CALIFORNIA
Municipal Camp Sites
| Town or City | Charge or Free | Toilet | Drinking Water | Fireplace or Stove | Lights | Bath or Shower |
| Alhambra | 50c. day | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Alturas | F | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Anaheim | 50c. day | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Anderson | F | Y | Y | Y | Y[[209]] | |
| Arbuckle | F | Y | Y | |||
| Arcata | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Arroyo Grande | F | Y | Y | Fuel | Y | |
| Atascadero | F | |||||
| Auburn | ||||||
| Bakersfield | 50c. day | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Barstow | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Beaumont (2 camps) | 1 Free 1 25c. | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Benicia | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Bishop | ||||||
| Blythe | Y | Y | ||||
| Brentwood | ||||||
| Buena Park | Y | Y | ||||
| Calistoga | F | Y | Y | |||
| Ceres | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Chico | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Chino | F | Y | Y | |||
| Chula Vista | ||||||
| Cloverdale | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Clovis | F | Y | Y | Fuel | Y | |
| Coachella | ||||||
| Coalinga | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Colfax | ||||||
| Colton | 50c. day | Y | Y | Free gas | Y | |
| Colusa | 50c. day | Y | Y | Free gas | Y | |
| Compton | Free permit | Y | ||||
| Corning | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Corona | F | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Covina | F | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Crescent City | F | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Daly City | F | Y | Y | [[210]] | ||
| Davis | C | Y | Y | |||
| Delano | F | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Del Mar | ||||||
| Downey | F | Y | Y | |||
| Dunsmuir | F | Y | Y | Wood | ||
| Dutch Flat | F | Y | Y | |||
| Dyerville | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| East San Diego | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Echo | F | Y | Y | |||
| El Cajon | F | |||||
| El Centro | F | |||||
| El Modeno | F | Y | Y | |||
| El Sinore | F | Y | ||||
| Escondido | F | |||||
| Etna Mills | ||||||
| Eureka | 50c. day | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Exeter | ||||||
| Fairfield | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Fallbrook | Y | |||||
| Ferndale | ||||||
| Fillmore | ||||||
| Fortuna | C | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Fowler | ||||||
| Fresno | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Fullerton | F 3 days | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Gardena | ||||||
| Gilroy | F | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Glendale | 50c. day | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Glendora | F 5 days | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Grass Valley | C | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Gridley | ||||||
| Half Moon Bay | C | Y | [[211]] | |||
| Hanford | ||||||
| Hayward | F | |||||
| Healdsburg | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Hemet | ||||||
| Hermosa Beach | ||||||
| Hollister | ||||||
| Holtville | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Hornbrook | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Imperial | 50c. day | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Independence | 25c. day | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Indio | 25c. day | Y | Y | |||
| Jackson | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Kelseyville | C | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Kennett | ||||||
| King City | ||||||
| La Jolla | ||||||
| Lakeport | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Lancaster | ||||||
| La Verne | ||||||
| Lindsay | C | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Livermore | ||||||
| Lodi | ||||||
| Long Beach | 50c. day | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Los Angeles | 50c. day | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Los Gatos | 60c. day | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Lower Lake | F | Y | Y | Fuel | ||
| Loyalton | ||||||
| Madera | ||||||
| Maricopa | ||||||
| Marysville | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Mayfield | F | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Mecca | F | [[212]] | ||||
| Merced | F | Y | Y | |||
| Modesto | 50c. day | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Mojave | ||||||
| Monterey | F | Y | Y | |||
| Morrow Cove | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Napa | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Needles | ||||||
| Nevada City | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Newhall | F | Y | ||||
| Newport Beach | 25c. day | Y | ||||
| Oakdale | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Oakland | $3–$6 wk. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Oceanside | 25c. day | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Ontario | 25c. day | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Orland | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Oroville | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Oxnard | ||||||
| Pacific Grove | F | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Palo Alto | 25c. day | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Pasadena | 50c. day | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Paso Robles | 50c. day $2 week | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Perris | ||||||
| Petaluma | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Piru | ||||||
| Placerville | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Pleasonton | ||||||
| Pomona | 25c. day | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Porterville | F | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Quincy | F | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Randsburg | ||||||
| Red Bluff | F | Y | Y | Y | [[213]] | |
| Redding | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Reedley | Tent 50c. day F | Y | Y | |||
| Redlands | F | Y | Y | |||
| Redondo Beach | 50c. day | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Rialto | ||||||
| Richmond | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Riverside | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Rocklin | 50c. day | |||||
| Roseville | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Sacramento | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Salinas | 25c. day | Y | Y | Y | ||
| St. Helena | C | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| San Bernardino | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| San Diego | C | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| San Fernando | ||||||
| San Gabriel | ||||||
| Sanger | F | Fuel | ||||
| San Jacinto | F | Y | Y | |||
| San Jose | $1 day | Y | Y | Y | ||
| San Luis Obispo | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| San Pedro | ||||||
| San Rafael | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Santa Ana | 50c day | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Santa Barbara | 50c. day and $1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Santa Clara | ||||||
| Santa Cruz | 50c. day | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Santa Maria | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Santa Monica | F | Y | ||||
| Santa Monica B’ch | [[214]] | |||||
| Santa Paula | ||||||
| Santa Rosa | 50c. day | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Seal Beach | ||||||
| Sebastopol | 25c. day | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Sisson | C | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Sonoma | ||||||
| Sonora | F | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Stockton | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Susanville | ||||||
| Taft | ||||||
| Temecula | ||||||
| Thermal | ||||||
| Tracy | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Tulare | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Turlock | 25c. day | Y | ||||
| Trinity Center | F | Y | Y | |||
| Ukiah | F | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Upland | 25c. day | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Vacaville | ||||||
| Ventura | F | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Victorville | ||||||
| Visalia | F | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Watsonville | 50c. day | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Weaverville | F | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Westwood | F | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Whittier | 50c. day | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Williams | C | Y | Y | |||
| Willits | 50c. and 25c. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Woodland | F | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Willows | ||||||
| Yreka | F | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
[[215]]
California is the land of National Parks and Forests. Within the state boundaries there are three of the great National Parks, viz.: Yosemite National Park, General Grant National Park and Sequoia National Park. In these parks the U. S. Government has arranged facilities for motorists to camp, either using their own equipment or renting tents and utensils after arriving in the parks.
Of the 171 National Forests no less than twenty are found either wholly or in part within the State of California. These California National Forests have a combined area of nearly eighteen million acres—more than twenty thousand square miles, equal to all the New England states, leaving out Maine and Vermont. The figures given after each of the names of the California National Forests represent the acreage. These forests are: Angeles (820,980), California (807,444), Cleveland (547,981), Crater (46,977), Eldorado (549,392), Inyo (1,269,980), Klamath (1,470,841), Lassen (936,877), Modoc (1,182,986), Mono (784,620), Monterey (316,058), Plumas (1,144,835), Santa Barbara (1,688,571), Sequoia (1,882,980), Shasta (803,448), Sierra (1,489,934), Siskiyou (349,069), Stanislaus (810,399), Tahoe (542,226), and Trinity (1,430,547).
The U. S. Forestry Department is authority for the statement that during the season of 1921 “over one and one-half million visitors entered the National Forests of California, most of whom traveled [[216]]by automobile and were prepared to camp.” This number was exceeded in the season of 1922.
Much of the National Forest area is accessible to automobiles and more roads are being constructed all the time by State or National agencies. Owing to the activities of the Forest Service and the automobile clubs, California can now claim to have the best signed mountain roads in America.
The Forest Service has arranged a great number of camping places for motor tourists.