Plaskett Creek Campground - Los Padres National Forest

If you manage to snag a spot here, savor every moment! Getting an actual campsite along highway 1 is nearly impossible, and after checking for any open spots multiple times, we managed to grab the last first- come first- serve site here one night. Take a 5 minute walk across the street to the most beautiful beach area, staying for sunrise and sunset, knowing you have a cozy safe campsite waiting for you is an unreal experience!

Very quiet place and good spot for our RV with bench and fireplace. There’s no signal for your phone though.

Badly indicated. Then entering campground, difficult to find loop, went to the left and didn’t see a do not enter sign behind another sign on an open gate… went really slow trying to find direction, opened window to talk to a gentleman, who started going off like mad, then on my left a lady appeared on a quad and started yelling too and telling me to get out of there (never said she was camp host). Guy kept screaming his lungs out as I left. Then spot 11 was very difficult to back in. Road very narrow and very bumpy in some area. No generator between 10am-6pm. Cold, foggy and humid. Its really a spot for tents. Not a good place for rv.

This campground was great, the walk across to the beach is short. The beach, waves, sand, sunset are magnificent! (It is a steep walk down, and would be hard for anyone with stair/slope difficulties)

Our site was on a hill, so we have to back in between rocks to try to get flat. It was a challenge.

Camp host was nice.

Big trees, grass, good sized sites.

We had zero cell service here. Only reason I took a star away is because of how out of level our site was.

The campsite is right off of the 1 and adjacent with the ocean. Across the 1 from the campsite is a cute day park with stellar views. The camp host lives in a RV on the left when you pull up. You can check in there and the lady was super friendly. All sites are reserved with a piece of paper w clipped onto your camp post. Plenty of room for a car / two cars. Truck and small trailer. Garbage sites and bathrooms were very clean. The place was immaculate and the other campers were very friendly. $35/night. Our two dogs were welcome.

My husband was so excited to return to this campground he visited 8 years ago and was pretty disappointed in the changes. They’ve recently cut down a lot of trees and shrubs between sites, so there’s no real privacy. What used to be a beautiful sandy beach just across the street is now a rocky beach-the sand disappeared! There is a beautiful walk on the bluff -awesome for sunsets- and some really nice tide pools at low tide. Campground hosts were friendly and helpful.

Stopped here for a night on my way up the coast on a solo trip. Nice grounds and pleasant staff. Can’t wait to return!

Road to BLM site we wanted to go to was closed. Luckily got a site here as a walk in right by the entrance. Sites are close together. Whole campground is pretty shaded under big trees. Up the road is a much nicer campground on the other side of highway 1 that had full sun all day, and a great view of the ocean with more spread out sites. No showers here. Lots of families. Had some overhead messy surf at sand dollar beach, a 5 minute walk from the campsite. Beautiful beach.

A cute little spot along US1 to rest during my Bikepacking trip in March. There’s not many options for water, which made for an awkward shower at spigot. Campsites seemed to be spread out though everyone can be seen throughout most of the park. Felt safe and well rested.

Plaskett Creek is my all time favorite campground. It's small, clean, everyone's friendly. It has great hikes and Sandollar Beach & Jade Cove are right there across Highway 1. I've stayed at some of the more private sites and even the ones in the middle and they were all perfect. PC has flushing toilets but no showers. Dogs on leash and lots of room for kids to play.

This campground is great if you're looking for a social camping experience. Big open spaces for kids to run around, and campsites that are fairly close together... Conducive for groups, but not ideal if you're looking for a quiet getaway.

Family friendly and clean, lots of kids when we stayed. Campsites aren’t too close together but don’t expect too much privacy. Each spot has a picnic table, fire pit, and charcoal grill. Water spouts disbursed around. Bathroom flushed but sink water wasn’t running (there wasn’t soap anyways.)

