San Onofre State Beach, near San Clemente CA
When making reservations there with reserveamerica, there were only 4 spaces available total. However, having stayed for days, the RV spots were almost completely empty. The RV sections alternate with tent camping, group camping, and day use.
The beach access is by a trail losing 200 ft altitude and goes for about 1/4 mile. The beach is narrow and there is more rock than beach. Only interesting find we had was a tidal pool.
For where we were, there was a trail 3 north and a trail 3 south. The south trail is dangerous and difficult. The north 3 trail was fairly nice and negotiable.
After talking to several other campers, it seems that many people camp there at night, then go to other state beaches during the day. Your paid camping sticker gets you into the other state beaches at no charge. San Onofre surfing beach is good, San Clemente SB is good, and Doheny SB is good. Access to San Onofre is not findable with Bing maps, but there is a gate for the surfing beach and directions are available there.
The trail tracks run very close to the camps. For us, no problem because we like trains. However, it was also very close to a truck weigh station and the loudspeaker sounded 24 hours a day.
The beach access is by a trail losing 200 ft altitude and goes for about 1/4 mile. The beach is narrow and there is more rock than beach. Only interesting find we had was a tidal pool.
For where we were, there was a trail 3 north and a trail 3 south. The south trail is dangerous and difficult. The north 3 trail was fairly nice and negotiable.
After talking to several other campers, it seems that many people camp there at night, then go to other state beaches during the day. Your paid camping sticker gets you into the other state beaches at no charge. San Onofre surfing beach is good, San Clemente SB is good, and Doheny SB is good. Access to San Onofre is not findable with Bing maps, but there is a gate for the surfing beach and directions are available there.
The trail tracks run very close to the camps. For us, no problem because we like trains. However, it was also very close to a truck weigh station and the loudspeaker sounded 24 hours a day.
