Northern California - SF Area, Foxtails and Dust, where are the nice campgrounds?

[Road Geezer]

There's a little known camp inside the city of Monterrey called Veterans Memorial Park. No hookups but they have hot showers and a dump station. No reservations, and in spite of what their website say, there are sites that can accommodate large RVs. It's a gem, reasonable size campsites, beautiful park with deer frequently. Close to the Wharf, Pacific Grove, and Carmel. We stay there a couple times a year just to get away.

[Knuff]

So, finally we got out two weekends ago to explore some new areas and a new campground. I must say that we purposely decided to go above 5000ft just to explore the suggestion that fox tails do not like higher elevations. We also reasoned that volcanic ash provides a unique environment free of these nasty little devils. Lassen Volcanic NP, Manzanita lake campground it was and Wow! Bingo on many levels: not crowded, very nice during the heat wave in Central Valley - 80s in the NP whereas it was 105 in the valley. No fox tails, still dusty, but hey we can live with this. What a beautiful place!!!


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[J Goertzen]

Originally Posted by goetzee

My wife and I stayed in Bothe-Napa Valley State Park earlier this year and it was great. The only downside is that there was quite a bit of poison oak at the edges of the campground. It looked like they were ready to start some abatement but not sure if they followed through. It is a clean campground and close to Calistoga and St. Helena.

I have been a volunteer and employee of the Bothe-Napa Valley State Park, it is a great park, and where else can you stay in Napa Valley for just a few dollars. That being said, keep your dogs on a leash, the Poison Oak is everywhere in this park.