Glamping & Camping in San Clemente, California

San Clemente, California has 2 outdoor stays in our index right now, spanning RV sites and primitive sites. The rated stays average 4.5★ across 777 guest reviews. San Onofre Beach Campground currently leads on rating — a solid first look.

What San Clemente guests reward most in their reviews: cleanliness, setting, and accessibility. It's a useful lens — the properties that nail these tend to be the ones people rebook.

On the ground, the San Clemente mix skews toward RV sites (2 spots), with primitive sites 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, San Clemente 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.