Sunset State Beach Campground

Watsonville, CA · Campground

Rating
4.3/5
★★★★☆ 4.3
Reviews
20
Rank in Watsonville
#3
of 31 hotels
City Percentile
63%
rating percentile
Address
Sunset State Beach Campground, Sunset State Beach, Watsonville, CA 95076
Phone
(831) 763-7063
Website
www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=544

Sunset State Beach Campground is a hotel located in Watsonville, CA. It is one of 31 hotels listed in Watsonville. Its 4.3-star rating is above the Watsonville city average of 3.9 stars. It ranks #3 among Watsonville hotels by combined rating and review volume. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

Customer Reviews

★★★★☆ 4.0 Arthur Nguyen · Dec 2025

Easy beginner campsite if you want to bring your friends. recommend u buy firewood elsewhere since you’ll pay up to $15 at thể campsite when other places will sell for around $6. Amazing beach and clean well maintained facilities. Got running water lights in the bathroom + electricity plugs and showers. Camp 67 is very hilly and slanted beware

★★★★★ 5.0 John Bronner · Dec 2025

Beautiful beach with incredible sunsets! Nice picnic area, bathrooms, plenty of parking...

★★★★★ 5.0 Doris Lavezzo · Nov 2023

My husband and I spent 4 nights in the south campgrounds, staying in site #14. We were in our 26' RV so there was plenty of room in the driveway, it was also relatively level. Some site have quite a slope to them and would be really hard to level any kind of RV. The grounds were well kept, and the bathrooms were clean. It was a 1/4 mile walk to the beach, which was not bad at all. The beach was beautiful and was perfect for a long walk to bird watch and just enjoy the ocean waves. There are a couple vista points that you can walk to to watch the sunsets without having to go all the way down to the beach.

★★★★★ 5.0 Kai Windrunner · Oct 2024

Very nice campground. Facilities are old, but maintained clean. There was a racoon party at night nearby site 28. Be careful if you have small dogs or kids. They don't usually attack adults if you approach to them first. Nature such as trees, soil, animals, the sound of wave, and the song of birds in the morning is so great. You can see dolphines from the sunset beach if you are lucky.

★★★★★ 5.0 Luke Estrada · Aug 2025

One of the most natural beach in the Monterey Bay Area, definitely the most natural in Santa Cruz county. Beautiful dunes with tall grasses and native plants. Quiet on weekdays but more popular on weekends.

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Restroom

Services

CampgroundPublic beach

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