Giant Redwoods RV and Cabin Destination

Not as nice as the state parks in the area, but in January, the only place with showers! Overall nice, great bathrooms and free showers.

The camp was clean. It has a nice park area for kids to play. There is a river close by you can swim in. Kids loved it. The site is right off the Avenue of the Giants which is really nice.

I'm sitting here with my main squeeze, next to a river with my fire cooking me a hobo dinner while drinking a whiskey coke. This place is my jam. I love it!

This place felt very homie. The owners were extremely nice and the facilities were very clean. The whole rv is surrounded by beautiful trees and a beautiful clear Creek that runs along beside it. My girls had fun trying to skip stones. The area is pretty leveled and it is really close to Ave of the Giants. We will definitely be going back to visit!

Owners are very nice, $10 less than other campgrounds during off season. Surrounded by a trailer park, and the campsites are out in the open no privacy or woodsy feeling at all despite being right off the Ave of The Giants. Good enough if you're just passing through and need a place to crash, but not true camping by my Oregonian standards.

Lovely place! Never mind the neighbors. Bathrooms are heated, even in winter.

We stayed two nights in Site #35 with our 38’ Super C and toad. Super clean park/sites, etc. Plenty of room on the site, the turn to exit the park is sharp and required us to exit the site, back up and then forward (hooking the toad up I’m the street). Quiet camping, super friendly staff and the bathrooms and shower (1 at each end of the park for the campers) were always spotless. I used it instead of our, more room!. Cabins all have their own designated bathroom with shower, nice! The office/store had a few groceries (drinks/marsh mellows and ice cream bars). We found the stay very enjoyable. There is access to the Eel River/River Bed, outside shower if you took a swim. Volleyball courts, small dog run and playground for kids. We were surprised how low the water was in the river is but not being here before wondered if it was “normal”. The drive from Hwy 101 down the street to the entrance is a lot sketchy, I wouldn’t walk down it in the dark; however, the campground is gated (closed gate after 9 pm) so we didn’t worry about our safety at all. Access to the Redwoods and the Avenue of the Giants is fantastic. We also bought corn and cantaloupe from a fruit stand along the driver - freshly picked from the field that morning. Best corn I’ve ever had! We would definitely stay here again.

We stayed in April. Easy to locate the park. Beautiful campground with path to access the river. Full hookups, W&E only, pull thru, back in, and tent camping are all options! Showers, toilets, and on-site laundry! Well maintained. Had a great time here!

This is an excellent place to stay to visit the Humboldt Redwoods. Convenient- literally minutes off 101- it is also right on the Avenue of the Giants, the scenic route running through the forest. He campground is at the end of a street running off the main road alongside the south fork of the Eel River. Easily accessed.

The sites are nicely laid out and while not as much space as if dispersed camping they are sufficiently large and provide privacy. There are several areas- only 2 PT with FHU but some BI with 50amp, most with 30, and water. Some are in the sun, some are in the shade. Tent sites are along one side closest to the river though no sites have river views due to trees. There is a swimming hole which is perfect on hot days ( in July we had them!) and an outdoor shower to rinse with since they have blue-green algae. VERY pet friendly and the pets may swim in the river but must be rinsed off for their protection.

Bathrooms are clean but the water pressure in the showers is pitiful (if you are in a self contained rig you may want to choose to shower in it), the dump, trash/recycling and bathrooms for the south side of the campground are all together and the bathrooms and laundry ($2 per machine and they have rolls of quaters in the office) are on the northside.

The office has a small store with essentials (like ice cream bars and Popsicles ;-) ) but there is a market up the street.

They have WiFi which we found was variable-usually not strong enough to bother with- but we had 2-3 bars of ATT.

The plantings are lovely, campground is kept very clean and nice. There is a small enclosed pet area but pets can be al over on leashes. The staff was all nice and helpful. Sites are level and easily backed into.

One note: when leaving after dumping be sure to make a WIDE turn to avoid hitting the bathroom roof. Yes, this is from personal experience.

We stayed here based on the 5 star rating, and we can see the ways that it is appealing, but we found as many cons as pros during our visit.

The Pros:
1. Good location on a lonely stretch of 101 with few options in the preceding hour or so
2. Small fridge and store in office for beer, pop-sicles, nice amenities
3. Nice river access (better early in the season--see below)
4. Hot showers and bathrooms with code for those who need them
5. Water, electric, and cable, but no dump when we stayed due to problems with the system

The Cons:
1. Check-in was lengthy--too much explanation of algae in river, septic issues, cable process, internet limits--repeated for each person waiting, had to fill out a form and then wait for some of that to be entered before card could be scanned. Some kind of system update would improve that.
2. Site quality varies dramatically and check-in doesn't seem to place people in the best spot. We arrived at our hook-up site only to have some guys in a tent come over, unplug their mini-fridge from our site, and grumble about it. We moved to a new site because we didn't like their vibe. Two women tent camping who checked in after us were placed near these folks despite the plethora of other sites elsewhere. Some stronger enforcement of the rules, site to site respect, and perhaps eviction of problem guests (apparently these guys were warned not to do that) would be good.
3. Cable was funky: had to be scanned as antenna and was sized down for our modest 20" screen
4. Internet is free for up to 200 mb per person, but that is probably par for the location. We got 3g Verizon, so we passed along our internet coupon to a family that needed it.

Some of the issues we had with this place seemed to be bad timing: we were there while some problem campers were there, stayed after a long summer when the septic system hit the wall, and arrived when there was a line of guests checking in.

That said the location is good, and with some better enforcement and maintenance, it can live it up to its reputation.