Giant Redwoods RV & Cabin Destination

We stayed at Giant Redwoods RV & Cabin Destination in Myers Flat, California. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Camping next to a river amongst the big redwoods.

Dates:

  • Check in: 2023-05-07
  • Check out: 2023-05-10
  • 3 nights

Weather:

  • Cloudy and drizzle
  • High temps ranging between 56-63°F, lows around 39-42°F
  • A little wind in the shelter of redwood trees

Noise:

  • No freeway noise
  • No road noise
  • No train noise
  • Negligible neighbor noise

Site:

  • #35, pull-through, grass
  • Didn’t need to disconnect toad; parked behind coach
  • Level
  • Large site: about 80 feet long by about 45 feet wide
  • Fire pit & picnic table on grass
  • Tall trees

Utilities:

  • 50 amp power, conveniently located
  • 20 PSI water, conveniently located
  • No sewer

Internet (in usage priority order):

  • Campground Wi-Fi: 7 Mbps down, 7 Mbps up 55 ms ping
  • AT&T: 40-48 Mbps down, 8 Mbps up, 28 ms ping
  • Verizon: 48-56 Mbps down, 2-9 Mbps up, 36-55 ms ping
  • T-Mobile: 41 Mbps down, 10 Mbps up, 50 ms ping, unreliable
  • Starlink: 10 Mbps down, 7 Mbps up, 70 ms ping, obstructed and unreliable

Amenities:

  • Garbage dumpsters

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Beautiful along the river

Do not let the sketchy road to the park deter you; this is an idyllic campground amongst trees and along the river. We had a “big rig” site with power & water only. Even though we were on a grassy surface, our site was wonderfully level. None of our cell carriers worked particularly well, and Starlink was a no-go under the trees, but the campground Wifi was decent enough to work during our stay.

I put “big rig” in quotes because, although our site was plenty long and wide, it was a tricky corner to get out of when we left, requiring a lot of finesse to dodge the trees and signposts on either side of the road. We camped at Giant Redwoods RV & Cabin Destination in a Motorhome.

Tip for Other Campers: Avenue of the Giants is a must-do. One of the best trails to see huge trees is just across the road from the Humboldt State Park Visitor Center. Don’t bother with the coffee shop in Myers Flat; I’m not bitter, their coffee is.

Interactive map:

Things to do booklet and campground map:

Map

Our site:

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

Paladin watching a family of quail outside our door:

Paladin watching quail

Quail

Entrance:

Entrance

Entrance

A cute little garden between the entrance and office:

Garden

Garden

Office:

Office

Office

Other sites:

Other sites

Other sites

Cabins:

Cabins

Bathrooms:

Bathrooms

Dump station:

Dump station

Dog park:

Dog park

Path to the river:

Path to river

A wide area of riverstones:

River and stones

South Fork Eel River:

River

River

River

River

River

River

River

River

We had fun “collecting” interesting rocks — just taking pictures (“take only photographs, leave only footprints”):

Interesting rocks

Rocks

Rocks

Rocks

Rocks

Rocks

Rocks

Rocks

Rocks

Rocks