Plaskett Creek Campground

Beautiful spot near Sand Dollar beach, redwoods, and New Camaldoli Hermitage.

Beautiful spot. Lots of trees and you can walk to the beach.

Love the campground location, especially near Sand Dollar beach. When we visited though the spigot water was non-potable, so you may want to call the rangers ahead of time asking if that’s been resolved.

Other things to note, not all campsites have a hammock-able spot. The whole campground is on a slight hill, so it’s hard to get a perfectly flat spot for your tent. Also there were tons of ticks throughout the campground. Good surfing when we were there!

Lovely camping experience right across the street from the ocean.

No bathrooms… no water… crowded and noisy.

PROS: Shade, lots of space, fields for the kiddos to run and play, no poison oak spotted, friendly host, everyone respected rules
CONS: Toilets have been closed for years apparently - port-a-potties were fine, but don't come expecting nice toilets and showers. No water, like at all. For any purpose really. Yet they haven't cut the line so some people still use it? It feels like a lawsuit waiting to happen.

Scenic views in every direction provides for a beautiful retreat at Plaskett Creek Campground.
The drive to the campsite is worth the trip alone, and the greatest benefit is the beach being across the street from the campground. My family loved it, our pet dog was the happiest we've ever seen him. The campsite host was great, incredibly friendly and honestly really cool. Only issue is the lack of clean water on campsite but as long as you're prepared with clean drinking water it should be an easy and incredibly enjoyable camp.

It was a great! We enjoyed our 2 nights stay.

The kirk creek one is definitely better with it being located on the beach side of the road; also, I think notifying people who plan on staying there that the water has been found non-potable and that there are porta potties instead of bathrooms is a small effort that could have been undertaken easily via email. I wish we would have known this before arriving as we had counted on at least being able to refill our drinkable water.

Nice peaceful and quiet. We were definitely the biggest RV there in a 30' Airstream. Most were tent campers. We just barely fit into site #6, disconnected the truck and had to park it at an angle. The camp host was welcoming and told us we could park the truck in overflow if needed.