Glamping & Camping in Cambria, California

Cambria, California has 2 outdoor stays in our index right now, spanning RV sites, cabins, primitive sites, and tent platforms. The rated stays average 4.5★ across 3,643 guest reviews. Hearst San Simeon State Park currently leads on rating — a solid first look.

What Cambria guests reward most in their reviews: location, comfort, and the hosts. It's a useful lens — the properties that nail these tend to be the ones people rebook.

On the ground, the Cambria mix skews toward RV sites (2 spots), with cabins, primitive sites, and tent platforms filling out the rest. That's worth knowing before you search: the format shapes the trip more than the town does — a dome is a stargazing stay, a cabin is a basecamp, an RV site is a road-trip anchor. Pick the format first, then the property.

Set in the West Coast, Cambria works as a base for big sur coastal camping, sierra backpacking, and joshua tree bouldering. Plan around the season: Year-round depending on elevation — coastal summer, Sierra fall, desert winter. California's national parks (Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon) make good day-trip anchors from here. Below you can filter by stay type or jump to a specific format — every listing links straight to the operator's own site, never a middleman, so the prices and dates you see are the real ones.