Davy Brown Campground
Los Olivos, CA · Campground
- Address
- Davy Brown Campground, Sunset Valley Rd, Los Olivos, CA 93441
- Phone
- (805) 434-1996
- Website
- campone.com/los-padres-national-forest/santa-lucia-ranger-district/davey-brown-campground
Davy Brown Campground is a hotel located in Los Olivos, CA. It is one of 7 hotels listed in Los Olivos. Its 4.5-star rating is slightly below the Los Olivos city average of 4.6 stars. It ranks #2 among Los Olivos hotels by combined rating and review volume. There are 10 photos associated with this location.
Customer Reviews
Nice little campground on the creek. Pretty heavily impacted by fire and rains. Campground seemed to have been somewhat missed by the fire, but the trails are a mess. Very hard to navigate without a trails app. Some parts of trail are just gone, with lots of debris and downed trees. If you’re here just to hike the trails, you might want to wait until trails are cleaned up. Who knows when that will be. Looks like a nice place to camp, but hiking the burn scar is definitely a dirty challenge. Pretty cool to see the spring growth over the burn, with plenty of water in the creeks. Get out and check it out, anyway!
The road up to this campsite is not for everyone. Especially rvs..it very narrow and washboard and full of potholes. There is no cell signal, even with my sirius internet hotspot, zero until you get mostly down the mountain. Therefore you will be navigating a long curvy and narrow road up and down with other vehicles coming in opposite direction (some blind curves). There are also no stores super close or other services, so plan accordingly. A vehicle breaking down here would not be ideal. We helped a few folks who where lost, so download your maps beforehand. There are no water spigots, so you must bring your own water. Lots and lots of gnats, flies and mosquitoes in june-july. Some super pesky but cute skunks kept coming right into our campsite despite us sitting there making noise to de
We drove up here on a whim hoping to snag a spot. We ended up grabbing the last spot which was close to the trail. Trail is steep and becomes very unmaintained the further you go. Good thing we had a machete because we had to hack and crawl our way through (SHARP!) bushes and fallen trees. (I definitely recommend pants and long sleeves- I wore my normal tank and shorts and got destroyed by sharp bushes). We overall went about 6-7 miles and somehow couldn't find the abandoned cabin 🤷🏻♀️ Bugs were a whole other issue. They were mostly gnats though and few mosquitoes, so I can't complain much. Just bring lots of bug spray. Weather was nice in June, not too hot and not too cold. Overall, I would give the campsite a 4 star but the trail (and road to get there) a 3 star.
It’s a really nice and quiet campground. The waterfall and creek are on the Munch Canyon Trail but it was super overgrown. This trail is in between campsite 12 and 13. The bugs were a lot but just make sure to bring lots of bug spray.
Excellent! No cell service! Quiet! There’s an ice cold swimming hole. A local told me it flows year round! We were there three night in spring. Totally gorgeous. Empty during the weekdays. DONT RESERVE #9. Muddy and full of poison oak. If you’re a big group, reserve 12. Most spacious for multiple tents. You don’t have to pack in water if you have a water filter for the creek water. The trail was also out of the is world beautiful. Not sure what it would like in the summer but April was GLORIOUS.
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