Haypress Campground in CA -- Campground & RV Camping

Haypress Campground is a primitive, hike-in site set in a grassy meadow bounded by eucalyptus trees in Tennessee Valley. Located one mile via a flat dirt path from the main parking lot, the facility offers five individual sites and one group site. Each individual site has a tent pad and food locker, while the group site adds picnic tables. Two vault toilets are on site. Campers must pack in all drinking water and pack out trash. Trails lead directly to Tennessee Beach, Muir Beach, and historic military sites like Battery Townsley.

Getting there: From San Francisco (traveling north): Cross the Golden Gate Bridge and continue on the US-101 N. Take exit 445B toward Mill Valley/Stinson Beach. Continue straight until you can turn left onto Tennessee Valley Road. This road will dead-end at the Tennessee Valley trailhead parking lot. From here, hike on Tennessee Valley Trail to Haypress Camp Trail. From Marin (traveling south): From US-101 South, take exit 445B toward Stinson Beach. Turn right on CA-1 and continue straight until you can turn left onto Tennessee Valley Road. This road will dead-end at the Tennessee Valley trailhead parking lot. From here, hike on Tennessee Valley Trail to Haypress Camp Trail.

• Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a 6-site campground with the nearest through road 0.6 miles off.
• Flat ground is scarce: under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
• Coyote Ridge stands 753 ft above the map pin, 0.5 miles northwest.
• The Haypress Pond shoreline is 0.1 mi off.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
• Mostly tent-only sites, with 6 hike-in sites.

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