Olema Campground

Making a reservation was easy by phone. Check in was easy. The sites are level dirt. Due to recent rains, the entire camp was filled with potholes filled with mud. There is a dump station for those that don’t get full hookups. The sites are nicely spaced and lots of trees and areas for the kid to run around. There is a dog run, restrooms and laundry. Every site has a grill and picnic table. There is no cable and no antenna reception. AT&T is a barely functional 2 bars of 5G. The camp WiFi is worse. Point Reyes National Seashore is right next door. This is the only reason to stay here as there is nothing else nearby.

Close to Point Reyes if you are interested in hiking. Dogs are very limited as there are few beaches and trails available. At this time, many restaurants are closed during the week so limited Monday- Wednesday. The campground was level, spacing was ok. Tent areas and RV areas. Felt smaller than what it was. The only negative is that there was a lot of machinery throughout the day. 2 times a day the water down the roads with a truck that has really loud, squeaky brakes, starting at 8:00 AM. We will come back but will be more aware of what is open in the area.

When we arrived campground was muddy and flooded due to heavy rain. Mud, puddles and water pumps everywhere. Our first site (204) was spacious, in a meadow, sunny and level. Elec/water. Sheep came through one day, chomping on the grass! Bathrooms were clean with plenty of hot water though not much pressure in free shower. We extended our stay so had to
move to J2, which was shaded, lined up in a row with others, with trees between many sites. Full hook up. Misc: spotty Verizon. They spray water to keep the road dust down, and fields were mowed. Laundry had many machines broken, tho we had no wait. We camp with a 28 ft travel trailer.

we stayed in a full hook up spot, the full hook ups are a bit tighter together than those with just water and electric - would probably stay in water/electric only next time - and dump if needed. Great location to visit Tomales and Point Reyes National Sea Shore. Great hiking just a short drive away, and excellent cheese, markets and restaurants very close (Olema and Point Reyes Station). WiFi not useful and cell connection poor for AT&T and T Mobile - 1-2 bars each, and when it got crowded on the weekend, though 1-2 bars - cell service was degraded

Roomy sites. Not privacy down low but lots of beautiful tall trees. We liked Bay 104 where out or curbside was just grass and the tent camping field which was nearly empty. We were mid week and the camp was maybe half full. Bathrooms and showers were adequate. Plenty of hot water but shower heads could be better. Decent pricing for Cali CG's. ~30 mins to Bolinas for surfing. The guy who checked me in was friendly and gave me my choice of sites. After check in he said "welcome home" which I thought was cool.

Location of the campground was perfect. The drive to it was scenic and beautiful. Lots of hiking trails (some that are dog friendly), close to a few eateries and not far from Point Reyes. Expect to drive at least 10 mins or more though to get to some of these locations. We were glad to have booked our stay here as this was our first time in this area of California and it's lovely. The green hills, ocean, cows, mountains... all there! We were only booked to stay for 3 days but extended our stay for another 2 so we could explore more. Be careful when you book as not all spots have full hookups. First three days we were on a site that didn't have sewer hose, we then moved to a site with full hookups.

As for the campground itself, it's not terrible. When it rains, roads get a bit muddy (which is to be expected), a good size dog run compared to others I've seen, I didn't use the restrooms so can't comment on that. The laundry though - don't even bother, do it somewhere else. Most of the washing and dryers were out of order. Only 1 working dryer. People are lined up to use it and we ended up waiting an hour to get our clothes in the dryer which didn't even work that well. Cost $2 for 18 minutes. Other than that, it was a great stay!

We would give 5 stars for location and 2 stars for overall maintenance of campground.
The good: beautiful meadow, sheep grazing early morning, very quiet, close to town, lots of grass and trees, allowed fires in Firepit.
The not so good: restrooms and showers dated and not so clean (they cleaned often for Covid but cobwebs and grim in showers), urinal in mens never flushed, for some reason the maintenance guys were blowing leaves, mowing and trimming and hedging for 5-6 hours a day, only 2 out of 8 washers in working condition, only 1 dryer out of 10 working. Camp store was pitiful: nothing in it except dusty, expired food packages. It looked abandoned!

Very handy to Point Reyes National Seashore and Tomales Bay State Park. The staff was very pleasant and helpful. My Verizon mifi was just about useless and the park’s wifi pretty slow. Didn’t use the laundry, restrooms or showers. My Good Sam membership saved me about $5/ night. The woman who checked me told me that usually in the winter the park is under a couple feet of water. They had drainage ditches between loops with pumps going during the day.