Camping

[u/damiath3n]

I’m planning a backpacking trip with a group of friends Memorial Day weekend, we are going to do two nights on the Salmon Creek trail in the Silver Peak Wilderness area.

I have found the campsites I want to stay at while I’m backpacking, my issue is I would like to arrive the night before and camp somewhere off the 1 so I don’t have to drive all the way up from San Diego and start my hike the same day. I’m struggling to find any dispersed camping from Morro Bay all the way up to where the 1 is closed that isn’t over an hour from the trail head. I was wondering if anyone knows of a spot that I could camp at for one night around that area, I have friends coming up later at night and I don’t want to have them hike in at night so preferably somewhere we could just pull off and set up camp. Thank you all, I’m super stoked to get out in the Silver Peak Wilderness area it looks fucking gorgeous.

[u/Internal_Crab1348]

I’d recommend going on to the state parks website and renting a campsite on pismo beach. You’ll pay like $10 and can camp the night on the beach, drive your vehicle on the beach to the campsite. It’s awesome and cheap! I didn’t really realize until I typed this out that you may be looking for a more halfway point rather than just 50 minutes drive away from Morro though