RV’ing Northern CA & Southern OR

Summary of our summer 2024 trip to Northern California and Southern Oregon with stops in Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.

Time-frame

May to September 2024

Route

Stop No.	State	City Closest to Campsite	Links to Blog Posts
1	Nevada	Yerington	Walker River State Recreation Area
2	Nevada	Dayton	Fort Churchill and Dayton State Parks
3	Nevada	Carson City	Washoe Lake & Lake Tahoe State Parks
4	California	Shingletown	Lassen Volcanic NP-Manzanita Lake Area Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area
5	California	Tulelake	Lava Beds National Monument to Tule Lake National Monument
6 – 8	Oregon	La Pine, Redmond, & Eugene	Newberry Volcanic National Monument Central Oregon – La Pine to Eugene
9 – 12	Oregon	Oregon Coast: Newport Florence Sixes Brookings	Northern Coast from Tillamook to Neskowin Central Coast from Lincoln City to Newport Central Coast from Seal Rock to Mapleton Central Coast – Florence, OR and Oregon Dune National Recreation Area Southern Coast from Winchester Bay to Bandon Southern Coast from Cape Blanco to Port Orford Southern Coast from Gold Beach to Harbor
13 & 14	California	Crescent City & Weott	California’s Northwest Coast Redwoods National and State Parks
15	Oregon	Cave Junction	Oregon Caves National Monument & Preserve
16	Oregon	Crate Lake National Park	Crater Lake National Park
17	Oregon	Ashland	Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
18	Nevada	Denio (just south of Elko)	Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge
19	Nevada	Spring Creek	South Fork State Recreation Area
20	Nevada	Ely	Ely Nevada & Surrounding Area
21	Nevada	Baker	Great Basin National Park
22	Utah	Springdale	Zion Canyon National Park
23	Arizona	Jacob Lake
24	Arizona	Flagstaff	Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Wupatki National Monument Walnut Canyon National Monument

Reservations

Due to the popularity of the areas we visited along the coast of Oregon and California, we made our campground reservations for those and Crater Lake when they were released (six months in advance). Zion, we managed to pick up two cancellations totaling a week, and the rest of our trip was flexible. Flexibility was vital as we re-routed several times due to weather and the numerous fires in Oregon.

Permits/passes

• National Park Pass
• Nevada State Parks – we chose the Annual All Access Pass (includes dry camping)
• Oregon State Parks – access included with camping
• California State Parks – access included with camping