FS · Los Padres National Forest
Escondido Campground
6 of 9 sites fit 38 ft
Book 04, 01, 02, 07, 03, 09
- Longest for your rig
- 50 ft
- Booking
- Reservable
- Hookups
- water
- Entry
- Back-in only
- ADA sites
- —
- Elevation
- 2,178 ft
- Vehicles
- 1 per site
Every site here is listed for one vehicle. Agencies differ on whether a truck and the trailer it tows count as one or two, so this may not affect a fifth wheel — but it does decide whether a second car can come. Worth a call before you rely on it.
Book on Recreation.gov →the official reservation system; we take no cut
Every bookable site
Fits your 38 ft rig — 6 sites
Too short for 38 ft — 3 sites
Within 60 miles
| Map marker# | Campground | Distance | Sites | Longest for your rig | Hookups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memorial Campground | 2 mi SE | 8 | 80 ft | none · pull-through |
| 2 | Arroyo Seco | 7 mi N | 39 | 50 ft | none |
| 3 | Kirk Creek Campground | 10 mi S | 32 | 56 ft | none |
| 4 | China Camp Campground | 11 mi N | 10 | 20 ft | none · pull-through |
| 5 | Ponderosa Campground | 11 mi SE | 23 | 40 ft | none |
| 6 | White Oaks Campground | 14 mi N | 8 | 30 ft | none · pull-through |
Everything else on record
- Bookable sites
- 9
- Longest driveway
- 50 ft
- Max occupancy per site
- 6
- Reservable sites
- 8
- Coordinates
- 36.1413, -121.4931
- Phone
- 805 434 1996
- Elevation
- 2,178 ft
Sources
- Recreation Information Database (RIDB) · fetched from
https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1/facilities/273869· retrieved 2026-08-17 · public-domain - USGS Elevation Point Query Service · fetched from
https://epqs.nationalmap.gov/v1/json· retrieved 2026-08-17 · public-domain