Aquatic Park Cove, Black Point Overnight Anchoring, Sailing Vessels only (auxiliary engine OK)
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Aquatic Park Cove, Black Point Overnight Anchoring, Sailing Vessels only (auxiliary engine OK)

San Francisco · San Francisco County · CA

Source: Recreation.gov · imported Aug 14, 2026

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Can you camp here?

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Legality and sources

Cost

Price not published

Key campground facts

Reservation

Required

Reservation details

Vehicle & access

Longest vehicle a campsite accepts: 43 ft

Overhead clearance: 100 ft

Access and vehicle suitability

Connectivity

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Fire conditions

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Fire restrictions

Restrictions

  • Reservation required before arrival.
Know before you go

Where it is

San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Map and coordinates

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The essentials

Key campground facts

Identity-level facts as published by the source record. Fields no source publishes are left out rather than shown as Unknown.

Price

Price not published

Type

Campground

Camping status

Official campsite

Land manager

National Park Service

Sites

12 campsite records

Reservable sites

12 of the records read

Reservation

Required

Check-in

1:00 Pm

Check-out

10:00 Am

Facility phone

415-561-7026

Facility email

david_pelfrey@nps.gov

Know before you go

  • Reservation required before arrival.

Can you camp here?

Camping legality

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Getting there

Access and vehicle suitability

Only what the managing agency or Recreation.gov published. Road surface, clearance, grade and seasonal access are never inferred, and fields no source publishes are left out.

Published dimensions

Longest vehicle a campsite accepts

43 ft

Applies to: Campsite records — what an individual site accepts

Source: Recreation.gov

Overhead clearance

100 ft

Source: Recreation.gov

Site overhead clearance

100 ft

Source: Recreation.gov

Vehicles allowed per site

1

Source: Recreation.gov

Permitted equipment

Boat (max 43 ft)

Applies to: Campsite records — what an individual site accepts

Source: Recreation.gov

Roads and route

How you reach the sites

Boat-In

Source: Recreation.gov

Accessibility

ADA access published

No

Source: Recreation.gov

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Where it is

Location

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State

CA

County

San Francisco County

Nearest city

San Francisco

Elevation

-4 ft

Coordinates

37.80887, -122.42408

Site-level source data

Campsite specifications

12 of 12 Recreation.gov campsite records read. The figures below describe the 12 standard, individually bookable campsite records. Every line states how many records reported it.

Overhead clearance

Up to 100 ft

Published by 12 of 12 site records.

People per site

Up to 6 people

Published by 12 of 12 site records.

Straight from the source

Published record details

Statements the source record publishes, shown as published. Anything it does not publish is left out rather than shown as Unknown.

Published use types

Overnight

Published campsite types

ANCHORAGE

Park phone

415-561-7026

Amenities

Only amenities the source actually states are listed. Unknown is never shown as No.

Pets AllowedYes

Camping

Only camping types present in the source record.

Developed campground

Setting & surroundings

What's around this campsite

Official park information

Published by the land manager as being at or associated with this place. These are stated facts, not measured distances.

Water

BoatingFishingSwimming

Land & terrain

ClimbingHikingMountain biking

Source: Recreation.gov

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Activities

Sourced only — activities are never inferred.

HikingYes
Mountain bikingYes
ClimbingYes
Horseback ridingYes
Wildlife viewingYes
FishingYes
SwimmingYes
BoatingYes

National Weather Service

Weather

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Staying reachable

Connectivity

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Agency fire orders

Fire conditions

Published fire restriction orders from the managing agency, matched to these exact coordinates. Fire permission is never inferred from land ownership, campground type or weather.

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Nearby services

Fuel, water, dump, supplies and more

Straight-line distance from the campground coordinates. Mapped places only — never inferred.

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Solar

Off-grid power

Will you make enough power to stay comfortably off-grid here? Modelled from published solar climatology for these exact coordinates, credited in the details.

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Is this place right for you?

Experience & practicality

Two transparent read-time scores. Unknown facts never count for or against a place, and a score is never used as filter evidence.

Experience

Published recreation and setting.

10.0/ 10

Documented depth: 16 of 16 evidence weight, from 9 published facts. A low number means little is published, not that the place is poor.

Why

  • Hiking
  • Fishing
  • Mountain biking
  • Swimming
  • Boating
  • Climbing
  • Water nearby
  • Wildlife watching
  • Horseback riding

Practicality

Published logistics: access, cost, facilities.

4.1/ 10

81% of the 5 published facts are positive, scaled by how much is documented (50% of the 16-weight target). Thin data coverage · 22 still unpublished. A thin record reads low because little is published, not because the place is poor.

Why

  • Camping is published as allowed
  • Cell service
  • Maximum vehicle length published
  • Pets allowed

Published as not available

  • No reservation required

Fully supported: both dimensions earned a score from 14 published facts.

Methodology nmr-score-3.0.0. Park-level activities feed Experience only; campsite facts feed Practicality only. Experience measures how much recreation and setting evidence is published; Practicality is the published positive share scaled by how much of the logistics catalogue has been documented, so a handful of positives can no longer read 10/10. Unknown is never treated as a no. Neither dimension is used to filter search results, and “Best” ordering ranks fully supported records above partially supported ones.

Overview

Why this place?

  • Campground managed by National Park Service.
  • Camping status: Official campsite.
  • Located in San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA at -4 ft.
  • Source lists 8 recreation activities here.
  • No source publishes pricing for this location, so cost is unknown.
  • A reservation is required.

Photos

What it looks like

Imagery published by the managing source for this record, plus verified traveler photos.

Official imagery

Sailing vessels anchored in Aquatic Park Cove. A view to the northeast under dramatic cirrus clouds with Alcatraz Island in background.Recreation.gov · NPS Photo
Aerial View of Aquatic Park Cove, San Francisco Maritime NHPRecreation.gov · NPS Photo
Boats anchored in Aquatic Park CoveRecreation.gov · NPS Photo
Historic Balclutha's figurehead with a rainbow and Golden Gate Bridge in background.Recreation.gov · NPS Photo
Graphic map of Aquatic Park Cove showing circles or suggestions where boats might anchor.Recreation.gov · NPS Photo
San Francisco Skyline from Aquatic Park CoveRecreation.gov · NPS Photo
Recreation.gov
Bear Boat "The Merry Bear" one of the small crafts in the park's historic collection, sailing on San Francisco BayRecreation.gov · NPS Photo
Five young children sit on the beach on a July afternoon at Aquatic Park Cove, San Francisco.Recreation.gov · NPS Photo

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Community · time-sensitive

Community reports

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Official source

Fees and reservation source material

Retrieved from the Recreation Information Database for this exact facility. Facility facts are listed once in Key campground facts; this block holds the published fee text and the source date check.

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Data & trust

Source confidence

High

Confidence describes how well the ingested sources agree for this record. Verification is a separate state: Unverified.

Source

Recreation.gov

Last source update

Aug 15, 2026

Source record

#273757

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