West Cuesta road is closed to vehicles so hopefully that's not what you were thinking. SLO has a no overnight camping law so that's a no-go. Maybe drive up the coast past Cayucos

 

Thx for the heads up!

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Try the Walmart parking lot.

 

If you head out to Pozo area there is a lot of space to park a camper van. There are lots of OHV's trails out there so you'll find some people out there. You can probably make it up to high mountain lookout in a two wheel drive. There probably won't be anyone else up there. You can probably find some spots to pull over in Lopez canyon also.

 

I've spent the night in pullouts on Stagecoach parallel 101 while passing through a few times. It's fine for a quick late night stop, but you can hear the freeway all night. I'm a sound sleeper and it doesn't bother me, but others wouldn't like it.

Look into the Cerro Alto campground on Highway 41 also. You can ride singletrack straight from the camp and connect to all the West Cuesta goodies. Here is a great guidebook PDF I just found.

 

Turkey Flats and chugging jars of beer at the Pozo saloon!

 

Awesome, thanks guys. This is for a short trip with a couple buddies from Truckee that have never visited SLO. I am thinking 1st night staying at either Menso or Beaver's suggestion and 2nd night stay at MdO (if I get a spot) to roll straight from camp to the trails.

Friday: short ride (Mt madonna or ?)
Saturday: Cuesta Ridge trails
Sunday: MdO