Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Camping

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area has 1 reservable campground, booked through Recreation.gov — including Circle X Ranch Group Campground. It's one of the camping destinations we track in California.

Campgrounds here are in high demand and can sell out within minutes of release, so cancellations are often the only way to get a site. Campsite Tonight monitors every Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area campground around the clock and automatically adds an open site to your Recreation.gov cart the moment a cancellation appears.