Campgrounds in California Near the Water
Make it a weekend — these are the campgrounds in California within 15 miles of a boat ramp, so you can launch at first light. 2,678 places mapped.
Every pin is within 15 miles of a launch. The ⚓ anchors are the boat ramps — so you can see how far the water is from any stop.
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Badger 1Bagby 1Bakersfield 5Baldwin Park 1Banner 1Banning 2Barrett 2Bass Lake 11Bayside 1Beale AFB 6Bear Valley 39Beaumont 3Belden 2Bellevue Commons 1Ben Lomond 1Benicia 1Bethel Island 2Big Bear City 4Big Bear Lake 6Big Creek 9Big Lagoon 12Big Oak Flat 1Big Pine / Tovowahamatü 21Biggs 1Bishop 7Blairsden 2Blue Jay 1Blvd Calimesa 1Blythe 5Bodega Bay 6Bodfish 3Bonita 1Bonsall 2Boulder Creek 27Bradley 19Brentwood 1Bridgeport 8Brisbane 1Browns Valley 1Bucks Lake 4Bucks Lodge 5Buellton 3Burney 5
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Calabasas 4Calipatria 1Calistoga 2Callahan 9Calpella 3Camarillo 1Cambria 2Cameron Park 2Camino 1Campo 7Camptonville 3Cannery 2Canyon Country 1Canyon Lake 1Canyondam 4Capistrano Beach 1Cardiff 1cardiff by the sea 1Carlsbad 1Carmel 1Carmel Valley 9Carnelian Bay 1Carpinteria 4Caspar 4Cassel 2Castaic 1Castella 14Castro Valley 1Cayucos 1Cazadero 1Cedar Glen 4Cedar Stock 7Cedarville 4Challenge 4Chester 16Chico 1Chino Hills 1Chula Vista 1Cienega Springs 1Cisco Grove 15Clearlake 1Cloverdale 3Cold Springs 5Colfax 2Collinsville 1Coloma 4Columbia 1Colusa 4Corning 3Coronado 1Cotati 1Coulterville 1Crabtree 1Crescent City 7crestline 15Creston 1Cross Roads 2Crowley Lake 18Crowneville 2Crows Landing 1Cupertino 1
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La Grange 2La Honda 1La Mesa 1Lafayette 3Lagunitas 10Lake Arrowhead 1Lake Elsinore 4Lake Elsinore City 4Lake Hughes 3Lake Isabella 8Lake View Terrace 1Lake Wohlford 2Lakehead 15Lakeport 2Lakeshore 4Lakeside 2Lamont 1Lathrop 2Lebec;Frazier Park 1Lee Vining 8Lewiston 4Lincoln 1Little River 2Live Oak 1Livermore 13Lodi 2Loleta 1Loma Mar 25Lone Pine 14Long Beach 2Loomis 1Los Altos Hills 4Los Banos 2Los Gatos 1Los Molinos 2Los Olivos 6Los Osos 4Lower Lake 2Lowerlake 1Loybas Hill 1Lucerne 1Lundy 11Lytle Creek 4
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Mad River 10Magalia 1Malibu 3Mammoth Lakes 10Mammoth Lakes Area 23Mammoth Lakes City 5Manteca 1Manzanita 1Marina 3Mariposa 2Markleeville 22Marshall 1Martinez 1McArthur 1McClellan 3McCloud 12Meadow Vista 1Meadows 1Meeks Bay 13Mendocino 5Menifee 1Merced Falls 1Middletown 2Midpines 4Millerton 2Milpitas 12Modesto 1Mono Hot Springs 9Monrovia 1Montague 1Monte Rio 1Montecito 2Monterey 2Moraga 1Morena Vista Trolley Station 1Moreno Valley 10Morgan Hill 27Morro Bay 10Moss Landing 1Mount Baldy 4Mount Laguna 8Mount Shasta 2Mountain Center 33Mountain Mesa 5Mt Baldy 2Mt Shasta 5Muir Beach 3
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Pacific Beach 3Pacifica 1Pala 2Palm Springs 1Palma Plaza 7Palomar Mountain 10Paradise 3Parker Dam 1Paso Robles 3Patterson 1Pauma Valley 1Perris 2Petaluma 2Picacho 9Piedmont 2Piedra 4Pine Valley 1Pinecrest 27Pinyon Pines 4Pioneer 18Piru 1Pismo Beach 3Placerville 1Playa Del Rey 2Pleasanton 1Plymouth 1Pomona 2Port Hueneme 3Port San Luis 4Portola 3Potrero 3Potter Valley 14
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Sacramento 2Salton City 3San Andreas 1San Buenaventura 3San Clemente 3San Diego 3San Dimas 1San Francisco 3San Jacinto 4San José 1San Juan Bautista 6San Luis Obispo 6San Luis Rey 1San Marcos 1San Martin 15San Miguel 2San Simeon 2Sanger 1Santa Barbara 8Santa Cruz 1Santa Margarita 42Santa Nella 1Santa Paula 2Santa Rosa 1Santa Rosa Reservation 9Santa Venetia 2Santa Ynez 9Santee 6Saratoga 12Sausalito 2Scotts Flat 10Scotts Valley 4Seeley 2Seiad Valley 9Sequoia National Park 14Serene Lakes 2Shady Glen 4Shafter 1Shasta Lake 1Shaver Lake 10Shelter Cove 21Shelter Valley 7Sierra City 23Sierra Madre 14Sierraville 7Sim Valley 3Simi Valley 1Sly Park 15Smith River 2Soda Springs 7Solvang 3Soquel 11South Lake Tahoe 16South Shore Village 2Spanish Flat 5Spaulding 8Stanfield Hill 2Stanton 1Stinson Beach 3Stockton 1Stones Landing 3Stonyford 7Stratford Corners 1Strawberry 6Strawberry Valley 6Sugar Loaf 11Summerland 5Sunnyvale 1Susanville 2