Wright's Beach Campground

Enjoyed the short time here. Site #19 is next to camp host and no neighbors to other side. Since it's not a 'premium site' it was nice having a small view of the beach from this spot. Lulled to sleep by the waves crashing. No cell service until you walk about 50ft to the beach or the path to the top of the campground. Dogs must be on leash. Clean campground, great camp host and camping neighbors.

The only thing I wish they'd update is a sign letting public beachgoers know the road is for the campground only - no thru road. So many cars driving through and back out of camp thinking they can exit. All day long. Despite that, would stay again in a heartbeat.

Booked a last minute trip up to the Bodega Bay area and found a site here for a couple of nights. Site 19 was the only available which located adjacent to the camp host and tucked up against the hillside. The site could accommodate a rig up to about 28 feet and could park a vehicle next to it, but the site is unlevel. We camped in our 21 foot class B van and had no issue getting level with a couple of leveling blocks on one side. The sites are pretty small and close by one another. The bathrooms feature flush toilets and running cold water sinks and were quite clean. The premium beach sites look nice and would like to come back and stay in one of those sites with beach and ocean views. Our site had no coverage with our Verizon phones but once we walked out towards the beach and day parking improved between 1 or 2 bars of LTE. There is a great signal if you go South and up the bluff where we experienced 4 bars of LTE. The beach itself is pretty spectacular with lots of rock formations just offshore. You can take a pretty long walk if desired but the surf is pretty dangerous and there are signs warning not to wade or swim. Dogs are allowed on the beach if they are on-leash There are also several overflow sites available along the road near the entrance.

This was exactly what we wanted -- a campsite right on the beach so that we could look at the ocean and walk directly out to the sand. There's a handful of sites that open up right to the beach. They go quickly, but I was able to grab a cancelation using a monitoring service.

The site we were in was completely covered in sand, deep enough on one side that our camper wheels were doing some spinning getting in and out. It took some effort to get in and level. But it was worth it. Chilly and windy, but that's exactly what we expected. The fire helped a little bit. The fire ring had seen better days and the cooking grate was nearly completely destroyed by rust.

Sites are a bit close. There's some tree in between them and some are better than others. We could only see our neighbors to one side every so often through the foliage. Noise wasn't much of an issue since the constant wind drowned out anything else.

We bought wood from the camp host. They were pleasant folks. Wood was pricy, but about normal for a California State Park.

No dump station at the park, but you are allowed to use the one at Bodega Dunes for free. It was just a few minutes down the road and easy to access.

The road in the Wright's Beach was a construction mess. It's down to a single lane and the road that's left is all torn up. Be prepared for some bumps.

This is one of the hardest places to get a reservation. The beach front sites are booked immediately when available (6 month window) You may get a one night stay but it's rare. YES they are awesome sites that's why it's hard to get. Good luck and check frequently if you want to stay here. You can stay at Bodega Dunes State Park just down the road and day use here. But it is nice to hear the waves at night.

We live close to that stretch of coast and have been to this campground a couple of times. Read the other reviews first, I write this mostly to make visitors aware that this is a rather cold part of the California coast, particularly in summer.

Yes, this place is right on the beach and has a winding fairly steep access road. It's a small campground. Pro's are you are almost always allowed to have a campfire even in drought conditions because it's literally on the beach. Cons are you need to be prepared for 5 to 20mph winds most of the time and night temperatures hovering in the low 50ies in summer and 40ies in winter and there's almost always fog in summer. Most days the daytime temp won't go beyond mid 60ies and you have a good chance of seeing sun for 2 or 3 hours late morning and being stuck in for the rest of the day.

If you happen to be there on one of the fog-free warm nights/days it's a gorgeous place to be, if you're there on one of the more common nights for this area of coast you better have warm clothing despite your campfire.

For cell service: the coast north of Bodega up to Fort Bragg and Mendocino has almost no cell service. You may get some using Verizon but the other providers lose it shortly before you hit Bodega Bay.

PS: I marked noisy for this location - not from traffic or visitors but from crashing waves all day long. If that's your favorite sound you're good, if like me you prefer the silence of the Mohave desert you're in the wrong spot (obviously, it's the ocean)

The location of this campground is beautiful. It is on Wright’s beach with amazing unobstructed views of the ocean and just a few minutes of walking distance to the sand. The beach and campground are both dog friendly which is a big plus. There is security that regularly drives by the campground which was nice. The campground is quite small and the sites are pretty close to each other, so not much privacy. But otherwise, gorgeous beach and nice clean campground.

Site: Mostly level
Pets: Allowed in the campground and on the beach, but not on the trail
Hookups: None, but a fill station and dump station are located at Bodega Dunes Campground
Generators: Are allowed during specific hours
Amenities: Flush toilets, but no showers. Water spigots are available for limited use. Fire pit picnic table and food locker at each site. Close to Bodega Bay, Jenner, hiking trails and the beach (It's right on the beach).
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Likely our favorite beach camping spot so far along the coast, as you are literally backed into the beach (and not parked parallel to the beach, tail-to-tail like many other campgrounds). Sites are inconsistently sized, but all are tight in one or multiple dimensions, and there's thick brushes that divide the beachfront sites. You'll want to aim for the beachfront sites that are open to the beach, as many of the other sites are dark and tight, so plan to book early! There are a couple of beachfront sites which have brush blocking the views, so plan via. Google Earth to help make your selections.

No dump station on-site, but you can use the dump station at Bodega Dunes Campground which is just a few miles south on HW1. The coast is simply gorgeous along this stretch, and there's endless photo opportunities. Be careful walking along the beaches as the surf tends to be unpredictably high here.

On signal, there's no signal within the campground itself due to the hill that backs the campground. With our SureCall booster we manage 1-2 bars of LTE periodically, though it drops in-and-out. With our Panorama antenna we manage -93 dBm of LTE which was just barely usable for conferencing, however it was unreliable so I ended up parking my vehicle at the top of the hill overlooking the campground and bridging the two Cradlepoint LTE routers together. There's plenty of Verizon signal along most of HW1 on the coast.

The road getting here from Bodega Bay is a bit twisty. Some advice: If coming from the South, detour as much of HW1 as you can after the golden gate bridge by taking 101N to Petaluma and then meeting up with HW1 again. Once you hit Bodega Bay it really gets twisty and tight, so take it slow, and use the pullouts where possible. Turning left into the campground is a bit of a gamble as it's a completely blind turn and oncoming traffic would NOT be able to stop in time if going 45mph, so if possible attempt to find a turnaround further north on HW1 and head back south to make a much safer right turn.

I also ran into a couple who were towing a smaller Airstream with a Tesla Model X, which was extremely cool (and committed!)