we were were looking at). However, we arrived at a locked gate with a “private property, no trespassing” sign and didn’t see any other way to get to where we thought the campground was. We had passed by the ranger station on the way and it was closed so we had to find a different spot. The official directions do seem different than where we were, so maybe try this way or get directions from the rangers: “From Santa Maria: Highway 166 to Sierra Madre Road. Sierra Madre Road to Miranda Pines Road. Take Miranda Pines Road to Forest Road #11N04 and make a right into Brookshire Campground.” If you can find it, make sure to have a California Adventure Pass ($5/day or $30/year).