Beals Point Campground, near Folsom, California, is a solid choice for those looking to enjoy the great outdoors with easy access to Folsom Lake. This campground offers a mix of tent and RV sites, making it a versatile spot for different camping styles.

Visitors rave about the recreational opportunities available, from biking and hiking along the American River Bikeway to water activities on the lake. The campground is equipped with clean facilities, including showers and restrooms, though some campers have noted that the bathrooms could use a bit more attention. As one reviewer put it, “Great view onsite, sites are clean,” highlighting the beautiful surroundings.

The atmosphere here is friendly and welcoming, perfect for families or groups looking to unwind. You’ll find picnic tables and fire pits at many sites, making it easy to gather around for meals or evening campfires. Just be prepared for some hills; a few sites require a bit of a trek to reach the water, but the stunning sunsets and peaceful environment make it worth the effort. 

With its proximity to both nature and nearby conveniences, Beals Point Campground is a great spot to set up camp and enjoy everything Folsom Lake has to offer.

Beal's Point Campground is one of two locations on the lake that allows overnight camping in the campground. Barbecue pits, shade areas and large grassy areas can accommodate many family picnics and other activities. The Beal's Point Snack Bar also rents beach equipment. The beach equipment includes kayaks, standup paddleboards, shade canopies, and rafts of all sizes. Additionally, catering for family and company picnics, as well as group discount rental rates, are available.

Beals Point Campground — Folsom Lake State Recreation Area

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The Sacramento area gets very hot in the summer, and this campground provides some but not a ton of shade. The campground is kept very clean. There is some privacy between campsites. If you plan on going to the lake late in the evening, know that the rangers are pretty serious about their curfew. :/

Baels point is great, but bring plenty of sunscren!

This is a busy campground in a LARGE state recreation area (SRA). Folsom Lake is a very large lake which touches 3 counties (Sacramento, Placer &amp; El Dorado). Beals Point is right on the border of Folsom &amp; Granite Bay on Folsom-Auburn Rd. Lots of tent and RV sites. Lots of trails and fishing, although wouldn't fish at Beals Point since it's more of a beach. For fishing, either drive further east towards the north fork or get in a boat towards either the north fork or south fork near Salmon Falls Bridge. Have fun.

Fun, lots to do

easy trails to take your four legged friend on and of course the beach 

fun friendly environment 

Coin operated shower very nice and clean bathroom clean showers. 

Probably the quietest RV spot i have been to  

This is by far one of my absolute favorite campgrounds in the Northern California area I have been coming here since I was a child. I love to camp here the prices are a bit high for camping, but handicapped discounts can be obtained. My mother has used the disabled pass for years giving quite the discount its very much appreciated to those who dont get to wake up in good health every day and thankfully get a little bit of a break on the price. I use to shower and camp here alot honestly even when I was homeless. The showers take quarters and have hot water most of the time. The showers are very big its actually quite peaceful and nice.The shower rooms have very high ceilings with thicker glass windows way up high as well. Almost like a spa experience if you ask me. Although i did get hit with a cold shower one time here during the winter. Quite unpleasant haha. Another fun fact is the big sinks outside the showers usually have little frogs in them. There is also quite a large squirrel population, which the campgrounds ask you not to feed, because the population will get even bigger upsetting the balance of everything there. Plus our foods arent good for their teeth or overall health anyways. The lake itself is beautiful! If not camping overnight i love to get a day pass and just hang out on the beach! Its a great family friendly area. I suggest staying on the main beach with the provided lifejacket area if with children as the other rock areas near the beach suddenly can drop off underwater very deep. Before i was a mother i would camp and swim out here for weeks during the summer. There wasnt alot of people and im very happy to say not a party area thankfully this makes the campgrounds so much more enjoyable. I litterly was given a waring ticket one time here because a helicopter spotted me with a mikes hard lemonade when i was 25 which was then followed by rangers driving up to me on the beach. Annoying but totally understandable now as I am older i understand. And like i said way nicer without all the partys or party people and garbage etc you can actually relax and enjoy nature here now. Plus its much more safer. And obviously no one should be drinking and swimming or operating a boat as a few summers ago some men died drinking and driving a watercraft after being knocked unconscious when the boat crashed and drowning Very tragic and unfortunate and sad. The lake is very beautiful my grandmother said during her divorce to her husband that passed away from cancer she would come to the lake during the day and just watch the lake from the beach. Its also fun to explore during the dry months when the lake recedes you can find rocks and driftwood etc. Shells. One more tip. I did one summer go collecting wood for a fire and not knowing that poison ivy was common in this campgrounds ended up unknowingly collecting alot of it setting it in the fire pit and the combination of the poison ivy branches and smoke covered my entire body in a very itchy painful rash for a couple weeks i would not wish that on anyone i had to be put on medication at the er. But overall i would say this campgrounds is by far one of the nicest ive ever been too. And the lake access area makes it so much nicer. Also the safeway and jack in the box are relatively close to the campgrounds just a quick trip dpwn the road.

