Veterans Memorial Park Campground

The best part of this campground was its proximity to everything in Monterey. While I had no real attraction to the campground, I also had no complaints.

The campground: Located uphill from the rest of Monterey, the campground has lots of trees and deer. The bathrooms and showers were clean. Fires were prohibited when I visited. The staff were friendly.

The area: There are multiple roads you can use to access the campground; if you have a large RV I'd recommend looking at them ahead of time, because one was curvy and narrow. I had no difficulty navigating it in an SUV. It's a quick trip into downtown Monterey from this campground, and not much longer to the ocean. I really enjoyed driving down to the coast and sitting on a rock watching the sea otters float over the waves. Monterey is a lovely town with plenty of things to do.

Booking: In November, I showed up here pretty late in the evening and had no trouble getting a spot. Just stop at the front and pay once you know where you're staying for the night. It's a little pricier than I'd like for car camping, but I couldn't find anywhere else nearby.

First time camping here at Veterans memorial and it’s been great! My husband and I stayed here with our 10.5 month old son and 11 yr old dog in our camper van. There is a great playground for the kids and a wide open space to play fetch with your dogs. Spot comes with picnic table and fire pit although no fires allowed at this time. Through the trees you can see a small view of the bay since this camp spot is located on top a hill. Beautiful trees all around.

Designed for small rvs and tents. Most spots well shaded. Many spaces not that level. Quiet, ranger on site. Very narrow windy road to park, not suited for rvs over 30, smaller is better. Restrooms have 1 toilet (mens) and 2 showers. Marginal, but better than nothing. Anyone can stop and use restroom, not just campers. There is a second restroom at entrance, no shower. Dump at entrance for easy in and out. Park located top of mountain above Monterey. Good access to town and close to Carmel Big Sur and pacific grove. Not intended for long stays. 3 days then over to fairgrounds and then you can come back for 3 more. Get there early 11am to claim your spot.

No doubt about it, we'd stay here again. The bathrooms were reasonably clean. The showers were nice and hot. There was warm water for the dishwashing sink. The sites weren't all that level so bring blocks. If you have a taller and longer rig, head for the shower area. The sites "in the woods" are hard to get to and INto. Lots of low branches.
$5 discount for NPS Senior Pass holders and other access/military passes. The base price went up to $44 per night starting April 1st.
If you're not a paid camper, dump station is $12 and to use the shower is $4. There is a military base very close so you'll hear Reveille at 6am and Taps at 10PM. We were getting 5G cell reception, 2 bars w/o WeBoostRV and 4 and 5 bars with WeBoostRV. VERY convenient to Uber to Cannery Row and the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

We came here for a few nights on a three day weekend. It is first come first serve and we got here around 11am. They had several sites to choose from which was nice. Site 19 was large and pretty level so we didn't have to do anything to level our rig. The Verizon cell service was really poor with 1 bar of LTE. It was really nice and quiet! We walked down the hill to downtown and had a blast looking around. It takes about 30 minutes to get down and 40 to get back up. We also rode our bikes and it was a lot of fun! Will definitely be back.

Nice park up in the hills above Monterey. Nightly rate of $40 plus a $5 RV charge! But given prices in the area this is a bargain. Max stay is 3 days then out for 1. I would guess this helps with availability as was our experience. Dump station requires serious manipulation if your pulling a TT… Showers are free for guests. Sites are tight. We have a 25 ft Airstream and could have fit in a number of sites but site 5 was nicely separated from neighboring sites. Really nice playground and open grassy field for your four legged friends to romp. The Presidio bugler (over the hill and over loud speakers) starts and ends each day - kind of fun!

As one previous reviewer noted, take HWY 68 off HWY 1 to get in and avoid the narrow switchbacks on the other roads.

Way expensive for what it is, but to camp inside Monterey, especially if it’s getting late & you don’t wanna stay in a hotel, there’s nearly no BLM or cheap sites nearby so this will be your best option.

Super safe, campsite was more then half way full & more coming in till 10. Don’t expect a ton of privacy, but again it might be the best ya got since most other camping is super reservation heavy. You get to fall asleep to Seagulls caws & Seals barking, super dope experience. Road is great, I saw some RVs struggling to park at some site but shouldn’t be an issue. Also it is a Vet memorial so at 10 & 7 a bugle horn goes off for about 20 seconds. I heard it’s to keep the ghosts of other times away, & if you walk the trail above the site a banshee of Lar might even bless you with some beach weed!

This is a campground attached to a park in the town limits so it’s residential surrounding the park area. But there are some hiking trails and the area seemed clean and safe and everyone was very friendly including the great host. The road up is not that bad if your in a smaller rv. I would definitely stay here again when visiting Monterey area. There is water and a single station dump station that was easy to use.