CampgroundHidden gem
Mattole Campground
Petrolia, California
23-site BLM campground at the north end of the Lost Coast Trail, open all year.
- Price
- $15 per site per night
- Booking
- No need to book
- Sites
- 23
Mattole Campground has 23 tent and trailer sites and is the northern trailhead for the Lost Coast Trail. It is a 3.2-mile hike to the Punta Gorda Lighthouse. Fee is $15 a night, first-come first-served, with vault toilets and no drinking water.
Good to know
- Sites are $15 per night, first-come first-served
- No drinking water; bring your own
- Maximum trailer length is 24 feet
- Cell service is limited to none
- Petrolia is about 6 miles away
- Best time
- Summer and early autumn
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Lighthouse Road from Petrolia, narrow sealed road
- Vehicles
- No campervans
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
Facilities
- Fire pits
- Picnic tables
- Toilets
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