Best Dispersed Camping near Bodega Bay, CA

Tow behinds/trailers not recommended; rough roads and can’t turn back once on the path.

Otherwise 10/10 for our truck camper, had the place to ourselves for the 4th of July weekend, beautiful fresh water creek running through, great toilet & even a fire pit with abundance of wood around.

There are about 4/5 sites, only 2 with actual fire pits.

Please keep it amazing by keeping it clean.

FREE

A decent drive off the highway, but a good one. A few nice views. Google maps will not get you there, we followed the directions on this page.

Only 2 spots up here, maybe 3. But we had it to ourselves on a weeknight. The Bathroom (vault toilet) had toilet paper. There was some water in the creek, but it wasn’t super easy to access. 

The site itself is nothing special, just a couple of pullouts in the woods. Probably very hot during the day since you’re up on a ridge. Can’t beat free though.

As long as you have a capable vehicle and are prepared to provide for your own needs, you'll be ready for Cow.

Always fun. Love going to the tech course with our off road buggy. Crawled all over that hill.

Love taking our Rock crawler up to cow. Lots of obstacles. Camping is awesome. Few sites and vault restrooms. Still a good time.