A Beautiful Treasure

Folsom lake is a beautiful location, great bike and hiking trails. Clean and safe area. Great place to bring the family.

Great location

Nice lake, snack bar, beach life guards on duty. Great hiking and biking trails.

Nice lake

I have stayed here many times when we just need to camp and don’t have time to get away. It is super close in town, easy walk to the water from the campground, lots of paved trails for biking and walks. It is also a major draw for people who are just camping to be loud and drink heavily. To each their own for sure, but don’t count on it being the quietest place you’ll ever stay. Bathrooms and showers, potable water. Gets HOT so come prepared.

Easy spot for a quick trip

Nice size spots. Very rowdy people. Lots of drinking with yelling until 2am. Lots of poison oak as well. Would be better if they enforced quiet time.

Nice location, rowdy people

This was my first solo camping experience.  I stayed overnight with the intention of simply testing out my gear.  The reservoir is currently nearly dry, so the "beach" is just a field.  Luckily, I was only there for the site and the hiking.  The Camp Hosts were lovely and accommodating; they came around a couple times, once to say hello (and ensure my car belonged to the correct site) and once to bring firewood.  The tent site was level and raked.  It was exactly what I was looking for.

Excellent No-Frills Experience

There are two sites at Beal’s Point, the hook up campsite and the tent campsite. We went to the tent campsite and was surprised how many RVs were parked in the tent campsite. We didn’t mind until they used their generators. I wasn’t sure if the camp host saw/heard them but it was on for quite a while and was loud. The campsite we had was beautiful but bug infested and had lots of crawlies. If you are looking for a short walk from the parking to the tent site, call them first. I looked at the photo online for a back in type site. I was expecting that I could just back in and the tent site would be less than 10 steps away. The tent site was quite a walk from the parking lot, can’t even see it from the car. We had to carry heavy stuff back and forth. There’s a nice trail where you can hike or bike. The lake is almost dry, so it wasn’t as beautiful and fun as it used to be. The campsite is very noisy because it’s so close to the main road. We could hear cars, motorcycles, sirens all night long. Shower was out of service at the time we were there. Glad we were only there for 1 night. 


Hook up Campsite vs Tent Campsite

My boyfriend and I got a new-to-us pop-up camper and chose Beals Point as our first campsite to test everything out.

  

We were in site #66 and it was a great walking distance to the restrooms and showers. The restrooms were extremely clean and always well stocked with toilet paper.

  

We went on a Sunday - Tuesday and had very quiet neighbors.

  

The weather was HOT during early May. Our site was surrounded by some shade but could definitely feel the heat. The dogs didn't seem to love that part but it cooled down well in the evenings.

  

Nice walks to/along the lake.

Perfect for a newbie!

Nice campground. As with most of California everything is dry. The lake is very low and a half mile walk from park to get to. The sites are surrounded by dry tall grass and spaced out nicely. It can be a little noisy with the close proximity to the road. But park is clean with lots of trees. 

Not bad

Campground was clean , quiet and a little bit of a hike to the lake. 

Folsom Lake

We had a great time. It was clean. And relaxing. We will be returning 

Lots of fun!

As full timers- we thought we hit the jackpot for the area in order to be near the towns we wanted to explore and also have service for good wifi. We had enough AT&amp;T service for one person to work fine on the wifi. There are also plenty of coffeeshops about 5 mins away for stronger wifi. 

