Location: County: Mendocino. Nearest City: Leggett.
Campsites, facilities: Hickey: There are 65
sites for tents or RVs up to 27 feet long and trailers to 24
feet long. There are also several hike-in/bike-in sites. Piped
water, showers, flush toilets, picnic tables, and fire rings
are provided. A grocery store and Laundromat are nearby. Some
facilities are wheelchair accessible. Leashed pets are permitted.
Rock Creek: There are 36 sites for tents or RVs up to
27 feet long and trailers to 24 feet long. Piped water, coin-operated
showers, flush toilets, picnic tables, and fire rings are provided.
Some facilities are wheelchair accessible. Leashed pets are permitted.
Redwood Campground: There are 63 sites for tents or RVs
up to 18 feet long. Piped water, coin-operated showers, flush
toilets, picnic tables, and fire rings are provided. Some facilities
are wheelchair accessible. Leashed pets are permitted.
Reservations, fees: All sites: Reserve by phoning
1-800-444-PARK/7275 ($7.50 reservation fee); $14-$16 per night,
$5 for each additional vehicle, $1 pet fee. Redwood Campground:
Open Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend.
Contact: Phone Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area
at 1-707-925-6482 or 1-707-445-6547 or FAX 1-707-247-3300.
Standish-Hickey SRA
69350 Highway 101, #2
Leggett CA 95585
Operating hours, seasons: Campground open all year.
Day use area open sunrise to sunset.
Park Kiosk Hours:
Directions: From the junction of U.S. 101 and Highway
1 in Leggett, drive north on U.S. 101 for one mile to the park
entrance on the left.
Weather, clothing: The weather can be changeable; layered
clothing is recommended.
Trip notes: Hickey: This is an ideal layover
for U.S. 101 cruisers yearning to spend a night in the redwoods.
The park is best known for its camps set amid redwoods, as well
as the nearby South Fork Eel River with its steelhead fishing
in the winter. The camp is set at 800 feet. Rock Creek:
This is one of two main campgrounds set in a redwood grove at
Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area. It is the classic state
park camp, with numbered sites, flat tent spaces, picnic tables,
and food lockers. Hiking is only fair in this park, but most
people enjoy the short tromp down to the nearby South Fork Eel
River. In the winter, steelhead migrate through the area. Redwood
Campground: This is one of three camps in Standish-Hickey
State Recreation Area, and it is by far the most unusual. To
reach Redwood Campground requires driving over a temporary "summer
bridge," which provides access to a pretty spot along the
South Fork Eel River. In the winter, out comes the bridge and
up comes the river. The elevation at the camp is 800 feet.
© 2001, Miwok Lodge 439, Order of the
Arrow, Santa Clara County Council Inc., BSA
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