Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area

Great stop for a few hours of family fun

We went a little down the road to the Frank and Bess Smithe Grove and it’s amazing. Less crowded, 5 minute walk to a fantastic swimming hole, and redwoods that you can walk through. Great stop for a f...

Generations of fun!

We have camped here for four generations and the kids keep wanting to come back! The swimming hole is epic and during the week it's pretty quiet. It's family friendly although the hike down is steep ...

Less crowded than campgrounds further north.

Camped here as last stop on our 2890 mile, 14-campsite camping trip. One star off for road noise. The Hickey loop site 59 had less 101 noise than sites nearer the road. Campsites have raised wooden fo...

Lovely park, now run by locals

Used to be run by the State Park service, but the locals run it now. Nice place to camp, and the people in charge consider it part of their home, so they show it lots of love.

nobody was THERE!

This is a super nice campground, and it was empty. That surprised me. I actually didn't stay cuz I travel alone and it was a bit too quiet, but the park was beautiful and I would recommend it to anyon...