Emerald Forest Cabins & RV

Emerald Forest Cabins and RV Park located in Trinidad, California is THE spot to set up camp while visiting Redwoods National Park. This campground let's you camp within the sleeping Giants that are known as Coastal Redwoods. Located right off 101 you get easy access to Redwoods National Park as well as many beaches. My favorite is the Trinidad beach located less than 5 minutes up the road.

We’ve stayed at this campground a few times now. The front office staff is very friendly and accommodating, always helpful. Easy in and easy out. Bathrooms are in decent shape for an older campground. Showers are 50 cents for 5 minutes. Also very dog friendly. We will be back again when heading up or down the coast.

Very quiet spot with lots of big trees. The highway was loud but we happened to get a spot right next to it. Bathrooms and showers were very clean. We came in around 9 and paid for a spot without having to talk to someone. Cooked some hot dogs on the fire and showered in the morning. There are a few nice parks and the fish cleaning sinks were nice to have. Very close to some beautiful trails down the road.

It was a quiet campground, the area we were in, the sites were close together, but there are sites with more space than we had, but we also lucked out no one on either side of us. Bathroom/showers were very clean and look like they were recently updated. We enjoyed visiting The Redwoods National and State Park.

Well I had a lot higher hopes for this campground and was bummed that the noise of the 101 took over from the enjoyment of the park. We chose site 91 as we didn’t need water or electricity and it was tucked back into some trees. We absolutely loved that setting as there were no neighbors. No laundry, but here was a shop, firewood for purchase, propane, showers and playground for the kids. Like like there were some nice cabins and pull through spots but the noise was a huge downfall for us.

First thing to know is that this is a privately owned campground. It’s run similar to a hotel. You make your reservation for what type of site you want and what kind of trailer you have (or tent site). They assign you a campsite when you check in. From other reviews that I read they try to get you into a site that works for you. We have a pop up trailer so we were in a small section that had about 5 sites for vans and pop ups. Ours was a pretty good size site, but it was backed up to the backside of the cabins. So it wasn’t exactly private.

Overall it is a beautiful area and the tent camping spots looked more secluded. They have a wide variety of sites. Most of the trailer sites are right next to each other similar to an RV resort.

Bathrooms were clean and showers were adequate. They run in quarters and we were able to get some at the front desk.

Emerald Forest is just that, nestled in a forest. It was a little muddy when we visited but California was smack dab in the middle of a very wet season. Our campsite was level and secluded. The bathrooms were clean and showers had nice warm water, did have to pay for the showers but a couple quarters isn’t much. We stayed two nights and walked to town every morning for coffee and scones from Beachcomber…delicious! Our dogs absolutely loved running on the beach which was also a couple mile walk away. Our second visit to this campground was as good as our first. Love this place and would return again.

Absolutely beautiful but right now it is a total MUD FEST. They have had a ton of rain with more on the way. It is a lovely campground nestled into the trees and would be great in the summer and provide protection from the summer heat. I would like to come back when it dries out. It’s close to a beautiful beach and some cool hiking but too muddy for now. Wait until late May, Early June. Sites are tight and some of the back ins a re super hard. I watched someone in an RV try to squeeze in and he had to move. I had difficulty getting in with my van as there was a large RV across from me with other vehicles parked around it.

Definitely snuggled in the beautiful trees. Clean park, my parking spot was very level, roads are not paved so they got muddy in the recent rain. You do have to pay for the showers, but the bathrooms are clean and private.

Clean facilities throughout. Every one of the bathhouses restrooms were spotless every time I visited. Many spots are covered by the canopy of mature redwoods. If visiting the State and National parts it's a great spot near Eureka without having to go to town. There's a lot of roadwork right now so the trip to Crescent City was 1.25 hours... So going north to Jeddah Smith is definitely a day trip. Can be tight for trailers in some spots but they laid things out well. A few spots by the road but wasn't our problem. I didn't see another private campground I'd perfer after heading north. Great spot and would come back.

This camp ground is amazing! Definitely recommend!

Good points, excellent Verizon service and good WIFi. Full hookups. Bad points, RV’s crammed together with zero room/privacy. Hwy 101 road noise is horrible. Dusty/dirty sites.

