Salt Point State Park (Sonoma Coast)
Sonoma Coast · near Jenner / Sea Ranch · North Coast
Camping
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Elevation
- 200
- Campsites
- ~110 sites
- Season
- Year-round
- Fee
- ~$35/night
Permits and booking
- Reservation required
- Yes
- How to reserve
- Reserve on ReserveCalifornia (6 months ahead). Dramatic sandstone-tafoni coast on the Sonoma shore, with a marine reserve, forest, and pygmy forest. Two campgrounds (one forested, one open). Vault toilets, no showers. Abalone diving closed statewide.
What is here
- Setting
- beach
- Amenities
- Dramatic tafoni sandstone coast · Marine reserve & tide pools · Forest & pygmy-forest trails · Cold-water diving (look only)
- Best for
- Wild Sonoma-coast camping
- Features
- Honeycombed sandstone formations · Gerstle Cove marine reserve · Rhododendrons in spring · Uncrowded wild coast
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Camping detail
- Camp type
- developed · walk-in
- Intl tip
- Reserve on ReserveCalifornia 6 months ahead. See the surreal tafoni sandstone formations and the Gerstle Cove marine reserve (cold-water diving — dive guide; abalone closed). Spring rhododendrons; pygmy forest trails. Simple camping (no showers). Cool and windy. Combine with the Sonoma Coast and wine country. Wild and uncrowded.
The guide
Salt Point State Park protects a wild, dramatic stretch of the Sonoma Coast where wind and sea have sculpted the sandstone bluf…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Salt Point State Park (Sonoma Coast) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.568, -123.33