We stayed 4 nights in site 23. It is on a seperate small stub street with 4 other sites. 21, 23,24,and 25 are all awesome sites. 22 is ok but not as good as the other 4. These 5 sites are all great for car camping. Other sites in the park require parallel parking and a short hike with gear. The redwoods and other foliage provide a ton of shade and are beautiful. The creek is fun for kids to play in, but there are only a few good access points. The campground earns only 3 stars because of the lack of maintenance. For the price of $35 per night, we expected better maintenance of the restrooms. We paid less than half of that price in Arizona and got impeccable restrooms and showers. At Samuel Taylor, there is no soap in the soap dispensers and there are no hand dryers. The showers are supposed to cost money for hot water, which is crazy at the price paid per site, but fortunately the ones we used must have been broken because we got hot water without putting quarters in. Even the rangers we talked to mentioned that many of the showers we broken and would work without money. The campground has a big racoon problem. The first night we were fine with our garbage tied up but the other nights the raccoons got through the 3 mil bags. The last night they even managed to open our cooler and get some food out of it. This is another California state campground that has so much promise but fails to deliver. They should take notes from Arizona on how to do it right.