My son and I stayed on a Thursday night in late July, 2026. The campground inhabitants were okay. There wasn’t much about poison oak on any of the notices posted at the entrance or near the restrooms. Had there been, I may have worn more than flip flops and shorts on my lowers. As it was, there were short spindly plants surrounding our camp, to small and battered from people walking through to show the tell tale 3 leaf growing pattern of poison oak. The ones that got me on my instep, shins, and ankles were on a slope between the parking and flat area where we set up our tent. It turns out poison oak is prevalent at this campground.
I’m currently experiencing the initial breakout stage of the exposure. 10 days in, thoroughly cleansed skin, gear, and clothing yet another clump of blisters emerges.
For $35/night, one would think they’d hire a robot to pluck the poison oak starts.

Quiet very nice. Space W76 very nice. Plenty of room for the 26rbs jayco and the truck with tons of room behind and in the shade most of the day.

TL;DR
-Beautiful Scenery
-Smallish, close together campsites with picnic table, food box, and firepit
-No Showers
-Little to no cell coverage.

This review is for the Upper Woodside Loop Campground, and campsite 108, which I camped in. (**Note: The California State Parks reservation website, does not provide a photo of campsite 108 for some reason, so the (2) photos of the campsite in this review are here for you to see.)
–While campsite area is rather quite beautiful, most of the campsites, including 108, are rather quite narrow/compact and close together. Some of the sites have little to no sun exposure, so if it has rain recently the sites may be soggy – I noticed that some sites were blocked off due to this.
— **The bathroom facilities do not include showers** The bathrooms were clean enough for a campground. A communal hand washing sink is just out front from the bathrooms.
–There are faucets for potable water sprinkled throughout the campground, and depending on where your site is, you may have to walk a bit to get to them. Faucets are attached to posts with tops painted like red mushrooms to make them easier to see.
–Bundles of wood and kindling are available for purchase from camp host.
–**There was no cell coverage throughout the campground.** The closest coverage for Verizon was at the middle parking lot at Gerstle Cove. AT&T’s nearest coverage was in the Sea Ranch area.
–While the campground area is very beautiful, I might only recommend the Upper Woodside sites for 2-3 people with small to medium tents, and after the weather has been dry and warm for at least a week.