Bodega Dunes Campground

Though this campground is adjacent to Bodega Bay (with no direct access) and about a 1.2+mile walk or bike ride or drive to Bodega Dunes Beach (depending on your campsite) via the park road, it's still a nice place to stay and a convenient location to nearby town and other places to explore. My camper van is "self-contained" - so I cannot comment on condition of toilet facilities, but they were a... Though this campground is adjacent to Bodega Bay (with no direct access) and about a 1.2+mile walk or bike ride or drive to Bodega Dunes Beach (depending on your campsite) via the park road, it's still a nice place to stay and a convenient location to nearby town and other places to explore. My camper van is "self-contained" - so I cannot comment on condition of toilet facilities, but they were apparently part of scheduled renovations for the campground. Bodega Dunes Campground may not be the most popular first pick for some campers in Sonoma Coast State Park, but I like it.

We've camped here many years in a row and loved camping here, but its going downhill and needs some attention by the State. Its close to many things in Bodega Bay and sheltered from the wind which is great. Most of the sites are pretty nice with good facilities in the past. We usually like the loop that has sites 23-49, however in October 2024, when we camped here the bathrooms in that loop were... We've camped here many years in a row and loved camping here, but its going downhill and needs some attention by the State. Its close to many things in Bodega Bay and sheltered from the wind which is great. Most of the sites are pretty nice with good facilities in the past. We usually like the loop that has sites 23-49, however in October 2024, when we camped here the bathrooms in that loop were under construction. It was annoying to have to go all the way to the other loops to shower and use the restroom. There were porta potty bathrooms in the loop but those are not the same. We booked the same sites 6 months out again for Labor Day weekend 2025 and were shocked when those restrooms are still under re-construction and looked like there was no progress made. I know government work is slow, but this is ridiculous. Over labor day weekend, many of the camp sites had way more than 6 people camping per site, with no enforcement by staff. Many camp sites had 4-5 cars in them. This led to lines and crowding at the bathrooms and showers that were still open. Luckily we had our bikes but it was still a haul to go to the other loops and porta potties were used up and gross early in the weekend. We were pretty disappointed this time around and not sure we'll be back. We might camp in the county campgrounds instead next year. They really need to get the bathrooms finished asap and enforce the max # of campers to keep the overall crowds down.

There's a fog horn that blares every 10 seconds. It's not a wholly unpleasant sound on its own, but it seems louder at night when things quiet down. Aside from its potential to disturb your sleep if you don't have earplugs, the most annoying thing about it is that it makes distorted perceptions of time very obvious; knowing it's every 10 seconds, but sometimes thinking you're hearing it 2 seconds... There's a fog horn that blares every 10 seconds. It's not a wholly unpleasant sound on its own, but it seems louder at night when things quiet down. Aside from its potential to disturb your sleep if you don't have earplugs, the most annoying thing about it is that it makes distorted perceptions of time very obvious; knowing it's every 10 seconds, but sometimes thinking you're hearing it 2 seconds after it's last blare.