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Boat-In Sites (Lake Sonoma)

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Wildfire
West fire · 43 mi away · 0 acres · updated Oct 14, 2026
Fires: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 14, 2026
ReservableBookable through April 16; tomorrow opens April 17.
Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book
Right now
Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 16:26 UTC
A night
$30–$80Across the site types the agency prices
Sites
108All of them booked ahead
Photos · USACE
730 ftElevation
3,360 ftWater · an unnamed pondOcean · 18.3 mi · to the Pacific Ocean
4.4 miS of Cloverdale, CA
22%Tree cover
Bortle 4Night sky · 879th darkest of 1,201 in CA

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 3 notices

In the agency’s own words

Lake Sonoma's Boat-In Sites are scattered around beautiful Lake Sonoma, only a 45-minute drive north of Santa Rosa and a two-hour drive from San Francisco. BOAT-IN CAMPGROUNDS ARE ACCESSIBLE BY WATER OR HIKING ONLY, THERE IS NO VEHICLE ACCESS TO ANY BOAT-IN CAMPGROUND World famous vineyards and a land rich in history surround the lake, where visitors enjoy boating, fishing and exploring the area's extensive trail network. Keep reading

Recreation

The lake provides great boating and swimming opportunities. Anglers fish for large and smallmouth bass, catfish and sunfish. A small native population of rainbow trout exists in the waters as well. Hikers, mountain bikers and horseback riders enjoy exploring several miles of trails that meander along the shoreline.

Facilities

The lake hosts 108 boat-in campsites. Some sites lie close to the lake's ski zones while others are in more secluded regions perfect for fishing or swimming. Boaters who wish to camp/sleep on their boats may anchor anywhere within the park, but boats must be equipped with anchor lights. If boaters wish to tie up to the shore, they must be at one of the designated campgrounds.

Natural Features

Lake Sonoma is nestled in the beautiful coastal foothills of Sonoma County, California. The area typically has cool, foggy, wet winters and hot, dry summers. Temperatures average in the upper 90s during the summer with short periods of higher heat.

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

ATTENTION: BOAT-IN CAMPGROUNDS ARE ACCESSIBLE BY WATER OR HIKING ONLY, THERE IS NO VEHICLE ACCESS TO ANY BOAT-IN CAMPGROUND - All Boat-In campgrounds at Lake Sonoma are accessible only via the water, or by trails - Visitors must have a boat to access the campgrounds by water, there are no transportation services offered at Lake Sonoma - Some boat-in campsites are also accessible by backpacking, all campsites are several miles from the nearest trailheads with elevation changes. - For questions about camping at Lake Sonoma, please contact the visitor center at 707-431-4533

Rule

Potential Hazards can be present at Boat-In Sites, exercise caution and safety - Campgrounds are located on hillsides, steep and slippery conditions can exist - Wasps / Yellowjackets are known to be present at some campsites. Keep trash and all foodstuffs contained and separated from cooking and gathering areas - Rattlesnakes and other wildlife do live in the Lake Sonoma area, use caution when camping. do not approach wildlife. - Please report dangerous or aggressive wildlife interactions to Park Rangers or the Lake Sonoma Visitor Center at 707-431-4533

Rule

Other Visitor Information: - Per California Law, all children under 13 years old must wear a appropriate size and type of lifejacket while on board any moving recreational vessel. - Please recreate responsibly and practice Leave-No-Trace (LNT) principles while camping at our primitive boat in sites at all time to help keep our park clean. - For more information, speak to a Park Ranger, visit the Visitor Center, or on the web at https://lnt.org/why/7-principles/ to learn more about responsible recreation - Per USACE Regulations, campers are required to maintain a clean campsite throughout their stay, failure to do so may result in citation. - Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information. - Reservations: Reservations can be made up to 6 month(s) in advance for single sites, and 12 month(s) for group sites.  - During the Peak Recreation Season (April 1 - September 30) there is a minimum 2 night stay on weekends, and 3 nights stay on holiday weekends ( Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day) - Confirmation Number: When camping, please write the reservation number (And no other personal information, including name or dates) on a paper and place visibly on all associated vehicle dashboards

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Oct 1, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites
108 · 2 walk-in, 105 boat-in, 1 group
Hookups
None
Accessible sites
None listed
Pets
Allowed
Shade
Every site
Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Stay limit
14 nights
recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Source: recreation.gov facility record · Oct 1, 2026

Around the campground

On the water
Lake, Beach
Boating
Fishing
Hiking
Swimming
Water sports
Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

154 of 192 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:26 UTC

Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.

