Haypress Campground in CA -- Campground & RV Camping in California
Haypress Campground in CA
National Park Service allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
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.
The road in has not been measured -- unknown, not bad. Flat ground is scarce -- under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
Coyote Ridge stands 753 ft above the site, 0.5 miles northwest. The Haypress Pond shoreline is 0.1 mi off. Exposed here -- the nearest through road is 0.6 miles off, a 6-site campground. Night skies measure Bortle 4 -- a rural sky with a glow on the horizon. Mostly tent-only sites -- 6 hike-in sites. The nearest town, Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, is 1.3 mi off.
September normals 58–77°F, 0.2″ rain. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
Set by National Park Service. Stage 1 and 2 orders change within days -- check the current order before you build a fire.
nps.gov