Free RV Campsites / RV Campsite California
The best free camping in California for RVs & motorhomes is NOT the WalMart parking lot in some random town, but the gems that you find here on Total Escape.
The California back roads is where it’s at. Star filled skies, fresh cedar scents & tall pines, plus the awesome views. Primitive camping at it’s best, with your kitchen sink. No hook-ups, no fees, no problem.
the back roads
So, if you are one of those that are terrified of driving your big luxury camper on dirt roads, these may not suit your taste. But if you crave the back country camps with your RV, then you might enjoy the list below.
Still many dispersed, primitive FREE camp sites to be found – but you’re not gonna find them on those big web sites, that everyone goes to.
no hookups, no paved stalls, no dump station
These are camping areas, that you can pull into anytime of the night or day & find a flat spot. Some places may have picnic tables or campfire rings, but not all. No OHV parks, no large developed campgrounds, just dispersed FREE camp sites on the back roads of Cali.
Dispersed Camping for RVers in California:
SoCal Areas & Deserts
- Heartbar Road 1N02, San Berdu NF
- Anza Borrego Desert Camping
- Slab City, Salton Sea CA
- Kelbaker Road, Mojave Desert
- Mid Hills, Mojave Preserve
- Quatal Canyon 9N09, Los Padres NF
- Panamint Valley, Darwin CA
- Trona Road – Trona Pinnacles
- Fossils Falls Campground BLM @ US 395
Southern Sierra Nevada California
- Thompson Camp Springs, Sequoia NF
- Kern River Flats Free Camping, Kernville
- Remington Hot Springs
- Forks of the Kern Rd 22S82, Sequoia NF
- Kennedy Meadows, Sequoia NF
- Jawbone Canyon @ North Mojave
- Breckenridge Mountain
- Sugarloaf Ridge #23S16, Kern Co
Eastern Sierra California
- Walker Creek Rd #19S01, Olancha @ US 395
- Fossils Falls Campground BLM @ US 395
- Public lands, East side of Lake Crowley
- Virginia Lakes Road
- Parker Lakes Rd #1S25A, June Lake
- Green Creek Road, Bridgeport
- Buckeye Hot Springs, Bridgeport
- Travertine Hot Springs, BLM Bridgeport
- Walker River, California
Central Sierra Nevada California
- Big Creek Rd, Pine Flat CA
- Kings River, above Pine Flat Reservoir
- Blackrock Reservoir
- 14S11 Big Meadows Road, Sequoia NF
- Clarks Fork Area, Stanislaus NF
- Boards Crossing @ Stanislaus River
- Utica and Union ReservoirsWolf Creek Road @ Highway 4
- Along Highway 4 @ Carson River
- East Slopes @ Ebbetts Pass / Hwy 4
Northern Sierra Nevada Mountains
- LaPorte-Quincy Highway (paved thru forest)
- Lake Davis – the dirt, back loop road
- Snag Lake @ Lakes Basin Recreation Area
- Tahoe Forest Road #54 – Sierra City
Northern California
- Warner Mountains, Modoc National Forest
- East Creek, South Warner Wilderness
- Patterson, South Warner Wilderness
- Reservoir C Campground, Modoc NF
- Reservoir F Campground, Modoc NF
- Stough Reservoir Campground, Cedarville
- Algoma Campground NFS, McCloud Creek
- end of Steiner Flat Rd, Trinity River @ Douglas City
- North Lassen NF, Road #32N12 @ Hwy 44
- North Lassen NF, Hwy 44 @ Road 17
- South Lassen @ Hwy 172 Mill Creek
- Salmon River, Orleans, Siskiyou County
Plenty great camping all around the Eastern Sierra region. For campsites with cooler temps, higher elevation, pine trees & creeks: Head for the Glacier Lodge Rd – Inyo Road #9S21, West outta Big Pine.