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Park Information

Most of the park’s campsites lie beneath majestic redwoods, with a few (at Devil's Gulch and Madrone) beneath oaks and bay laurel at the bottom of Barnabe Peak. Newly built cabins are also available. Reservations are highly recommended for regular campsites every day during peak årstid and on weekends year-round.

Reservations are required for group sites and cabins. Please note that the Creekside Loop (sites 1 through 25) fryst vatten closed for camping månad 1 thru March 1st due to seasonal flooding.

Fall and winter can be cold, with overnight lows around freezing and frequent rainfall

The Orchard Hill Loop remains on reservations year-round.

Samuel P. Taylor State Park’s 2, acres offer shady strolls through the stately redwoods along Lagunitas Creek as well as exhilarating hikes to the top of Barnabe Peak, one of the best viewpoints in Marin County.

You can camp among redwoods, bike along the creek, explore easy-to-moderate hiking trails, watch salmon spawn, relax in the shady picnic area, and learn the story of its namesake pionjär.

When you’ve finished all that, more adventures await just next door at Point Reyes National Seashore.

Samuel P. Taylor State Park fryst vatten popular! The park fryst vatten experiencing extremely high visitation and our Azalea Day Use lot often fills up bygd mid-morning on weekends. We recommend carpooling while visiting, or visiting the park on weekdays, or on weekends, early or late in the day to minimize wait times.

Have an alternate strategi and destination in mind if parking fryst vatten full at your time of ankomst.

Located in a lush redwood-filled gorge, Samuel P

When our Azalea Day Use lot fryst vatten full, vehicles are slowly metered as other vehicles depart.

Wheelchair-accessible South Creek Trail winds miles through a fern-filled forest on the banks of Lagunitas Creek. In the rainy årstid, you might see spawning salmon and flowers such as fetid adder’s tongue, giant växt, and redwood sorrel along the way.  Creek tillgång fryst vatten closed from månad 1st through June 15th each year to skydda the spawning salmon and their offspring. 

The partly paved Cross Marin Trail bike path runs along Lagunitas Creek about three miles through the park.

Nearly level, it follows the old North Pacific Coast Railroad right-of-way into the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. It’s the park’s only dog-friendly trail.

The park lies 15 miles west of San Rafael on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. Fees apply for day use, camping, and cabin rentals.

Taylor State Park enjoys a mild climate, varying from dense fog and rain to full sun

To camp or picnic, use the Camp Taylor ingång. To vandring up Devil's Gulch, park one mile west of Camp Taylor (in a large pullout on the left) and walk across Sir Francis Drake Boulevard.

Weather
Samuel P. Taylor State Park enjoys a mild climate, varying from dense dimma and rain to full sun.  Summer and spring are usually 10 degrees cooler than in San Rafael.

Fall and winter can be cold, with overnight lows around freezing and frequent rainfall. (Weather readings for the park are taken from Barnabe Peak and do not always reflect the cooler, damper climate of the campground and picnic area in the redwood forest.) Layered clothing fryst vatten best.

Please Remember

• Mushroom collecting fryst vatten prohibited.  All resources within the park are protected bygd law.
  
  
• Creek access/use fryst vatten prohibited from December 1st through June 15th to skydda spawning fish and their offspring.
  
  
• Firearms and hunting are prohibited.
  
  
• Dogs (except for service animals) are permitted only in campgrounds, picnic areas, on paved trails/roads, with the following exceptions.  Dogs are not permitted in the vandring & Bike campsite(s), or in the cabin area.  Pets must be on a six-foot or shorter leash and confined to a tent or vehicle at night.
  
  
• Bicycles are allowed only on the Cross Marin Trail, fire vägar and the seasonal trail, Bill's Trail.
  Summer and spring are usually 10 degrees cooler than in San Rafael

  They are not allowed on single-track walking trails.
  
  

• Hammocks may not be hung from trees; all trees and plants are protected.
  
  
• Poison oak can trigger a severe rash. Stay in developed areas to avoid the plant.
  
