Davy Brown Campground, Los Olivos, CA

Davy Brown Campground is located in the Santa Lucia Ranger District, Los Padres National Forest (1 hr 18 min northwest of Santa Barbara, CA) with an elevation of 2,157 feet. There are a total of 13 campsites. The campground is open all year. Sites can accommodate RVs and trailers between 20 and 60 feet. All sites are currently reservable. Reservations can be booked up to 6 months in advance. Each site includes a picnic table and fire ring. There is a fee of $30.00 per night. Activities include biking.

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Campsite Reviews (38)

4.3 out of 5

5 star		58%
4 star		16%
3 star		8%
2 star		3%
1 star		8%

@AlexTF83970AD8 · Camped on Nov 8, 2024 at Campsite #11

Campsite has nice trees around with each site having ample space for tents. Site 11 had a decent flat spot for the tent. Creek was flowing and nice white noise. Drive to the campsite is a windy, single lane road, unpaved at times. Trails in the surrounding area are still closed due to previous fires, so there isn't much to do at camp. Vault toilet is clean with toilet paper. No mosquitos during our November trip. Gnats/flies did come out around 10am. Having a campfire repels them. By dusk, no issues with insects. Temp was around 35F at night and stars were visible.

@AnastasiiDF8E7 · Camped on Nov 2, 2024 at Campsite #7

Very nice and quiet please but no hookup just know it

@HarutMD77C6CDD · Camped on Oct 11, 2024 at Campsite #7

Nice campground next to the creek

@RobbM747C97D62 · Camped on May 3, 2024 at Campsite #12

What an awesome spot!! Camped in space 12, had a great experience. The site was amazing, had the stream running right through the spot, access to the trailhead, huge amount of space with great privacy, no adjoining spots. Absolutely awesome experience!

@JeneleM15F4A9C · Camped on Apr 3, 2024 at Campsite #12

Good times

@CrystalL170415 · Camped on Mar 15, 2024 at Campsite #13

The campground is great! clean pit toilets and nice quite campsite. The only issue is. We specifically reserved site 13. When we arrived to the campground site 13 was marked as OPEN. It would have really sucked to drive all that way over during a holiday to find out the campground was 1. Sold out or 2. The site specific spot we paid for was already taken by a first come first serve person. Please manage this better!

@VincentB284382 · Camped on Dec 29, 2023 at Campsite #4

Trash can overflowing, one bathroom out of order, no "reserved" signs (or signs were out of date). Not too impressed with whomever was the camphost, who never appeared....

@ShawnM1338429 · Camped on Nov 17, 2023 at Campsite #12

Great campground. Site 12 was large, private and backed up to a nice flowing stream and a trail for hiking. Well covered with trees, bathrooms nearby but not too close. We saw deer and wild Turkey at the site. Would definitely come back.

@KylieB3F697F4B · Camped on Oct 13, 2023 at Campsite #5

Beautiful site!! Can hear river all day and night. Only problem lots of bugs during the day (10.14.2024)

@HELIOF0BAF4287 · Camped on Jul 28, 2023 at Campsite #5

Great site. But so expansive for nothing. No water potable. There is a river next. Toilets.

@HollynH6589124 · Camped on Jul 7, 2023 at Campsite #4

Quiet, and secluded. Drive there was rough at some points. Lots of flies, campsite wasn't exactly flat but otherwise good time

@BeverlyB160635 · Camped on May 26, 2023 at Campsite #13

Entire campsite overgrown with poison oak and unusable state. REFUND please!

@JoannaT9181211 · Camped on Jun 20, 2022 at Campsite #7

Quiet, beautiful campground. No cell service, so great get away. Camp host friendly and helpful. Trails are great. Roads going up are narrow, but we were able to get there without problems even with a 24ft camper.

@KrystalS182568 · Camped on Apr 24, 2022 at Campsite #12

We paid for our reservation that was the 24th of April through the 27th- in Jan of 2022 to celebrate my bfs birthday & take our puppy on his 1st camping trip, We got to our site around 4pm. Someone was in it...looks like the camp host didnt change any of the reservation signs🙄. Luckily I printed mine out & the man agreed to move. We helped him move to another site but if the camp host had done their job, we wouldn't have had to deal with all that. The trash can was extremely full, but besides all that, we had a good time together, the camp host not doing their job dissapointed me. Why pay for a reservation if the camp host doesn't even change the signs and we never saw them once! Im a pretty reasonable person, the host should do their job!🤷🏼‍♀️

@ValeriaO940417 · Camped on Jul 15, 2021 at Campsite #6

Really nice secluded campsite with gorgeous views of the stars at night. Unfortunately, there was a fire ban implemented the very first day we showed up. Thankfully we brought backup sources to cook. I would definitely recommend going up Figueroa Mountain Road to Sunset Valley Road from the East, the road is much smoother albeit winding. I also would recommend bringing fly traps if you're going to be there in the summer, despite reading the reviews we hadn't realized just how bad the flies and bugs would be. Come prepared and you will have a great stay!

@ValeriaO403 · Camped on Jul 15, 2021 at Campsite #6

@Christine45219 · Camped on Apr 17, 2021 at Campsite #13

Although the website states that trailers under 20 feet are allowed, it is completely unsafe and should be avoided!!! The road into the site (14 miles) is a very narrow, at times unpaved mountain road. It was harrowing getting in and getting out. When we got to the campground, there was local (road) work being done and the sounds of the constant jackhammer was super annoying, especially when some people we chatted with said it was going to continue over the weekend. There was nothing on the website about this either, which I think is irresponsible. We decided not to stay. Won’t go back.

@ChristineD811 · Camped on Apr 17, 2021 at Campsite #13

@TJR202 · Camped on Apr 9, 2021 at Campsite #11

Great site with lots of room and great access to a cool little pond/waterfall not to far away.

@TJR5802325 · Camped on Apr 9, 2021 at Campsite #11

Great site with lots of room and great access to a cool little pond/waterfall not to far away.

@LilyG4765339 · Camped on Apr 1, 2021 at Campsite #7

So beautiful!

@LilyG675 · Camped on Apr 1, 2021 at Campsite #7

So beautiful!

@DavidA158 · Camped on Feb 27, 2021 at Campsite #4

Very clean

@DavidA3218244 · Camped on Feb 27, 2021 at Campsite #4

Very clean

@JayH3866534 · Camped on Feb 19, 2021 at Campsite #13

Typical Feb trip, had nice sunny days but cold at night and high winds on the Saturday dropped it a few more degrees. Camp site 13 is set back off the road down a narrow drive of about 10 yds. Large tall Sycamores' surround the site bordered on the south west by the creek (not the Davey Brown creek). The high winds had me somewhat worried that a few of the large dead branches above might come crashing down on us, trees prevailed. The table was a little dirty and required a good rinse before use, a rake would have been useful to clear back the substantle dead tree leaves from the fire ring perimeter. This site has a good separation from the other surrounding camp sites, there is a fairly wet/marshy area that runs just north of the site that might serve as a heavy breeding ground for mosquitos come warmer temps. Did a hike up the Davey brown trail accessed off the NW end of the camp ground, not visibly marked. Saw some fingerling fish in the Davey Brown creek below the road none above. I Wass told by another camper that they no longer stock this stream with farm fish in the spring. Would definitely use this site again.

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