Tomales Bay Boat-in Camping
Marin County · CA
Source: National Park Service · imported Aug 15, 2026
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The essentials
Key campground facts
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Price
$30/night
Type
Campground
Camping status
Official campsite
Land manager
National Park Service
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Getting there
Access and vehicle suitability
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RV and trailer guidance
RVs and Trailers are prohibited.
Source: National Park Service
Official access warning
Sanitation: Disposing of human waste in the bay or onto park beaches is prohibited. On Tomales Bay, there are vault toilets at Marshall Beach and Tomales Beach. If camping on other beaches, you are required to pack out all human waste using a portable toilet or similar commercially designed waste disposal containers that can be emptied into an RV dump station or pit toilet, or a GO anywhere toilet kit® (formerly sold as WAG® Bags). While there are restrooms at Hearts Desire Beach, Lawsons Landing, and Miller Boat Launch, a pit toilet at Indian Beach, and portable toilets at Chicken Ranch Beach, camping is prohibited at all of these locations. Food and Food Storage: Animals will tear into tents and kayaks to get at food. All food, all trash, all toiletries, and all other scented items should be stored in portable animal-resistant food storage containers unless in immediate use. Visit the park's A Guide to Low Impact Boat Camping page at https://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/kayak_libc.htm for more details.
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Roads and route
Access roads
No Roads
Source: National Park Service
Accessibility
Campground classification
Primitive Camping Areas
Source: National Park Service
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Where it is
Location
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State
CA
County
Marin County
Elevation
10 ft
Coordinates
38.16332, -122.91539
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Amenities
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Setting & surroundings
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Agency fire orders
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Nearby services
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Is this place right for you?
Experience & practicality
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Experience
Published recreation and setting.
—/ 10
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Practicality
Published logistics: access, cost, facilities.
6.3/ 10
69% of the 10 published facts are positive, scaled by how much is documented (91% of the 16-weight target). Partial data coverage · 17 still unpublished. A thin record reads low because little is published, not because the place is poor.
Why
- Camping is published as allowed
- Restroom
- Drinking water
- Cell service
- Cost is published
Published as not available
- Dump station
- $25 or less per night
- Shower
- Trash service
- Laundry
Partially supported: only one of the two dimensions has enough published evidence, so this record is not presented or ranked as the equal of a fully documented one.
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 Marin County, CA at 10 ft.
- Nightly price: $30.
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Data & trust
Source confidence
High
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Source
National Park Service
Last source update
Aug 15, 2026
Source record
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