Busy yet still peaceful

Awesome sites under the trees! Lotsa shade. Ground a little muddy, but what can you expect setting up camp in a rain forest... CLEAN bathrooms with free showers. Laundry on site. Wifi a little spotty, good thing I have unlimited data.

This is a really cool campground for tent campers. The sights are engulfed by giant redwoods and surrounded by ferns, moss and rainforest. Bathrooms are clean and service is great! Showers, laundry, little store, and arcade for kids.

Nestled in between redwoods, quiet park. Near the small town of Trinidad, a must see. Good cell service and Wi-Fi provided by the park. No cable tv, but I would pass anyway. Propane should at the office along with basic food items. I would come back and stay.

Perfect spot for us. Easy to back-in our Solis. There was full access, hot showers. Friendly hosts.

Location is very nice and central to the ocean and redwoods.

Stayed in our 29ft class c with hookups... clean showers would recommend

Booked a stay for 3 nights! Nice family campground. Close to the beach and Redwoods throughout. Wood was insanely expensive and a rooftop tent spot was $44. The wifi was strong enough to work from our site though!

I like camping to get away with other campers and enjoy the outdoors in a beautiful place.. Unfortunately, site 9 is jammed right up against a permanent resident at the campground. The site has junk all over it and dows not give you that get away from it all feeling.

This place is great if you are camling gor a night weather its an RV, Tent, or Cabin. However it was a little pricy for what i got. WIFI sucks if you are more than 50 feet from the main entrance and i found human waste near my campground. This However doest surprise me as the bathrooms are far away from the tent camp areas. Otherwise very peaceful among the trees and very close to the beach.

Passing through south we tried to stay at Patrick’s Point but it was full. Even on a Wednesday in April. So we kept heading down the highway and after a drive through Trinidad we came upon this spot! Great spot with super clean bathrooms and laundry. Nestled in a little redwood grove. Wireless was a little slow for kids to watch a movie but no biggie. Two bars of LTE on Att from pull through #90. I’m also laying in bed looking up through the redwoods. Can hear the road noise from 101 but it’s not bad.

Quiet spot right off the highway. There’s a cute general store for general supplies. The firewood there was pretty lightweight, so I recommend bringing your own hardwood.

Hot showers available with outlets to recharge phones, use hairdryers, etc.

I’ve camped here with 14+ high school students and it was great. Safe, protected and not a lot of trouble to get into. Lots of sites available in various sizes. The redwoods make great cover and dampen the distance sound travels. But heads up, the needles make for a slippery track, have had some issues backing vans out of deep spots before.

Lots of cute foot paths.

Gets cold at night, make sure to bring extra blankets!

The cabins seem reasonably priced for the spread, but I haven’t stayed in one before.

Friendly and helpful management- call ahead for choice spot reservation.

Yes it is a little cheesy and a little dated but I still loved it. Yes it does back up to 101 but barely noticed. Play area for kids. Friendly staff. Would stay here again if ever up this way...

Amidst gorgeous scenery among the Redwoods. The campground was pretty tight and some sites would have been really hard to get into with a larger rig. But the area makes this place worth the challenges. Bathrooms were clean and site was fine.

This is a good stopover for a day or two if you need a good shower and to get some laundry done. We came here in November to a nearly empty lot. Bathrooms were very clean with huge vaulted ceilings (reminded me of cedar built saunas). Not a lot of privacy between sites and the location backs the busy hwy 101 so you do hear cars and trucks all night long.

Trinidad itself is a very neat town with lots of art and good food. Make sure to visit the local artist co-op and College Cove Beach. Travel up north and visit Fern Canyon while observing herds of elk along the way!

Beautiful RV park, nestled amongst redwoods, is clean and well-maintained. Staff was very friendly. Close to downtown Trinidad (though most things were closed due to COVID-19). Close to the ocean and lots of walking trails around. Only problem was cable issues. We changed sites once early on, but that didn't really help, though we were able to get one DISH satellite through a gap in the trees. Our site had 30A, full hook-up service. WI-FI was generally ok. They have laundry and showers, though we had our own. Little store for general needs in park, but small grocery store in town. I suggest visiting or ordering from The Larrupin, a restaurant just two minutes down the road. Very good food and service. We ordered curbside pickup since there was no dine-in due to COVID. We would love to go back to Trinidad when all of this is over and would definitely consider staying again at Emerald Forest.