OpenBooked

Booking window6 months outBookable now through April 16, 2027. Tomorrow at 10 AM ET, availability opens through April 17, 2027.recreation.gov
Max stay14 nightsthe facility record
A night$30–$80plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule
A weekend$68–$168DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above
If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule
Runs itU.S. Army Corps of EngineersBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record
Watch for a cancellation

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We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
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We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

We’ll write once, when the season that starts Sat, May 1 2027 is open for booking.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 14

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers
A night, per site$30–$80
Boat In Single$30
Hike To$30
Boat- In Group Site$80
Rates for the season the campground is in now, Oct 1, 2026 to Dec 31, 2026. Every site here is walked, hiked or boated into; there’s no drive-in rate to quote.
The booking feerecreation.gov
Reservation fee, booked online$8
One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.
Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.
What a stay costs
One nightDerived$38–$88
A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$68–$168

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $30–$80 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.

If your plans changerecreation.gov
Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10
Cancellation fee$10
Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night
No-show$20 + your first night

Who keeps the booking fee

The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →

How we know this receipt · 5
Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Oct 1, 2026
Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026
The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · Sep 9, 2026
Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026
The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025
Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 16:26 UTC · rules read Oct 1, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

108 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 108 mapped sites
61 ftbetween you and the next site, typically
Most roomLoop BROK BB 4096 ftLoop ISLA IV 1677 ftLoop OLDS OS01 262 ftLoop BLAC BM05 188 ftLoop BUCK BP12 178 ft
Least roomLoop LOGG LG08 26 ftLoop LOGG LG09 26 ftLoop LOGG LG10 27 ft

4 sites share one published coordinate and are left out of the rankings.

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 108 sites

108 of 108 sites located
Walk, hike or boat in107Group1
BM01BM02BM03BM04BM05BBBP01BP02BP03BP04BP05BP06BP07BP08BP09BP10BP11BP12BP13BUM1BUM2FN01FN02FN03FN04FN05FN06FN07FN08FN09HS01HS02HS03HS04HS05HS06HS07HS08IVLG03LG04LG05LG06LG07LG08LG09LG10LG11LG12LP01LP02LP03LP04LP05LP06LP07MP01MP02MP03MP04MP05MP06OS01OS02OS03OS04OS05OS06OS07OS08OS09QS01QS02QS03QS04QS05QS06QS07RS01RS02RS03RS04RS05RS06RS07RS08SK01SK02SK03SK04SK05SK06SK07SK08SK09SK10SK11SK12TH01TH02TH03TH042TH062TH08TH09TH10
Aerial · Esri World Imagery
Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026
Imagery: Esri World Imagery
SleepsUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 108 of the 108 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 107 of the 108 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.

