Hermit Gulch Campground

Campground · Avalon

Hermit Gulch Campground

Campground · Avalon

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1201 Avalon Cyn Rd, Avalon, CA 90704

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Mountain campground with tent cabins, grills, clean facilities  

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"Hike into the Clouds on Catalina Island The 1.7 mile hike up the grueling Hermit Gulch Trail overlooks the Avalon harbor cradled between the evergreen shrubbed hills. You can make out the wakes of boats coming and going like airplane contrails in the ocean but you wouldn't expect the opposite side of the island to actually feel like you were in flight. Once at the summit, we discovered a view like that from a plane and descended into an endless layer of rolling pearly clouds."

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Austin Wand

Google
The employees here are absolutely top notch, keeping the ground clean and well maintained. They go above and beyond to help if there's a problem and work with the Catalina ferry to help visitors when necessary. Huge shout out the all the employees here, they're awesome. Also campground is pretty great as well

Karen Shi

Google
My son and I had a wonderful stay at Hermit Gulch Campground, largely thanks to Adrian’s exceptional hospitality. He personally greeted campers by name and was incredibly kind and informative with my son—patiently answering his questions and sharing fascinating facts about the local wildlife. We stayed in a cabin equipped with comfortable cots, which greatly enhanced our comfort. The campground is teeming with wildlife such as foxes, deer, and woodpeckers, adding a special touch to our visit. Conveniently located just about a mile from Avalon, the site also offers a well-stocked campground shop with essentials like charcoal, propane, and quarters for showers. We are already looking forward to returning next summer.

xsimmiesx

Google
Quiet hours are not enforced, had two nights of drunk people. Had to call ranger twice in one night. Clean facilities, limited food storage, well maintained sites, lack of shade, sites sit on top one another so be prepared to have people walking through your site. Not a bad campground, but they need to have more of a staff presence (never got checked in/ greeted by anyone)

Miyoshi Haruta

Google
We stayed at Hermit Gulch Campground for two nights, March 23-24 2024. Great weather. The camp hosts were friendly and helpful. The campsite is easy 20 min walk from Avalon. We did a day hike on Trans Catalina trail. Botanic garden was fun as well. Great experience.

Nick Kruse

Google
Definitely the loudest campground I have ever camped at. Campsites are tiny and basically stacked on top of each other. If your luck is like mine, you’ll be next to not one, but TWO trashy groups of neighbors blasting bluetooth speakers and screaming until 1am. You’d think for $70 a night they’d have a camp monitor. Has the potential to be good. Bathrooms were fine. Shower was fine (quarter operated and of course the quarter machine was out of order). In close proximity to some amazing hikes. But as other reviews have mentioned (over several years it appears) this place does nothing to enforce quiet hours.

Vera Ivanova

Google
I absolutely loved this camping and the friendliest host ever Pat! He was so helpful, always on duty, treated us with apricots from his tree behind his house! It has the best facilities, well-kept: clean toilets with running water, showers (25c per minute), outlets for charging phones, separate sink for dishes, vending machine with drinks and gas and wax logs for purchase. All camping sites should have all of the above. There are however a lot of traffic: carts driving by till late, people passing by to the Hermit Gulch trail (which conveniently starts right at the camping site), not a lot of trees or bushes to separate the sites from each other, but lots of animals who are stilling your food in a cutest manner (little island foxes, deers, crows and wood peckers). If you are looking for a comfortable camping, this is the place to go!

MengHan Xu (Meng.X.)

Google
Backpack camped there for the weekend, camping on the island was a unique experience. Great spot to enjoy nature and not too far from fun activities in Avalon. It’s a nice 30 mins hike from pier to campsite passing through the town and by a beautiful golf course. You can also take the circuit ride there, getting a ride back to downtown Avalon might take a while. The rangers are helpful and friendly, the office closes at 5pm. The office is also a store selling water, canister, cold drinks and common camping needs. Keep a close eye on your food and keep food in the locker if you are away, learnt it the hard way.

Rebecca Greco

Google
We had an amazing time at Hermit Gulch campground. The facilities are fantastic- flushing clean toilets, washing sink and tables, grills, picnic tables. Our tent cabins were very clean and roomy with front porch, propane stove and lantern. Outlets to charge phone or e-bike. Regina was so helpful with a little camp store right there for last minute things. She even gave our kids a printed scavenger hunt and honorary ranger pins. This was camping made super easy which is great since you can only take so much on the boat over. And site is so pretty and short walk into town. Just great.