Best Glamping near Glendale, CA

Millard Trail Campground offers a secluded glamping experience with rustic cabins located alongside a picturesque creek in the Angeles National Forest, just a short drive from Glendale. The cabins provide a comfortable alternative to tent camping while maintaining a connection to nature, with nearby access to hiking trails and a waterfall that's approximately a 20-minute walk from the glamping area. Glamping accommodations are nestled among the trees, providing shade and a sense of privacy despite the popular hiking trail that passes through the area. Thousand Trails Soledad Canyon adds another option for luxury camping with glamping accommodations that feature full hookups, amenities like showers, and resort-style facilities including a swimming pool. A recent visitor mentioned, "The cabins surround the area even above the falls. Very busy on weekends but worth the visit for the beautiful surroundings."

Hiking enthusiasts particularly enjoy the glamping locations near Glendale for their proximity to scenic trails and natural attractions. Millard Trail leads to a waterfall that becomes especially impressive during spring months, while Little Pine campground provides glamping sites with mountain views. Both locations feature fire pits for evening relaxation, though fire restrictions may apply seasonally. Wildlife viewing opportunities abound, with guests reporting deer sightings and other forest animals near their accommodations. According to one camper, "I've woke in the morning to deer on several occasions. The stream has plenty of water, and there's great tree cover from the sun." For those seeking unique glamping experiences without venturing far from the city, these locations provide the perfect balance of natural immersion with comfortable accommodations, typically requiring advance planning during peak seasons.

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Best Glamping Sites Near Glendale, California (34)

1. Millard Trail Campground
9 Reviews
Altadena, CA
6 miles
Website
"Cool drive to get to the campground. You drive up and down these hilly roads up the mountain to get there. Once there, there's a parking lot that fits about 20 cars."

"Fun little campground with decent facilities and beautiful surroundings. Lots of trails all around with a nice hike of about 1/2 mile up to Millard Falls that is easy for kids and grown ups."
2. Thousand Trails Soledad Canyon
25 Reviews
Acton, CA
17 miles
Website
+1 (888) 707-1477
"It's a very hot campground close to a road and train. Sites are big. Tons of things to do for adults and children."

"Pool is also not heated. Good restrooms and showers. Bathrooms are heated for those cold days. Plenty of bathrooms around."

3. Dockweiler Beach RV Park
20 Reviews
El Segundo, CA
21 miles
Website
+1 (310) 322-4951
$55 - $80 / night
"It is accommodating for some different size vehicles and has direct beach access and some amenities such as fire pits on the beach. It’s hard to get a better view than this one"

"The most fantastic thing about this RV spot is the location - directly facing a large, beautiful, clean beach with built in fire rings, a very long bike bath and bike rental kiosk."
4. Bonelli Bluffs
38 Reviews
South El Monte, CA
27 miles
Website
+1 (909) 599-8355
$76 - $88 / night
"I loved this place, this hidden gem is located in the in the middle of the city, with the feel of the outdoor."

"Very clean, pet friendly.....great place for exercise, walking, biking, etc.. safe environment. Beautiful RV park."

5. Little pine campground
7 Reviews
Mount Wilson, CA
16 miles
Website
+1 (747) 322-6574
$12 - $24 / night
"This place is about 1 hour from Glendale. It is easy to get here, does get crowded as well. But if this one is not available the other camp should be."

"We stayed on site 15, with a great view. Fire pit came in handy with a cooking grate and parking spaces are large enough for a small RV."
6. Malibu Creek State Park Campground
38 Reviews
El Nido, CA
28 miles
Website
+1 (818) 880-0367
$45 - $225 / night
"The drive up to the campsite and view from any location in the park is gorgeous. There’s lot of families and big groups around - so great for big groups but not if you’re looking for peace and quiet."

"Spacious campsites with fire pits, and clean bathrooms (bring your own hand soap). Be aware of the limited hours for entering with a vehicle (8am-10pm). Would definitely camp here again!"

7. West Fork Trail Campground - Temporarily Closed
4 Reviews
Mount Wilson, CA
13 miles
Website
+1 (818) 899-1900
"Great location - especially for southern CA where so much of the camping/backpacking is scrubby and in the sun, etc. Most of this trail is under cover, beautiful and well maintained."
8. Canyon Campground — Leo Carrillo State Park Campground
53 Reviews
Lake Sherwood, CA
41 miles
Website
+1 (805) 488-1827
$45 - $60 / night
"It was a quick drive up the coast and onto this hidden gem. You get access to a private beach with gorgeous California hill views of PCH behind you. Perfect place for families or even RVs."

"It's on the landward side of the pch and feels like you are away from everything. The beach is accessible by a short walk that goes under the pch, so no crossing this busy road."

9. Castaic Lake State Recreation Area
13 Reviews
Valencia, CA
28 miles
Website
+1 (661) 257-4050
"Gorgeous location right on the lake, the waters clear and there’s a generous amount of trees surrounding for shade."

