We met some friends at Panther Flat as it was approximately halfway between San Francisco and Portland. All in all, it is a nice, pretty busy campground. There is a river nearby that you can hear from some of the sites but have to walk down a hill and across the day use area to actually get to it. I was able to reserve the last campsite available (site 32) and it would not be my first choice. It is the closest I've ever camped to a bathroom which isn't my favorite place to camp, although I have to admit it was pretty convenient. The bathrooms were all private and clean and they usually have showers but didn't have potable water available while we were there. We were also near the camp hosts and they were really sweet. One night they set up a sheet on the side of a shed to show a movie to the kids there. Unfortunately, they couldn't get the projector to work but it was a really nice idea.

The site I would recommend is site 33 which sounds like it would be right next to site 32 but wasn't. It looked like a very private site and you could hear the water from there.

Panther Flat is on US199 and there are other campgrounds along that road. It was about a 10 minute drive to the tiny town of Gasquet where you could buy some basic supplies. We drove into the Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park which wasn't far at all and tried to do a hike but had to take short turns so one of us could hang out with Brandy by the car while the rest of us checked it out as they didn't allow dogs. We also drove into Crescent City on the coast to get some oysters to grill over our campfire.

Would totally recommend this campground and it was a great area to explore.