Best Glamping near Sierra Madre, CA

Millard Trail Campground features six glamping sites set within Angeles National Forest near Pasadena, showcasing luxurious canvas accommodations with rustic charm. The campground blends wilderness comfort with urban proximity, offering glamping tents equipped with comfortable beds, premium linens, and private fire pits with cooking grates. The secluded sites provide a creek-side setting with abundant shade from mature trees, while providing bear-proof storage containers for convenience. Each luxury tent includes a picnic table and access to toilets, though no running water is available. One guest shared, "Cool drive to get to the campground. You drive up and down these hilly roads up the mountain to get there. The sites are right along the creek and very peaceful."

The glamping experience at West Fork Trail Campground and Little Pine Campground delivers panoramic mountain views and immersive nature encounters just minutes from metropolitan areas. Guests enjoy direct access to numerous hiking trails, including a short 30-minute trek to Millard Falls. Wildlife viewing opportunities abound, with deer frequently visiting campsites in the early morning hours. Both locations offer stargazing platforms and seasonal water features, with Little Pine providing more accessible luxury camping options via drive-in access. According to a camper, "It makes you feel like you're on top of the world. This place is about 1 hour from Glendale with incredible views, perfect for a relaxing night of camping under the stars." Weekend reservations fill quickly during summer months, with weekday stays offering more seclusion.

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Best Glamping Sites Near Sierra Madre, California (31)

1. Bonelli Bluffs
38 Reviews
South El Monte, CA
16 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."
2. 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."

3. Little pine campground
7 Reviews
Mount Wilson, CA
11 miles
Website
+1 (747) 322-6574
$12 - $24 / night
"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."

"Never hard to find a spot to set up camp, as it wasnt over crowded either time we went. Cool scenery, and great hiking."
4. Thousand Trails Soledad Canyon
25 Reviews
Acton, CA
21 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."

5. West Fork Trail Campground - Temporarily Closed
4 Reviews
Mount Wilson, CA
8 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."
6. Camp Williams Resort
3 Reviews
Glendora, CA
15 miles
Website
+1 (626) 910-1126
$75 - $120 / night
"A small rushing creek, a friendly staff, a great little Restuarant, and 3 quiet nights. We enjoyed the small location with about 3 RV sites available for overnights."

"Love this little campsite close to home! Clean. Organized and just felt safe....so close to home and the rustic feel of it was just enjoyable for our family"

7. Fairplex RV Park
4 Reviews
Pomona, CA
17 miles
Website
+1 (909) 593-8915
"Although you are packed in pretty tightly like sardines it's a friendly environment very welcoming just the larger of your RV is little bit harder it might be to park they do offer full hookups they have"

"car there in the parking lot can seem like it's a mile away even though it's not that far away very pleased with it very noisy with the traffic going by if that's where your spot is by the road but away from"
8. Dockweiler Beach RV Park
20 Reviews
El Segundo, CA
28 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."

9. Anaheim Harbor RV Park
13 Reviews
Anaheim, CA
25 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."
10. China Camp State Park Campground
10 Reviews
Chino Hills, CA
26 miles
Website
+1 (415) 456-0766
$35 - $175 / night
"You won't be able to drive up to your campsite. You have to carry your gear in a short distance from the parking lot."

"The campground was not busy and this allowed me to pick a spot hidden away from others. There are restrooms and a place to get water, but when I was there the showers were closed. "

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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.
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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! :(
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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.
Malina S.
Scout
May. 19, 2024
Little pine campground
Great weekend get away spot
Nice sized spot. 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.
Rosie C.
Traveler
Jun. 10, 2017
China Camp State Park Campground
Raccoons!
This is such a beautiful campground, I can't believe how few people know about it! Was just there for a few nights earlier this week and loved all the wildlife (birds, owls, deer, rabbits, raccoons). Our site was perfect, lots of flat space for tents and still some distance from other aites, nut all the sites seem to be spaced out fairly well so you'll have some privacy. A few things to note:

1. You won't be able to drive up to your campsite. You have to carry your gear in a short distance from the parking lot. Not a big deal, but if you tend to overall, pick a spot closer to The parking lot. This is nice if you're not a fan of cars circling by your campsite constantly.

2. The campground and the beach are dog friendly, but the hiking trails are not.

3. The beach is not right next to the campground, it is a few miles away by car or there are hiking trails that lead to it.

4. Last but not least, the raccoons here are AGGRESSIVE! They won't attack you, but they will walk right up to your camp and try to steal your food. I stupidly left my tent unzipped for a few minutes to run up and use the bathroom at night and came back to find 2 rooting around my things.
Tracey S.
Ranger
Jul. 29, 2021
Anaheim Harbor RV Park
Love it here!
Ok, so it is just a parking lot, but they do it well! Little tufts of fake grass (real on one side, none on the cheap spots) with full hook ups. 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. Close to shopping and stores. On-site guard at night for safety. Would absolutely stay here over and over!
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Lisa M.
Traveler
Apr. 28, 2023
Glen Ivy RV Park
Relax long term stay
We were here to visit family in California & came across this gem near our family’s home. Since we were staying for a few months it was perfect & the monthly rent was very reasonable. This park is very dog friendly. The park has 2 large green areas to walk your dogs at & a fenced in dog area in the very back (not recommended as it is not kept up). The staff here have been friendly & helpful when we have needed RV upkeep. They have a gentleman in the park whose a resident that can wash your rig for a charge & he does a great job (just ask at the front gate for his info). The market stocks just the basic necessities but it’s nice when needed. The park is clean & the garbage is picked up a few times a week. They’re are trash bins near every section of the park as well as bathroom/shower facilities with washer & dryers at most of them. We stayed for 5 months. This park is central to everything.