Laguna Mountain

We stayed here over MLK Day weekend in January. There are only 5 sites available and we got very lucky scoring the last one with a 4:30pm arrival on Saturday. Site #5 doesn’t have a table and is a short hike up a steep hill, so maybe that’s why it wasn’t taken, but we thought the seclusion and views were perfect! The stars out here are unreal and it’s a perfect base camp for visiting Pinnacles National Park. No running water or cell service, but we didn’t mind one bit. Make sure to practice Leave No Trace! ⛰️

Lovely small free campground close to Pinnacles NP with only five sites, but when I arrived late at night in early October there were still three empty. There’s a clean toilet (no toilet paper, so bring your own), and each site has a table with benches and a roof, which is great in sun or rain. There’s also a nice view from the nearby lookout and the whole place feels very pleasant and quiet. No water is provided, so you need to bring enough with you, but overall it’s a very nice free spot if you can grab one of the sites.

Nice, isolated campground. No amenities other than fire ring, picnic table and shade structure. No water here.

Very nice & well kept campground down a rough road with no cell phone coverage for miles & miles. The campground is on a hill giving every site(5) a great view of the valleys on either side. There is a 10 mile trail(blocked fire road, last 1.5 mile primitive hike) up to Laguna mountain. Also a trail (with a waterfall about 3 miles in) to the other campsite Upper Sweetwater campground. I think it was about an 8.5 loop when I used the road to return. There’s a pretty sketchy looking rope climb down to the bottom if the falls/pool. It’s easier then it looks for adults but prolly not for children or if you have a dog. Another camper said he was going to try to follow the creek up to the falls. Don’t know if he made it. There is a trail but the way walls get pretty steep closer to the top. Nice

Nice quite campground on 1/15/25 only one other camper.