Lost Coast Trail camping & accommodation by stage
19 beach camps, campgrounds, inns and services at 13 stops on the trail, from Mattole to Shelter Cove. Pick a stage to see where to camp, water, tide notes, phone numbers and booking links.
Mattole Trailhead (trailhead)
4 places
- 1 camping
Mattole Beach · Petrolia · Shelter Cove
Mattole Trailhead → Randall Creek
3 places
- 3 camping
Cooskie Creek · Randall Creek · Sea Lion Gulch
Randall Creek → Big Flat
4 places
- 4 camping
Big Creek · Big Flat · Kinsey Creek · Spanish Flat
Big Flat → Black Sands Beach
8 places
- 2 with rooms
- 4 camping
- 2 with meals
Buck Creek · Gitchell Creek · Shelter Cove · Shipman Creek
On the Lost Coast Trail you sleep in your own tent at free beach camps beside the creeks. There are no huts or facilities, so carry a tent, stove, water filter and a compulsory bear canister. You need a King Range wilderness permit from recreation.gov for your start date. Book the permit, the shuttle and a room in Shelter Cove well ahead.
See every place on the map, offline
Open the Lost Coast Trail in Outest to see these camps on the route, with distances between them and offline navigation.