You can vaguely hear the cars on the 1 but not too much. From our spot we could see the ocean though a space in the trees. We walked across the street to a nice hike around the beach that was beautiful.

there is always a helpful camp host here to help. There are bathrooms. Large campsites with table, firepit, and stove. Walking distance to beach and hiking. Off road 4WD trails next to camp sight. Beautiful trees there too.

Minimal amenities (to be expected in many state campgrounds) - no electric, no dump station, but there is access to drinking water (community spigots). It’s also right across from a short (.2mile) trail with jaw-dropping views of the bluffs and surrounding mountains. At night all I heard was the ocean and a great horned owl. The one downer: although this is on the edge of the Verizon coverage map, there is NO cell service unless you walk out to the short trail, where you might get a single bar of 1x or 3G. We got nothing with our AT&T hotspot.

We took our camper here in february and had the campground almost to ourselves. I think there were maybe 3 other campsites filled for the 2 nights we stayed. The site was very clean and spacious with a nice meadow behind us.

It's also a very short walk across the street to sand dollar beach. We got lucky with the weather and had crystal clear blue water and sunny skies with a light drizzle at night (perfect to sleep to by our standards). Can't really beat Big Sur area to get away from it all!

It's one of our favorite campgrounds. And is a well kept secret. So don't tell anyone! What other California campground has green grass between sites? I have to admit when we've gone to this park, Hwy 1 was closed just a few miles south, so there was very little traffic. Now that Hwy 1 is open, I'm curious about the street noise.

Campground is a little south of Big Sur, so dinner & sunset at Nepenthe is a must. Make sure you to go the Henry Miller Library and buy a book or two, or stay for a concert.

We love this campground, however, there are no camp fires allowed in any national forests until the end of the year. Had we known this beforehand, we wouldn’t have chosen this campsite. Nice campground, well kept.

Beach is fantastic for surfers and beach-goers alike. Bit of a hike down to the beach but worth it. You can also hike the fire road behind the camp group for brilliant views. Only drawback are the stinky toilets. We get a group site every year.

Great little place of Hwy 1. Cell phone...AT&T...no service. I thought I had a nice spot. Ground is a bit slanted. The spots to the left and right of me seemed way better for tents as far as flat goes. I use a popup and the pavement was good. If your looking for a ocean view site 6 is the only one. If you want seclusion 23 or 33 are surrounded by foliage. Group site 1 is also the best for seclusion, site 2 and 3 are side by side. Site 12, 13, 22, 23, 32 and 33 against the back are the best IMO. There is poison ivy so be careful with pets.

Easy walk to Sand Dollar Beach but you have to take a few stairs down for access.

like all campgrounds in big sur, it gets packed. But the campsites are decent and there's access to a beautiful beach nearby.

Very nice campground with good privacy and shade for sites on the loop that surrounds the facility. Larger groups can reserve several adjacent sites in the interior section and share resources (tables, parking, etc) as needed. If you enjoy the seaside, you are a couple hundred yards away from a reasonably secluded, long sandy picturesque beach.

Great spintaneous camping trip. packed up the gear and found this beautiful spot. nice. Beautiful views of the ocean. Hike across the road to the beach.

Nice rv/tent campground. It was the most reasonably priced campground we could find in the Big Sur area. It’s right off Hwy 1 so there is some traffic noise but since the road is closed a few miles south, there’s not much traffic (this will change when the road reopens in Sep 2018). There is beach access across the road, about a ten minute walk. There are flush toilets which are clean. Several of the sites have a slight slope but not too bad. Sites have tables/benches and fire pits. Most had bbq. Ranger comes around every evening selling bundles of firewood.

This campsite is one of the best I've been to in CA. There is plenty of room and grass for the kids to run around in. Beautiful trees are all around and some spots have views of the ocean and cliffs. Sand Dollar Beach is right across the street and is one of the most pretty ones in all of Big Sur. The only negative I can say is there are no showers available. Other than that, I highly recommend recommend this site.