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Centerville, California

Centerville is a popular place name inside California

Carson River
Carson River CA SR 4

Centerville Flat Campground
Alpine Co.

@ California State Route 4 (Hwy 4 east Ebbetts Pass). Silver Creek meets the east fork of Carson River in the majestic Eastern Sierra, W of US Hwy 395.

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
Centerville Flat Dispersed Campground NFS
Open all year, no fee, vault toilet
Latitude : 38.631372
Longitude : -119.723082

Historic Centerville wiki

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Centerville Beach
Humboldt Co.

Centerville Beach County Park

4000 Centerville Road
Ferndale, CA
Contact: 707-445-7651

North Coast California,  Humboldt County – This long steep coastline was the place of a historic event in 1860s, a ship wreck off the coast. In heavy seas, the ship beached 20 miles below the mouth of Humboldt Bay, near the village of Centerville. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centerville_Beach_Cross

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Ferndale has tourism.

Northern Cal

Ferndale, CA – has dining, accommodations, local business, and maybe an RV park. Mostly residential. Rural farmlands, forests, and remote. Wild, windy, rugged coastline.

Shops in downtown Ferndale, CA
Shops in downtown Ferndale, CA

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Centerville, CA
Butte Co.

In between Chico and the volcanic ridge (called Paradise), is the historic Centerville Road, which leads to oak lined canyon of the small community of Centerville. Mostly rural residential w/ a museum, schoolhouse, creek, covered bridge, maybe a winery, orchards and a oak canyon.

CAMPFIRE, Butte County – This particular area has been scared by the wildfires of 2018, so expect some back roads to be closed. Landslides and tree falls are quite common after a wildfire, especially on narrow mountain roads. Nearby Paradise got destroyed, but they are rebuilding. rebuildparadise.org

Honey Run Bridge

BELOVED BRIDGE

Located along Honey Run Road. Chico’s historic Honey Run bridge, was built in 1887, reconstructed in the late 60’s,  and recently destroyed by wildfire in late 2018. Honey Run Road intersects w/ Centerville Road further up the canyon.

2020: Reconstruction on a new bridge is already underway.
Honey Run Covered Bridge Association

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Centerville Road
Modoc County Rd #54

Southwest Alturas, CA

A major backroad (paved connector) in Modoc; connecting South Alturas @ US 395 to Canby @ Highway 299

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Rural residential w/ farmlands and cattle grazing. California Pines (POA), Donovan Reservoir and the Pit River is along this route called Centerville. Portions of zoom on GoogleMaps has this Centerville Road listed as N West Street

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Modoc National Wildlife Refuge is @ US Highway 395

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Alturas, northeast California – is cattle country.

 

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100103 - San Joaquin Valley - Sanger/Reedley area

Centerville, CA
Fresno Co

Rural, residential farm community along Highway 180
E of Fresno, CA

W of Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park

Kings Red Rafters
Kings River – Red Rafters + Kayaker

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Big Sur Campground

Big Sur Camping Sites & Campgrounds

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Plaskett Creek Campground has green lawns, pine trees, & flush toilets. Located across the highway from Sand Dollar Beach, right on Hwy 1. Ponderosa Campground, on the other hand, has native grasses, oak trees, a seasonal creek and is located on a paved back road, with easy access from US Hwy 101

Central Coast Camping

Monterey Ranger District of Los Padres National Forest manages several Campgrounds along the Central Coast. Some are first come, first serve.

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Alder Creek Camp
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Willow Creek Road #23S01

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Los Padres National Forest

Backpacking trails lead into the wilderness backcountry, along ridge lines with vast ocean views and also deep into fern creeks with redwood canyons. Sykes Hot Springs is a remote destination, if you like to hike, although summer can get crowded. Overnight wilderness permits and campfire permits may be needed.

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McWay Falls @ Julia Pfieffer Burns SP

Free camping in Big Sur
can be found on dirt back roads:

primitive camp sites

DISPERSED CAMP: No charge camp sites means dirt road access, tighter camp fire restrictions & no facilities (table, bathrooms, fire pits). Campfire permits are required for primitive camping (stoves & BBQ), but unfortunately much of the time camp fires are not even allowed in the backcountry due to extreme wildfire danger.

None of these free camp sites are located on the beach or ocean shoreline. They are situated in the mountains near the coast.  These premium, hard to find camp spots usually require that you venture off the beaten path – w/ a National Forest map or regional topo map. If you want to camp without the tourists and crowds, with excellent views of the coast & the night sky, plus avoiding all fees – then take one of these dirt roads off the main highway & start exploring (preferably before sunset, with a high clearance vehicle).

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Free camping California

Big Sur Private Campgrounds –

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Big Sur State Park Campgrounds –CA state parks

Big Sur Coastal Towns –

Prewitt Ridge Camping

Sequoia Cabins

Sierra Cabins near Sequoia Groves

Sequoia trees naturally grow in the Sierra Nevada mountains, on the west side of the range. Several parks & forests make up what is known as “the Sequoias” – in the Southern Sierra, Sequoia National Forest; Giant Sequoia National Monument; Mountain Home State Forest; Central Sierra is home to Sequoia National Park & neighboring Kings Canyon NP; Sierra National Forest & Yosemite NP. Yep, all those areas have Sequoia groves!

See all the Sequoia & Redwood Groves in California!

California Cabin Rentals near to Sequoia groves –

Sequoia cabin rentals

TOPO MAPS of California Redwoods –

  • Sequoia Maps by NatGeo
  • Yosemite NP Maps
  • NorCal Redwoods Map
  • If you are searching for tallest species, the Coastal Redwoods located on the shores of Northern California, then you can find them over here – NorCal Redwoods