Vado Campground, Santa Lucia Range, California

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  Vado Campground is positioned in a neighborhood with a lot of cool stuff to do, and when you're here you're always having a great time. California is a great outdoors state. All the tremendous local attractions around here and so much to do will make you glad you came.
Coming to this campground is always a perfect idea. Nothing beats kicking back at Pfeiffer Beach, and paddling on Big Sur River is so much fun.
This campground is so charming. There is a magnificent hiking trail near Vado Campground called the Rattlesnake Creek Trail, and on a delightful
    day you can take a hike along the San Clemente Trail. As if Vado Campground wasn't enough, you can also go swimming, whitewater paddling, fishing, and hiking, so it's impossible to get bored. Not much precipitation falls here at Vado Campground; of all the months in a year January
is the one with the most rain while July is commonly the driest month.
Whohoo, so many fun things in one place! Vado Campground is great! During your visit to Vado Campground you'll meet some people from Carmel for sure; a tour to Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park rejuvenates the soul. Vado Campground is a delightful camp ground to use as a base while enjoying the Santa Lucia Range. Get soaked paddling on Little Sur River; not far from Vado Campground you'll come across White Rock Lake which is a pretty lake.
If you want a good time in the great outdoors
 
just come on up to the Santa Lucia Range. Soar down the rapids of Carmel River in a kayak, and there's some flowing water nearby, Launtz Creek is a stream you can have a look at during your stay. Andrew Molera State Park is a glorious spot; from Vado Campground you get a magnificent vista of Post Summit.
All the outdoors enjoyable things in the neighborhood of Vado Campground will keep you coming back over and over. For the period of the long summer days highs here at Vado Campground reach the 70's. When the night sets in temperatures sink down into the 50's. During the winter highs are in the 50's; nighttime lows through the winter for Vado Campground tend to be in the 40's. These mountains rock, just explore all the amusing stuff to do in the Santa Lucia Range. Enjoy a lazy day on the beach at Wreck Beach, and if the weather is delightful, you can go for a hike along the Oak Grove Trail.
Going for a hike along the Buzzards Roost Trail will let you absorb the natural beauty of this neighborhood; you can have a good hiking adventure along the Manuel Peak Trail. Vado Campground is fantastically popular with folks of Carmel. Scores of folks pick Vado Campground in order to be near Andrew Molera State Park.
Anxious to set up that camp site; Vado Campground in California is just the spot.

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Latitude: 36.30417
Longitude: -121.78861

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 Camp Grounds Near Vado Campground:
Launtz Creek Campground, Monterey County , 0 miles away
Tin House Campground, Monterey County , 2 miles away
Little Sur Campground, Monterey County , 2 miles away
Sawmill Flat Campground, Monterey County , 3 miles away
P B S S P South Campground, Monterey County , 4 miles away
Big Sur Campgrounds and Cabins, Big Sur , 7 miles away
Fernwood, Big Sur , 7 miles away
 Hotels Near Vado Campground:
Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur , 2 miles away
Big Sur Lodge, Big Sur , 7 miles away
Ventana Inn Big Sur, Big Sur , 10 miles away
Country Garden Inns, Carmel Valley , 11 miles away
Bernardus Lodge, Carmel Valley , 11 miles away
Coachmans Inn, Carmel-By-The-Sea , 15 miles away
Carmel River Inn, Carmel-By-The-Sea , 15 miles away
 Trails Near Vado Campground:
Manuel Peak Trail, Monterey County County , 2 miles away,  10.8 hiking miles, 3534 feet elevation difference
Buzzards Roost Trail, Monterey County County , 3 miles away, 1.5 hiking miles, 864 feet elevation difference
Oak Grove Trail, Monterey County County , 3 miles away, 0.6 hiking miles, 204 feet elevation difference
San Clemente Trail, Monterey County County , 7 miles away,  7 hiking miles, 714 feet elevation difference
Rattlesnake Creek Trail, Monterey County County , 9 miles away,  7 hiking miles, 1350 feet elevation difference
Big Sur Trail, Monterey County County , 10 miles away,  15.2 hiking miles, 1949 feet elevation difference
Carmel River Trail, Monterey County County , 10 miles away,  29.4 hiking miles, 3023 feet elevation difference
 Beaches Near Vado Campground:
Wreck Beach, Monterey County , 4 miles away
Pfeiffer Beach, Monterey County , 4 miles away
 Whitewater Near Vado Campground:
Big Sur River, Monterey County , 2 miles away, Class II+ - 4 miles long (Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park to Motels)
Little Sur River, Monterey County , 4 miles away, Class III-IV - 7 miles long (Pico Blanco B South Carolina to Highway 1)
Carmel River, Monterey County , 10 miles away, Class II-III(IV) - 10 miles long (Los Padres Reservoir to Carmel Valley)
Arroyo Seco River, Monterey County , 21 miles away, Class IV(V) - 3 miles long (Willowcreek Bridge to Arroyo Seco Picnic Area)
Arroyo Seco River, Monterey County , 27 miles away, Class III - 14.5 miles long (Arroyo Seco Picnic Area to Route G16 bridge)
 National Parks Near Vado Campground:
Pinnacles National Monument, Paicines - CA , 55 miles away
 Lakes Near Vado Campground

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