Samoa Boat Ramp County Park

If you are not tent camping then i reccomend this place. The winds get pretty rough durring the day.

The beaches are beautiful and the dunes are only a mile away which is nice. The bay view is wonderful and its just far enough from Eureka to not experience the tweeker population.

Over all i would reccomend this spot for short term camping.

We stayed here a few years ago and returned to spend a couple nights. It certainly not fancy but it is next to the water and you can walk the beach on the bay side for a nice time. At night we watched the Coast Guard Helicopters training in the channel...very cool.

I highly recommend this location. Make sure to check out Somoa Dunes, a short distance from the park and consider walking the jetty into the ocean...very exciting with spectacular views.

We have stayed here a few times on our way through Eureka. Open parking lot style camping out of town but right on the water. No hook-ups but there is water available. There are bathrooms and pay showers but we have never used them.

BEWARE-the area is frequented at night by transients that live in their cars and squat at the campground at night. They are usually gone in the morning. Don't leave anything outside you don't want stolen. Also seriously beware of the raccoons. They come out at night in packs.

Our spot at the Samoa Boat Ramp County Park was right on the water, and there were only a few other rigs here. The camp host was helpful and kept the grounds tidy.

We were here in May, and the ticks and mosquitoes were crazy. We avoided walking through the grass and near the ice plants but still had to do a tick check every time we got back in the trailer.

HDTV worked great (CBS) and so did NPR.