Reviews

Dawn Kwan

One of the most well maintained campsite amidst redwood trees. Bathrooms are clean, very cool, well stocked with soap and toilet paper. Love the summer programming of movie in the amphitheatre with free marshmallows and the wildflower hike. Wish the park can provide a place for their interns to stay the night instead of commuting three days a week esp with the high gas cost. Juliet and Jenny were really informative and passionate. Would highly recommend staying here esp for families.

Jessica Lucas

A great place to spend the day or night. We are local so we have a pass and come often for camping and day use. There is a large even area and great area for riding bikes. Watch out for banana slugs. There is warm water to wash your hands, flush toilets and showers you can use coins to pay for. We stayed for 2 nights during the rain and it was wonderful we even had the sun come out the 2nd day.

Rafael O. Morales

Great campground, with family sites nestled in the San Mateo County redwoods. Some have fire rings, some have BBQs. Clean restrooms, showers. Def recommend.

Ronald Lopez

Great lttle park, day use and camping, will be back.

Tanya Puente

Campsites clean with shower. Close to the beach- 20 minute drive. Looking forward to another visit.

Brian Au

Great redwood Park and close to home. Great ranger staff and clean new bathrooms except the bathrooms near Azalea site 27 and the back of the day use area. Those bathrooms are horrendous and dark at night. Other than that this place is one of our favorites for a quick camping getaway.

Nikki Stetler

I wish I had known about this location when I was a camping enthusiast. It's absolutely perfect. Lush and green. 10 miles from the ocean. It's like two different worlds. Bathrooms and showers are clean. Water is warm, and I even saw banana slugs.

Krissa Corbett Cavouras

Such an amazing family campground! Every time we go, we find new fun paths to explore. Bathrooms are clean and modern, some campsite areas also have outdoor sinks for dishes at the bathrooms — some don’t, but still have accessible water spigots for rinsing and filling up. Love love love our annual trips here.

Jeffrey Garcia

San Mateo Memorial Park has always been a foundation of positive great memories for me and my family. It is mandatory that we go at least once a year for our gathering. Beautiful Sequoia trees. The sounds of birds chirping in the morning..especially the Blue Jay's. Bring your friends and family so you can make good healthy memories too.

G B

A little gem tucked away from the crowded Bay Area. A bit of a drive. Redwoods are always majestic. Pescadero creek is nicely tucked in and looks beautiful here too. A lot of trails and a lot of them are social trails. Many benches to take a seat and enjoy nature. There is the tallest tree, not super impressive but noticeable. Day use and overnight camping areas have all the facilities you would expect. Looks a little underfunded, it's a county park after all. Please support your local parks!

Global Nomad

The campground is huge with lots of campsites and easy access to bathrooms with coin operated showers. There were plenty of bathrooms nearby (more than what is shown in Google Maps) and it seemed most if not all had a shower. The water temperature was adjustable and the pressure and flow rate was enough for a decent shower. The facilities look new and were well maintained. A great place to visit for a weekend escape into the wilderness.

Kent Morales

Great campground, campsites, and amenities. I took my two kids (7 and 8) there for the first time in our pop-up trailer. The park is beautiful! Majestic redwood trees, cool creek, paths and trails for hiking and biking around. We were able to get a site with plenty of room for our trailer with lots of extra space to play, set up chairs around the fire ring, etc. There were two picnic tables in great condition and a huge animal-proof storage locker (though I did not see any indication of hungry critters that were waiting to get our food- raccoons, squirrels, and skunks have been an issue at other campgrounds we've visited in N. CA). We spent a full day just exploring the park with a lot of time checking out the fish, crawdads, and banana slugs in and near the creek. On day two, we left the park and headed to one of the cool beaches only twenty minutes away near Pescadero for the day. The following day, my kids just wanted to hike around the park and spend more time in the creek. Fun and relaxing all around. We were there during the week, but I saw posters advertising great weekend events for the kids, and I will try to schedule future trips to encompass a weekend. Lastly, the staff were amazing!! Incredibly friendly and helpful. A pin for our trailer broke, and the rangers searched their shop and quickly found us a replacement, which saved our trip! This was the first of what I am sure will be MANY trips in the years to come.