
Otherwise you're heading to Plasket, Lime Kiln Creek, etc., but those are packed and booked six months in advance. This is what I seek when I want good, non-parking lot style camping, or glamping.
#BOONDOCKING NEAR SAN DIEGO FREE#
Free camping typically means little to no amenities. Pack your trash and you'll have to dig a scat hole, or hold it until you get to Gorda. For me, camping is best when I don't have to listen to my neighbors, who probably love hip hop so much they have to blast it throughout the campground for everyone else to enjoy. I recommend heading up the road a good thirty minutes and finding a spot few people have claimed. The sites are scattered without notice all along the side of the slope.

Willow Creek Road (Big Sur): This is a forestry road that branches of Hwy 1 (the Pacific Coast Highway, PCH). It's a good half hour drive up a curvy mountain road, the first mile is paved, then you hit a dirt road.I've stayed at a few of these sites, others I've read about and heard good things. Let's dive in.

I've never been hassled by any rangers while camping, but it's too easy to play by these rules and there's no reason to be a bad apple potentially ruining the freeness for everyone else. You'll need this pass for Big Sur's Willow Creek Road campsites for one. I'll usually buy a few hang tags and hand them off to the amigos when we're plotting a wilderness escape. I paid $30 for mine and it's a mere $5 for extra vehicles.

Your best bet with any of these free sites in Southern California is to posses an Adventure Pass, a windshield hangtag you can buy anywhere in America, even online.
