Best Dog-Friendly Camping near Bodega Bay, CA

This KOA is pretty big with plenty of options for RV sites. Wide variety of full hook-ups or partial hook-ups. Like most (if not all) KOAs, you can also tent camp or tent cabins. Good size dog park for the pets to run and be free, as well as plenty of fun activities to entertain the kiddos. For us, this is a great spot to shoot down the highway and pull in for a few days to get away from the hustle and bustle of normal life! Close to downtown Petaluma with plenty of premium shops and restaurants.

tthesouth end of Bodega bay, at the mouth of Tomales bay. I love ocean camping!

Caught and ate crabs both times i've been here

It covers the basics: fire pit, picnic table, flush toilet, and shower. You can buy firewood onsite and you're close to amenities in Bodega Bay.

Pros: Has numerous amenities including hot (free) showers (cleaned daily), flush toilets, full hookup RV spots, laundromat, US Post office, fenced playground, dog park, drive in tent sites, and firewood for sale. Cons: expensive, sites are close and poorly defined and the after hours check in procedure doesn’t prevent overlapping.

Bodega Bay's Westside Regional Park is a great place to stay as a base camp for exploring the Sonoma Coast. Situated by the Bodega Bay yacht harbor, this is a dry camp facility managed by Sonoma County Regional Parks, and is a great alternative to the more popular and always crowded Doran State Beach campground. There are well situated and spacious tent and RV sites, both back-in and pull-thru. The campground has very easy access to the bay's water edge to explore. Each site has a large fire ring and picnic table. Bathrooms and showers are at each end of the campground, and a dump station is onsite too. Generator curfew is 8PM - 8AM which is great! Just a few minutes off Hwy 1, this is a fantastic launch pad for exploring the southern part of the very beautiful Sonoma Coast by car, motorcycle and bicycle (worthy road and touring bicycles recommended). Hiking, kayaking and beach exploration are all around. The mouth of the Russian River is close by and is another beautiful area to check out. Just know the weather, even in the summer, is generally cool and foggy mornings are the norm.

This is a small campground of 28 reservable spots plus a few first come first serve just north of Bodega Bay. There is no water fill up (there are a couple of spigots) but fill and dumping are available at Bodega Dunes. Nice clean flush toilets but no showers (available at Bodega Dunes). Best part is that you’re literally steps from the beach. Can be windy but some of the sites are pretty well protected.

We absolutely enjoyed staying at this RV park. As several reviewer’s; mentioned it’s a great location to explore the area of Bodega Bay surroundings. I would highly recommend hiking the Jenner Headlands Trail, Pomo Canyon Trail and for a less strenuous hike, the Kortum Trail from Shell Beach. In addition to the other comments, we found the bird population to be extraordinaire. Due to C19 the campground is currently closed, once it opens you, are required to reserve a space online. We will definitely stay here again. 

This campground is in the heart of Bodega Bay. There are many sites with various amounts of privacy. The sites include long paved driveways, tables, and fire pits in the sand. Each site is a short walk from bathrooms, trash bins, and the beaches. The bathrooms have flush toilets and sinks, and pay showers that take quarters. Given that the campground is on the water, it can get very chilly at night and the wind tends to pick up. It is nearby the town of Bodega with great chowder and various shops to visit.

Got to Ocean Cove mid week and was able to snag a spot on the bluff overlooking the cove. Clean sites with picnic tables and fire pits. $30 cash or $35 cc. No amenities. I saw Porta potties but didn’t use them. No ATT service. Although went for a walk down on the rocks south of the camp and my phone dinged with some 5G. If you fish or dive this is a great base camp. Amazing sunsets and the little store has coffee and and little things you might of forgot. About 30 minutes north of Bodega Bay.

In the coastal town of Bodega Bay California is a state/regional beach called Doran Beach. It is a beautiful place to go for a day trip or for overnight camping trips. Doran's campground is right on the beach with the bay on both sides of the road. There are several areas for RV's and also for tent camping. (This review is for the tent camping.)

As with many sites in California there is a parking lot to park cars in and you walk in to the sites. There are restrooms, water and drinking fountains. 

The sites themselves have tables, campfire pits and a lockable wooden storage box.  There is a bird sanctuary nearby which is great for birdwatching. 

The sunrise and sunsets are the most beautiful times of day and the beaches have emptied out. There is nothing like sleeping to the sound of rolling waves. 

The only downside to this as a tent camping spot is the incredible wind that blasts in from the ocean. 

I love this campground.

This campground is in Salt Point State Park north of Bodega Bay and Jenner on the California Coast. It offers 30 individual sites of various sizes, and I believe there is a group camping area as well. It has quite a few spouts with potable water and all the sites are close to bathrooms, which are clean and have flush toilets, though no mirrors and no towels for hand drying. It is full throughout the summer weekends, and while the sites can be reserved, they are chosen on a first come first served basis, so getting there early is recommended, especially if you need to accommodate a big tent or several tents (some sites have very small areas for tents, but others have huge space). Sites are nestled between sparsely spaced trees, and some have a view of the ocean, which is not far away. A road, along with a couple of trails, lead down to a bluff overlooking the ocean. From there, there is a beautiful 1 mile long hike along the rocky cliffs with sandstone formations to Stump Beach, a great beach for families, with a protected lagoon that's great for kids.

Have you been over to Bodega Bay?  I think you'd like it there.  Our friends sure know us well!  While the town doesn’t look much different than when it appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds”, the cafes in the village have definitely upped their game. 

Bodega Dunes State Park is a great way to experience the area without the same activity and noise in the camp grounds down closer to the water. The campsite loops wind through the coastal Live Oak and Bishop Pine trees and provide some privacy in between sites in some areas, though some sites are right on top of each other.

They are generally smaller pull-in sites geared more toward tents, vans, and small travel trailers. There are just a handful of sites that can accommodate bigger RVs.  Many of the sites have decent open sky resources for solar power and satellite internet, though many in the lower areas had standing water and torn up asphalt pads from the heavy rains the last couple of years.

The bathrooms were clean and comfortable with flush toilets and warm showers (coin operated). My only complaint about the bathrooms is that there weren’t quite enough for the demand, in my opinion, but a few port-o-potties might help offset that during the busy season. 

Hiking among the sand dunes and along the beach provide some really stunning scenery. Reaching the beach, you’ll find as much coastal sand as you can handle with miles and miles of it to yourself. The water, which is normally pretty cold year round, can also be pretty rough for swimming.

A short drive away is the gorgeous Bodega Head Trail which winds up along the headland and offers amazing scenery. It’s sort of like a small Point Reyes National Seashore, but much easier to get to.

Bodega Bay has a couple of small grocery stores, gas stations, and more than a few restaurants to meet nearly any craving.  The area is known for its Dungeness Crab Harvest, so be sure to check that out when it's in season!

I am a tent camper.  This regional park is a draw for the pristine miles of beach you have access to.  The camping however, is best suited for RVs.  Mostly because of the fact it is open and the fact that it is windy.  No shelter for tents.

It is large campground with lots of RVs all year round.  It also gets a lot of day use visitors so it can be crowded.  Used by fishermen to take their boats out in Bodega Bay.

But if you hear a beach calling you - you can walk on this beach for literally miles.

You need a reservation well in advance.  One of the campground has the Bodega Harbor on one side and on the other side the ocean (Jetty).

There is access to a trail that goes back towards the highway and is great for bird watching.

It is well maintianted and a plus is coin operated showers.