Navarro Beach Campground — Navarro River Redwoods State Park

We stayed one night in July 2023. Had a nice time, our dogs enjoyed the beach too. Kind of windy in the afternoon but the wind calmed down in the early evening. Once all the day use visitors left, the campground was both relaxing and peaceful. Had a good nights sleep. This campground doesn’t take reservations, it’s on a first come basis but I like that about it. Unfortunately, this campground is not loved at all by State Parks. It is rather expensive for zero amenities and you can’t count porta-potties as an amenity if they’re unusable due to being disgustingly full. I wondered if the bathrooms were ever cleaned out because it certainly didn’t look like it. Not exactly sure what the park host/ranger does except take your cash to camp. This campground could be so nice with a little more TLC from State Parks. Not sure I would stay again but an okay one night stop over.

The campground has roughly 10 sites that are bunched up in parallel with one another, except for 1 site that is separated by some brush. If you don’t mind camping within 15 feet of another group potentially, this place is incredible. The beach is naturally enclosed and has some climbable rocks towards the left as well as some makeshift structures made of driftwood. The river follows the road to the campsite and connects to the ocean right on the beach. If you’re looking to hike, we drove about 5-10 minutes down into the redwoods and found a fire trail and a grove to wander around, otherwise there is a cliffside overlooking the campground to the north that has a beautiful short trail. First come first serve, bathrooms, and fire pits at each site. Overall, had an amazing time here.

Got there on a Monday morning. The grounds were mostly empty So it was very easy to claim a spot. We stayed until Wednesday afternoon. A few people came, a few people left in that time but, Everyone we ran into was very friendly. It’s dry camping so no running water or flushing toilets but if what you came for was the ocean and a beautiful beach to play at, you’re in the right spot! And a fire on the beach😃 that’s almost unheard of nowadays. I will definitely be back!!