Westside Campground

It is a small campsite that only allows 2 vehicles and 2 tents per site. Must book in advance. Running water sparingly provided throughout the site for cleaning. Restroom on the outside edge. Quiet time after 10pm. No generator operating after 8 pm. Very closed to the water for fishing and crabbing during open season - bring your crabsnare and net if you are licensed. There are lots of hiking spot... It is a small campsite that only allows 2 vehicles and 2 tents per site. Must book in advance. Running water sparingly provided throughout the site for cleaning. Restroom on the outside edge. Quiet time after 10pm. No generator operating after 8 pm. Very closed to the water for fishing and crabbing during open season - bring your crabsnare and net if you are licensed. There are lots of hiking spots nearby. Low tide in the morning and high tide in the afternoon. Bring water shoes/moccasin/sandals/boots. It gets cold at night, so bring/ load up some firewood to burn at the fire pit. Site is in the open. Bring a pop-up tent (10'x10') so you don't get sunburn from the cool & sunlight. Nearby restaurant closed early @ 6pm. The kids and pets would definitely enjoy playing on the beach when it is low tide, supervision recommended and DO NOT turn your back on the water for safety measures. Day use area is just next door with plenty of parking plus the boat launch.

TLDR: this is, at best, a "just passing through" camp. Day use seems nice though. There seems to be 2 different groups here: vans and RVs that are stopping for a night or two to explore the surrounding area or pass through, and young SF residents who think this is real camping. This is, for the most part, a parking lot with a bathroom and shower attached to it. This is not a "hanging out" campgr... TLDR: this is, at best, a "just passing through" camp. Day use seems nice though. There seems to be 2 different groups here: vans and RVs that are stopping for a night or two to explore the surrounding area or pass through, and young SF residents who think this is real camping. This is, for the most part, a parking lot with a bathroom and shower attached to it. This is not a "hanging out" campground. That being said, you will have running water, a fire pit, and bathrooms. They won't be well-maintained, but they are maintained nonetheless (bathroom cleaning happens daily around 9 AM, in which someone literally takes a garden hose to the whole thing and squeegees the excess water down a drain). Bathrooms seem to be well-stocked with soap and TP however. Showers have hot water and will run you $2.75 for 8 minutes. You can get quarters from the very sweet and kind camp hosts near the entrance. Accessibility seems to be limited for those who may have difficulty walking. There are accessible restroom stalls, and the showers have an accessible bench, but I'd recommend getting a site as close as possible to the rest area as there are no accessible reserved sites available, and it can be a bit of a hike from the middle of the campground. One thing that bothered me when making reservations for this spot was the severe lack of actual campground pictures. I mostly saw glamour shots of RVs and bay views (on a nice day), but that was it. I'm not sure if our timing was wrong, but it was grey, cold, and damp here during our entire stay. If you head about 10 minutes inland, the temp goes up about 40 degrees, and it's quite sunny and beautiful. The firewood (also sold by camp hosts) was $12/bundle and well-seasoned. The logs were a decent size for the price. The fire pits weren't really worth using however. The sides rose so high that you'd have to stand incredibly close to feel any amount of heat coming from it. This is probably to prevent fires from getting out of control, which could be demonstrated by the campground across the bay from us as Rangers attempted to put out about 3 brush fires. Generator hours are 8A-8P, and people will be running them as soon as they're able to do so. Check-in was interesting. You'll receive an email that you need to be at your site by 2 PM or risk forfeiting it, but no one is posted at the entrance station and the rangers don't actually show up until about 6 or 7 PM to verify everyone's paperwork. The whole process had a kind of refugee camp vibe, and took about an hour or longer, depending on how full the campground was. The rangers were incredibly warm and friendly however! All in all, you will have a place to stay for the night, as the camp meets the bare minimum requirements for a campground. We stayed here for 2 nights to check out the area and head into Sonoma/Napa. I could see why there were more openings here vs. nearby campgrounds. It was a solid hub for having a place to sleep at night though.