Open Year-round
No
Reservations possible?
Yes
RV Hookups
No
Potable water
Yes
Please respect the outdoors by practicing Leave No Trace. Learn more about how to apply the principles of Leave No Trace on your next outdoor adventure here.

Nothing is finer than cabin camping in the woods, except maybe cabin camping among the old-growth redwoods of the California Coast. Big Basin Redwoods State Park is packed with multiple hiking trails, waterfalls, wildlife, and redwoods. If you wish to explore these with a little luxury, reserve one of the 39 cabins at Huckleberry Campground.

There are traditional tent camping spaces that are accessible by car and eight walk-in spaces here as well, so if the cabins are not in your budget you can still find a great spot here. Restrooms with showers, potable water, food boxes, fire pits, picnic tables and parking for one vehicle all come included with your rental.

This campground, as well as the rest of Big Basin Redwoods State Park, is “Crumb Clean,” meaning they encourage tidy and responsible camping. This area is a natural habitat for the endagered marbled murrelet, and leftover food scraps tend to attract jays and ravens that eat the eggs and kill the young murrelet chicks.

Logistics + Planning

Preferable season(s)

Spring
Summer
Fall

Parking Pass

Reservation Fee

Open from

April 01 to October 31

Pros

Old-growth redwoods. Cabin camping. Showers.

Cons

None.

Pets allowed

Allowed

Managed by

California State Parks

Reservation phone number

1 (831) 338-8861

Features

ADA accessible
Flushing toilets
Showers
Potable water

Location

Nearby Adventures

Nearby Lodging + Camping

Comments

Big Basin is closed indefinitely due to the August 2020 lightning fire; see the Big Basin page for details.
https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=540
03/15/2017
Huckleberry loop sits right in the middle of the Shadowbrook Trail. If you take the trail, over the bridge and up, you can take it for a little over a mile, then and you can walk back to your campsite on Sky Meadow Rd.

The hike is pretty easy, easy enough for a 2 year old, and a person carrying a little one in a carrier.

The cabins also have wood stoves, which if you feed all night, will keep you cozy.

Be warned though, the air can be very moist, so even if it's not raining, your burnables (like paper) will be damp the next day.
02/02/2017
Spoke with Park Ranger on 2/1/2017, found that campsite 59 (walk-in) is reserved for staff
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