"Just a 1 min walk down the hill to the lake - a perfect place to have my morning coffee! They allowed pets which is awesome. Super quiet, lots of stars, and a beautiful view. Couldn’t ask for better!"
10. Anaheim Harbor RV Park
13 Reviews
Anaheim, CA
32 miles
Website
+1 (714) 535-6495
$55 - $70 / night
"Nice bathrooms and hot showers with laundry on location. Good amount of space between sites. Very short drive or 20ish minute walk to Disneyland. Extremely helpful and kind staff."

"They have a nice, small pool area, bbq areas, a club house, clean bathrooms and showers and WiFi. The R.V. Park is within walking to the Disneyland park."

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Christina S.
Guide
Nov. 15, 2019
Ventura Ranch KOA
Fun place for young kids!
We recently stayed here, for the 1st time, last week. We decided to leave the travel trailer at home, and change it up! We stayed the 1st in a large teepee. It had beds for a total of six people. It was hot in the daytime, and got really cold at night, so we switched to a Glamping tent. The Glamping tent was nice! It had a very confortable queen bed, 2 lamps, a fan, a heater, a mini fridge and a microwave. It also had a futon type couch that made into a bed. Loved the Glamping tent.

Only downfall was, that the place does not enforce it quiet time rules. 10pm to 8 am. Late night loud groups, carrying on until 2 in the morning, loud obnoxious kids screaming at 6:15 in the morning...😩they have many beautiful Peafowl, and they can be loud too, but I only heard them once. The place has very nice tiled showers, with good water pressure, clean bathrooms, a big beautiful pool, but it was closed for the season.

There are fire pits throughout the 76 acre park, it was nice having a campfire, since so many places don’t allow them anymore...they have a very large jumping pillow for kiddos, my 6 year had a blast playing on it. They also have a zip line, but it was damaged in the large fire last year, and is being fixed currently. There is a stream that runs thru the property, it was fun to explore. They have a rock climbing wall, that is brought out on holiday weekends.

Lots of fun activities for kids, like crafts, making your own rocket to launch, etc. It is not the place to come, if you want a quiet, mellow place to read a book! It is busy, and loud. They do not have any laundry facilities, nor do they have a little store. The prices on everything are going up 10% on everything, next year. This means that most campsites with full hook-ups with be $ 71 a night, ( not bad ) but the large teepees will cost about $ 200 a night, and the Glamping tents, about $ 180 a night.

You can buy a KOA discount card, for just $ 30 bucks, and it gets you 10% off, each stay for a year. Valid at all KOAs in America, and some in Australia! We had a good time, and plan to go back in the summer next year. Hopefully, with our travel trailer, it will be less loud 😉
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Scout
Jul. 11, 2022
Bonelli Bluffs
Beautiful, BUT
There is no denying that this is a spectacular place to stay, our site was right next to the beautiful lake and what a beautiful vision to wake up to every morning. The downfall is the park is extremely spread out, and it gets very very crowded on the weekends. If you are coming here for peace and quiet, especially on the weekends, you might want to look elsewhere because the boom boxes go past quiet time and people love to party here. Staff did not enforce quiet time in our section "F" at all and am sure it wasn't from a lack of being able to hear them. We stayed here for close to a week, never used the facilities because they were just too far away. You have to drive to go to the laundry room, use the pool or access the office if you get a site by the lake, didn't know that. Come the weekend it is wall to wall people, even tent camping on the lawn is wall to wall tents. It is very expensive to stay here and we prefer a resort where we could find the atmosphere more relaxing. We did not, for safety reason, confront the offenders to ask them to turn down their music. I am all for freedom of everything, but neighbor flying Trump flag was a bit much. I am not here to have political rhetoric in my face. The irony of this resort is they require you to sign a page long terms and conditions yet they don't abide by them themselves! Saturday night music and people partying till past 1 AM yet they say quiet time is 10 pm. At 9am the boom box competition started up again. So inconsiderate of your fellow campers! We love the grounds but cant wait to leave to get a good nights sleep.
Jessica P.
Legend
Aug. 19, 2020
Little pine campground
Awesome views
Love this place. Makes you feel like your on top of the world. This place is about 1 hour from Glendale. It is easy to get here, does get crowded as well. But if this one is not available the other camp should be. This side is on a first come first serve basis and does require you to self pay at the entrance where you find information on the board. Make sure to read everything it has lots of good information. Bathrooms are available and also water is available but do know it is not portable so don’t drink it. There are many sites that loop around and all have incredible views. Best place for a relaxing night of camping under the stars and next to the fire.
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jonnysunami
Guide
Mar. 25, 2021
Millard Trail Campground
Great campground for hiking/biking
Cool drive to get to the campground. You drive up and down these hilly roads up the mountain to get there. Once there, there's a parking lot that fits about 20 cars. There's about 100 yd hike to the campsites. There's a road that leads to the campsite but it's been blocked off. Only the campsite managers use that road so it's not accessible by RV, just tents. A campsite manager stays in a little trailer overnight so if there's any problems there's somebody there you can go to and ask for help. There's about six campsites and their first come first serve, no reservations. I went during the week and was the only one camping. This place is heavily used for day camping and hiking. There's not a lot of privacy because there's always lots of people passing by who are hiking and biking. You can stay overnight which I did and everything was fine but there's not a lot of privacy. The next day as I was leaving there was another guy sitting up his tent. I bet on the weekends they can fill up pretty fast. It's in Bear country so they provide food storage for each campsite also trash containers too. Each side has a picnic bench and a fire pit. The fire ban has been lifted so you can have a fire. Each fire pit had wood left at it so you didn't have to go searching for campfirewood. Bathrooms included male and female toilets but no showers or water. There's a creek that runs through the campground which makes it very pretty. I saw two to three cabins along the outskirts of the campground that I assume were for rentals. There was one family at one of the cabins the night I stayed. About a 20 minute hike and you can end up at a waterfall which is very pretty. But there are several trails to take for hiking and biking and I saw lots of people doing that. Overall a good campsite four stars. Would have been five stars if they had showers and running water. I didn't see any bears although there was an animal outside my tent at one point in the night I could hear him nosing around. So it's important to keep all of your food and anything with any kind of smell in the bear boxes
Dana H.
Scout
May. 30, 2022
Bonita Ranch Campground
It’s okay 😐
Pros: campground is very short walk to Lytle Creek. Also close to the trail for a hike to Bonita Falls.

