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Planning a camping trip to Carpinteria, California

By Amy Hubbard
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

BASICS

This campground has 216 sites; 120 have RV hookups. There are coin-operated hot showers, fire rings and picnic tables.

DRIVE TIME

Carpinteria State Beach is off U.S. 101, 12 miles south of Santa Barbara. From the 101, exit at Casitas Pass Road, turn left on Casitas Pass Road, turn right on Carpinteria Avenue, turn left on Palm; the campground entrance is at the end of Palm.

TO LEARN MORE

Call (805) 968-1033, or go to www.parks.ca.gov. For reservations, contact Reserve America at (800) 444-7275, www.reserveamerica.com.

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Amy Hubbard

Amy Hubbard is an assistant editor on the Fast Break Desk, the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news team. She’s worked in a range of departments at The Times since 1993, including as copy chief for daily Calendar, Travel, Books and the AM Copy Desk; SEO chief; morning editor on the Metro desk; and assistant newsletters editor. In 2015, she began a four-year stint at personal finance website NerdWallet, where she was the Banking editor. Hubbard is a graduate of the University of Missouri, Columbia, School of Journalism.

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