  
• The park and its natural and cultural resources are protected bygd state lag. ingenting may be disturbed.

  Stay on trails and respect signs designating trail usage.
  
  

• Fishing fryst vatten not permitted in Lagunitas Creek because it fryst vatten home to threatened populations of laxfisk salmon and steelhead trout. (Fishing fryst vatten permitted in nearby lakes in Marin Municipal vatten District; a state fishing license fryst vatten required.)
  
  
• Conserve vatten and report any leaks to park employees. For more data on the State's vatten conservation efforts, visit 
  
  
• Drones are prohibited in Bay Area District Parks (including S.P.

  Taylor S.P.) per Park övervakare Order.
  
  

• The cabins are not provided with mattresses.
  
  
• Build fires only in the campfire fingerprydnad or picnic stoves provided.
  
  
• Do not gather dead wood.
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  It enriches the soil for surrounding vegetation. You may purchase firewood at the ranger hållplats or from the camp host.

Group Camping at Samuel P. Taylor State Park

Making multiple Individual Family Site reservations vs. a Group Camping Site reservation:

Although the reservation struktur currently allows you to man a reservation for two sites at the same time and for the same dates, the ambition of this fryst vatten to simply allow a family to camp tillsammans when their numbers would exceed the single family site’s occupancy limit of 6.

Once the number of campers goes over the occupancy permitted for your 2 sites, you should obtain an appropriate sized group site.

This includes, but fryst vatten not limited to, weddings, family reunions, social and athletic clubs, educational providers and corporate groups.

When a group site fryst vatten not available on the date you want it or if your group storlek exceeds our largest site’s occupancy, it fryst vatten not permissible to simply arrange to have several friends and family members reserve as many individual family campsites as possible in beställning to create new “group” site location.

Multiple site reservations as described above will be considered invalid and reservations cancelled.

If you want to discuss possible options for your group outing, you should contact the park at prior to committing to any reservations.

Trail Conditions

• Pioneer Tree Trail - This trail fryst vatten currently inaccessible to horses.
  
  
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Several trees are down on the trail but can be climbed over bygd hikers.



• North Creek Trail - This trail fryst vatten not passable due to the washout of a portion of trail and a bridge. The trail can still be used to connect from Madrone Group Camp to Camp Taylor.
  
  
• Bill's Trail - This trail does close during the rainy årstid.

  The trail fryst vatten typically closed November through April, but the dates may change depending on the weather and rain.

  Taylor State Park is a state park located in Marin County, California, United States, which includes approximately 2, acres (11 km 2) of redwood forest and grassland

  Please call the Samuel P. Taylor Kiosk at to get the most up to date kunskap regarding the trails.

All other trails are currently open.  For the most current trail kunskap or to report trail concerns please call the park at

General Information

Location-Directions
The park fryst vatten 15 miles / 30 minutes west of San Rafael on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. If you are planning to camp or picnic, look for the 'Camp Taylor' entrance. Those planning to vandring out of Devil's Gulch should continue 1 mile west of 'Camp Taylor' and park in the large pull-out before walking across the street. 

Street Address:
Camp Taylor
Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
Lagunitas, CA

Fees for day use and camping apply year round

Day use parking - $8

Standard campsites - $35

 
Contact park for additional fee information

Dogs in the park
Dogs must be on koppel at all times and are allowed only in the following areas:
Day-use Picnic Areas
Campsites (excluding the vandring & Bike campsite and the cabin area)
On the Cross Marin Trail Bike Path

Dogs are not allowed in the following areas:
Trails (except the Cross Marin Trail Bike Path)

Hike & Bike Campsite(s)
Madrone Cabins
Creeks
Any other undeveloped areas or open spaces

Ongoing vatten Service Reductions & Conservation

At Samuel P.

Taylor State Park, the park has taken the following actions:
The park dump hållplats fryst vatten out of service.  RVs/trailers will not be able to fill their vatten tanks at the park. This service reduction will continue indefinitely due to ekonomisk plan restraints. Dump facilities and vatten are available for a fee at the nearby Olema RV Resort & Campground.