Campsites – database
| Campsite | Previous visits | Max number of people | Comments |
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| Camp Tamarancho - Twin Cities | May 2017 | Excellent location | |
| Camp Bothin | November 2016 | Manor House - 58 Stone House - 56 | Dormitories with bunk beds, Manor House (capacity 58) and Stone House (capacity 56). The dorms also have large living areas, bathrooms and showers. Each dorm has a stocked kitchen and dining space so there is no need to bring mess kits. |
| Camp Herms | May 2016 | ||
| Briones - Homestead Valley | October 2016 | 300 | This is a primitive group campsite (max capacity 300). The camp is located in a grassland/oak woodland area on the eastern edge of the preserve. It is a 1-mile walk-in site. Vehicle drive-in access by permit only and limited to a maximum of 2 vehicles. We will either have an equipment shuttle or you will be allowed to drive your vehicle in for equipment drop off. The site has four 6' tables, 48' of bench seating, a 30'x16' shade structure on concrete, two tent pads, and pit toilets. This is a REMOTE camp with NO WATER. Oct 2016 trip cancelled due to muddy conditions at site. |
| Chabot - Lost Ridge | 100 | Today, April 17, 2018, I scouted the Lost Ridge Group Campground at Anthony Chabot Regional Park. The site is large and open with minimal tree cover over the main portions of the site. This site offers good separation from the other group sites in the immediate area, and good separation from the Family Campground that lies across a ravine from the Lost Ridge Campground. The campground has potable water (one drinking fountain and one spigot) and comes equipped with: eight large stationary picnic tables; one small movable picnic table; a large fire pit; two vault toilets; a dumpster and recycle bin for refuse handling; and a large charcoal grill. As Anne previously noted, this site holds a maximum of 100 campers and a maximum of 20 parked cars. There are two main flat areas for pitching tents –a large flat area approximately 50 yards from the center of camp area (picnic tables/fire pit/water source/grill) and another flat area immediately adjacent to the center of camp area. Slightly sloping terrain in between the main flats offers ample additional tent spaces. My impressions: Chabot generally lacks the views that are available at other venues, but this is a great site! It is certainly big enough for our Pack even if we hit the maximum 100 camper level. The campground is wooded at the edges but exposed in the middle, so we will likely need to bring a few sun shelters to shade a few picnic tables from the October sun. We will probably see a bottleneck of campers at the single water spigot waiting to wash their mess kits after meals, but at least this site has potable water – City of Oakland source, tastes fine to drink. I’m attaching photos of the remote flat tent space, the picnic table/grill area in the center of camp, and the flat tent space immediately adjacent to the center of camp. I have more photos but I’m limited in how much I can transmit in a single email. If you have other questions about this site, please do not hesitate to contact me. Best regards, Weldon Bradstreet Pack 30 Recruiter |
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| Chabot - Hawk Ridge | |||
| Del Valle - Hetch Hetchy | October 2017 | Oct 2017 trip cancelled due to weather | |
| Chabot - Bort Meadow | September 2015 | 300 | |
| Roman Oaks | April 2016 |