Bodega Bay | Wild Camping

February 13th, 2024 by kkrugler

One other vehicle here. Good access to coastal trail. Noisy until about 8pm.

November 16th, 2023 by vance.joshua

Gate seems to always be open. Parked here for the night and a full day. Beautiful views and we found a mostly flat pull out. There is eucalyptus trees (invasive) everywhere and it smells great! 2 bars of service and too many obstructions for starlink. Don’t plan to work from this location. But you can definitely stream movies.

November 3rd, 2023 by fugimosdecasa_nolimits

Sleeped at tourist information. Forget to check in. whashroon when the place is opened. I did not ask permission.

May 22nd, 2023 by rebbynbrian

There was an RV with 2 other cars creating a fort and had a fire going on the center. We parked ~15 ft away from them in my crosstrek and got settled by 7:30pm. A truck came by around 10 and shined his brights in my side windows while we were rockin the boat iykyk. Left about a few minutes later.

August 31st, 2021 by RevelOnTheRoad

We got in a little after 9 pm. Pulled up with two empty cars in the parking lot. Shortly after a truck and trailer pulled in. Got settled into bed around 10:00 pm. Around 11:00 pm a big tractor and another construction worker pulled in right next to us. Clearly they were upset we were there. They were being intentionally loud, banging in their tractor and saying, I thought camping wasn’t allowed here.” After about 15 minutes they were finished with whatever it was they were doing and left. Big, noisy construction trucks frequently sped by. No one bothered us and there are no no camping signs. It was a decent spot for the night but I will be taking a nap today. :) AT&T was in and out of service. Waking up to a beautiful view is never bad.

August 7th, 2021 by instagram.com/krawchy/

Not sure why the spot is on here twice but figured I’d put it in both of them. Nice little spot with a decent view and a nice walk over to the beach area. The road is semi-busy but at night does quiet down a lot. It’s one of those situations where if you live in a van you probably should be a heavier sleeper anyway. No issues at all and there is even a guy selling some fresh honey next to me during the day. Also a very easy walk into bodega Bay if you want to check out some of the fish shops.

There was some road construction equipment in the spaces as well but it was a weekend so that wasn’t a concern for me. Still plenty of space to park a handful of vans.

July 13th, 2021 by instagram.com/the.urban.drifter

I think they haven’t caught up to the lack of signage yet. It’s a nice wide spot, just outside of town. My rig and another; no hassle, although I’ve seen a few police roll by. Seems like a hidden gem!

December 29th, 2020 by kitfield.vernon

Lots of cars parked here before sunset, but we were still able to find a spot. 2 other campers spent the night, plenty of room for all. Steady traffic on rt 1 until 9pm and starting up again around 7am but pretty quiet overnight. Beautiful view of the lagoon at sunset, and the trails out to the beach were great in the morning. We felt pretty safe in close proximity to roads and residences, but it still felt private enough. Pretty nice compared to the precarious cliff turnouts on 1!

October 3rd, 2020 by waitnw_hope

I was unable to secure a camping spot so I ended up here on a Saturday night. There was only a 5thwheel and myself, ford transit connect. as described it is noisy due to being right off the road but that all dies down and doesnt pick up again till 7am or so. Had a great sleep, no interruptions. I would definitely stay here again. you're also right next to a great hiling trail.

August 4th, 2020 by RollinEgg

Right on the road. Full t-mobile service. No AT&T service. Noise level high during traffic. Nice view of wetlands. Close to town. No privacy. Big

July 21st, 2020 by tranifestingourlives

Great spot for one night. Quiet after 10. One other van here.

July 4th, 2020 by koriann190

As described. 2 other vans stayed here as well. No one bothered us. I left at about 9 but one other van was still there. Was noisy in the morning starting at around 6am. Good for a one night stop.

August 19th, 2019 by 321capture

Great spot was a little noisy until around 11pm

August 1st, 2019 by kristennn28

Great spot to stop! We’ve been here for two nights. Great trails through the lagoon that lead down to the beach. Dog friendly. We stayed in our big rig with no issues

August 3rd, 2018 by michael

Great spot after getting asked to leave at other spot in middle of the night. Loud road noise if you don’t have good insulation.

June 5th, 2018 by kaylen.perlichek

Right off the side of the road so there was lots of traffic. There was another car sleeping there as well. Good spot for one night.

April 22nd, 2018 by rcromack

Good amount of traffic until night. Then pretty quiet. No signs agains parking. Nice view.

January 1st, 2018 by glougloumercedes

parking side the road a little noisy
nice view on the lagoon