  

You feel like you're remote and you have direct access to trails and bike path from your site, but very close to downtown Folsom which is a cute little town. Site BP60 was FHU and spacious kind of tucked in a corner. Trash and recycle right at your site and picnic table and space from neighbors. Almost perfectly level site. 

  

No laundry at campground- but Laundry Paradise in Roseville was a great find for us- very clean facilities and new washers. Worth the drive compared to Laundryland in Folsom. I'm only giving it a 4 because it would be a 5 if there was better service or if they offered wifi. It was decent, but could've been better. We will definitely be back.

We loved our stay! 

Great campground, full hookup, large sites, had a great time there. 

Beals point campground folosm

Stayed two nights while working on the road. Really nice camp hosts and attendants. Nice services; clean bathrooms and coin op showers. Very green early in the season, lake extremely low, warm evenings already. GREAT cell service for working remotely. 5G with 5 bars. Dry camping spot 28.00/per night.


Great Camping

This is a beautifull campground. Nice campsites, friendly people, in the middle of nature.

Perfect little piece of nature

Staff was very nice and friendly and let us pick a spot. Price was very reasonable for dry spot 28$

Dyrt says that it has wifi but couldn’t find one and the showers needs QUARTERS and we were out of coins. So remember to take quarters with you if you want to shower.

Spot was really nice and certainly peaceful place but unfortunately we had loudly crying child next to us.

Clean place

Great little campground with everything you could want, beaches, boat launches, hiking trails, flushing toilets, hot showers, and full cell service! If you're looking for serine nature, probably look elsewhere. As this is more of a park with camping.

All the things

Beautiful sunsets. No showers. Bathrooms are clean. Some sites are rather small and have little flat ground. Pics on website are tough to see when booking. Lake to most sites is a drive, but there are a few  campsites on the lake. Many sites are on hill, you walk up the hill or down a hill with stairs. 
Lake has day use area, but also a dock area for camping folks. Lots of mosquitoes. 
They have a fire are to cook, no fire ring, have a bear box and picnic table. Some sites have plenty of shade while others are just plain sun so be prepared. 

Water is nice temperature and super clean! Nice to kayak, paddle, boat (they have boat ramps), fish, swim. Beach areas are rocks with weeds, but pretty. 

Folsom Lake Penninsula

Even with the increased costs this was a fantastic campground. Great access to hiking, bike trails, clean and fairly quiet. 

Amazing campground 

I joined my brother and his 2 young kids at this great camp ground. The facilities are clean, easy access to lake beach swim area, and easy access to near by stores. This camp area is near city area but feels like you are far away from it.

Great family friendly camping

This is a very clean and well maintained State camp ground. Full hook ups, but unfortunately low water pressure.

Folsom SRA 

**General:** 69-site campground in two sections – one with electric hookups and one without. 

  

**Site Quality:** We stayed in the non-hookup section. Site 36 was in a small spur with just four sites and direct access to the American River Bikeway. Although better suited for tents, the site worked fine for our camper van. The fire pit and picnic table were located quite a distance from the short paved camper pad, creating a sense of privacy.

  

**Bath/Shower house:** The building closest to us had three toilet/sink combos, one toilet only (there was an outside sink) and two showers. **No** soap, paper towels, or air dryers in any of the toilet rooms. Showers took quarters – two to turn it on and although I did not time it, two quarters gave a decent amount of time for the shower. Good hot water and a bench but no hooks. 

  

**Activities:** Folsom Lake with all water-related activities. In addition to biking, the paved American River Bikeway was good for walking, running, and horseback riding. The grass was very dry, and I was surprised to see there was not a fire ban, as we’ve seen in almost every other campground not located on the coast. Four stars for the abundant recreation activities.

Many recreational activities

Great view onsite, sites are clean. Bathrooms however where not. 

6/10 nice spot

I am not the easiest but the staff has a heart of gold and at every turn we’re really there to help.

Great staff

This place and his staff were absolutely amazing. I had a couple of different times where I needed to change the spot and without fail they were there to help. Quite CLEAN everything! I wanted to stop awhile 30 days later I was told goodbye👋 cause I know the rules at a State Park!🤦😔😔💩

Had to kick me out

Sympathique mais pas très calme. Toutes commodités dispo

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