Cons: Not enough bathroom facilities for the amount of campsites. Women’s restrooms had only two stalls, constantly a long line. Also quiet hours are not enforced.

Bring cash if you want to rent a fire pit. Sites do not have their own fire rings and you must rent one.
Lori J.
Scout
Mar. 3, 2019
Thousand Trails Soledad Canyon
A "resort"? No. A campground? Yes.
Very large park for RV, cabin and tent camping. As it's listed as a "resort", we figured it would be pretty upscale. Disappointment upon our arrival. Floods have been in the area and much of the sites were closed and being cleaned?? The road closest to our site was washed away (from earlier reviews it's been months), so a long jog or drive around the perimeter to get us to the pool, laundry and hot tub…speaking of which, the pool, hot tub and laundry facilities all needed attention. You could actually see people's footprints (bottom of pool and on pool and hot tub entry steps)…that much sand, dirt, etc…I didn't venture in. When we arrived, we started driving around to find the best site for our rig. We're a 32ft class A w/20ft enclosed cargo trailer tow. So, all in all about 55ft. Well, that wasn't easy. Most of the park's electric and some sewer connections didn't exist or were "down" for repair. We have yet to actually SEE someone working on these issues. We are currently here and checked in for a two-week stay. After some boon docking prior to our arrival, we wanted all the bells and whistles the park boasted they had. Took us just over THREE HOURS to find a decent spot. Many levels to this park and most didn't have a decent WiFi (we have our own router) signal. Some sites had dumpsters blocking them from being a true "pull-thru". That left us with about two areas to choose from. It's dusty, dirty, and, really, not ready to be called a "resort"….more rustic than we'd been looking for or what website photos showed. We would not recommend this "resort" to anyone. Several folks with dogs they let simply sit outside and bark, poo, etc….strict rules against that, in most all resorts we've ever visited. Unless you plan on tenting, cabin or what have you, it's not worth it. Very disappointing! :(
Kiley S.
Guide
Jul. 18, 2021
Kenney Grove Park
Such a Pleasant Surprise
I stayed at Kenney Grove Park on my way from Vegas to Santa Barbara, and again on my way back. I believe it was $23 for a dry camping spot, plus another $2/night for having my dog along. It was a lovely, quiet park that I was surprised to find tucked away in Fillmore. On the Saturday night that I stayed, it was lively with BBQers and families, but quiet by 10. Shower houses were lovely for a vanlifer like me; bring your quarters as they are coin operated. Nice clean bathrooms with running water. Water spigots, picnic tables, and firepit at each site. Cute little grassy park with swings. Also- gorgeous orange groves and rose bushes decorating the road into the park. As a Midwesterner, I was in awe of that! Loved walking my pup along that road.
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Amy H.
Guide
Mar. 20, 2023
Moro Campground — Crystal Cove State Park
Beautiful views and clean
Beautiful sunsets! We stayed February 5th and 6th at site #23 but it looked like most of the sites had great views of the Pacific. The campsites are roped off and have a decent amount of distance between them. There is some vegetation between them but not enough to be totally private. We were just a short walk to the bathrooms which were spotless. They were being cleaned frequently. The showers are coin operated but it didn't take many coins to get a decent warm shower.

There is a nice day area and trails within walking distance. The tide was high both times we tried to walk under the highway to get to the beach but there were parking lots just a short drive up the road.

We will definitely go again.
Angelica G.
Traveler
Jun. 6, 2018
Canyon Campground — Leo Carrillo State Park Campground
Peaceful and Serene
We live in the South Bay and went camping here for just one night. It was a quick drive up the coast and onto this hidden gem. You get access to a private beach with gorgeous California hill views of PCH behind you. Perfect place for families or even RVs.