BLACBM01boat in79 ft84 ftLake Sonoma146 ft$30–$80
BLACBM02boat in79 ft134 ftLake Sonoma68 ft$30–$80
BLACBM03boat in44 ft117 ftLake Sonoma111 ft$30–$80
BLACBM04boat in44 ft160 ftLake Sonoma100 ft$30–$80
BLACBM05boat in188 ft100 ftLake Sonoma296 ft$30–$80
BROKBBboat in4096 ft147 ftLake Sonoma38 ft$30–$80
BUCKBP01boat in63 ft150 ftLake Sonoma386 ft$30–$80
BUCKBP02boat in63 ft152 ftLake Sonoma337 ft$30–$80
BUCKBP03boat in58 ft147 ftLake Sonoma235 ft$30–$80
BUCKBP04boat in58 ft137 ftLake Sonoma189 ft$30–$80
BUCKBP05boat in109 ft131 ftLake Sonoma108 ft$30–$80
BUCKBP06boat in61 ft150 ftLake Sonoma129 ft$30–$80
BUCKBP07boat in61 ft106 ftLake Sonoma185 ft$30–$80
BUCKBP08boat in75 ft218 ftLake Sonoma156 ft$30–$80
BUCKBP09boat in70 ft171 ftLake Sonoma237 ft$30–$80
BUCKBP10boat in173 ft343 ftLake Sonoma116 ft$30–$80
BUCKBP11boat in70 ft168 ftLake Sonoma199 ft$30–$80
BUCKBP12boat in178 ft144 ftLake Sonoma199 ft$30–$80
BUCKBP13boat in178 ft175 ftLake Sonoma292 ft$30–$80
BUMMBUM1hike to112 ft1,092 ftLake Sonoma219 ft$30
BUMMBUM2hike to112 ft1,204 ftLake Sonoma108 ft$30
FALCFN01boat in55 ft201 ftLake Sonoma48 ft$30–$80
FALCFN02boat in55 ft177 ftLake Sonoma100 ft$30–$80
FALCFN03boat in33 ft97 ftLake Sonoma112 ft$30–$80
FALCFN04boat in33 ft101 ftLake Sonoma110 ft$30–$80
FALCFN05boat in47 ft114 ftLake Sonoma73 ft$30–$80
FALCFN06boat in58 ft117 ftLake Sonoma67 ft$30–$80
FALCFN07boat in47 ft153 ftLake Sonoma26 ft$30–$80
FALCFN08boat in41 ft205 ftLake Sonoma230 ft$30–$80
FALCFN09boat in41 ft165 ftLake Sonoma224 ft$30–$80
HOMEHS01boat in63 ft154 ftLake Sonoma265 ft$30–$80
HOMEHS02boat in59 ft125 ftLake Sonoma222 ft$30–$80
HOMEHS03boat in59 ft183 ftLake Sonoma205 ft$30–$80
HOMEHS04boat in79 ft196 ftLake Sonoma127 ft$30–$80
HOMEHS05boat in90 ft81 ftLake Sonoma115 ft$30–$80
HOMEHS06boat in30 ft125 ftLake Sonoma80 ft$30–$80
HOMEHS07boat in30 ft129 ftLake Sonoma85 ft$30–$80
HOMEHS08boat in38 ft156 ftLake Sonoma80 ft$30–$80
ISLAIVgroup standard area nonelectric1677 ft158 ftLake Sonoma57 ft
LOGGLG03boat in58 ft218 ftLake Sonoma206 ft$30–$80
LOGGLG04boat in58 ft220 ftLake Sonoma154 ft$30–$80
LOGGLG05boat in87 ft133 ftLake Sonoma213 ft$30–$80
LOGGLG06boat in156 ft60 ftLake Sonoma294 ft$30–$80
LOGGLG07boat in107 ft150 ftLake Sonoma158 ft$30–$80
LOGGLG08boat in26 ft176 ftLake Sonoma72 ft$30–$80
LOGGLG09boat in26 ft150 ftLake Sonoma98 ft$30–$80
LOGGLG10boat in27 ft108 ftLake Sonoma202 ft$30–$80
LOGGLG11boat in126 ft153 ftLake Sonoma325 ft$30–$80
LOGGLG12boat in27 ft99 ftLake Sonoma187 ft$30–$80
LONELP01boat in44 ft179 ftLake Sonoma140 ft$30–$80
LONELP02boat in44 ft221 ftLake Sonoma97 ft$30–$80
LONELP03boat in57 ft225 ftLake Sonoma67 ft$30–$80
LONELP04boat in80 ft149 ftLake Sonoma138 ft$30–$80
LONELP05boat in113 ft126 ftLake Sonoma151 ft$30–$80
LONELP06boat in78 ft186 ftLake Sonoma225 ft$30–$80
LONELP07boat in78 ft121 ftLake Sonoma298 ft$30–$80
MADRMP01boat in76 ft82 ftLake Sonoma179 ft$30–$80
MADRMP02boat in55 ft141 ftLake Sonoma163 ft$30–$80
MADRMP03boat in55 ft115 ftLake Sonoma213 ft$30–$80
MADRMP04boat in80 ft94 ftLake Sonoma286 ft$30–$80
MADRMP05boat in74 ft147 ftLake Sonoma206 ft$30–$80
MADRMP06boat in74 ft160 ftLake Sonoma139 ft$30–$80
OLDSOS01boat in262 ft282 ftLake Sonoma204 ft$30–$80
OLDSOS02boat in151 ft287 ftLake Sonoma58 ft$30–$80
OLDSOS03boat in47 ft413 ftLake Sonoma200 ft$30–$80
OLDSOS04boat in73 ft369 ftLake Sonoma256 ft$30–$80
OLDSOS05boat in51 ft447 ftLake Sonoma275 ft$30–$80
OLDSOS06boat in47 ft455 ftLake Sonoma229 ft$30–$80
OLDSOS07boat in33 ft258 ftLake Sonoma285 ft$30–$80
OLDSOS08boat in33 ft249 ftLake Sonoma318 ft$30–$80
OLDSOS09boat in104 ft243 ftLake Sonoma209 ft$30–$80
QUICQS01boat in63 ft123 ftLake Sonoma211 ft$30–$80
QUICQS02boat in63 ft91 ftLake Sonoma149 ft$30–$80
QUICQS03boat in35 ft109 ftLake Sonoma26 ft$30–$80
QUICQS04boat in35 ft95 ftLake Sonoma45 ft$30–$80
QUICQS05boat in126 ft207 ftLake Sonoma117 ft$30–$80
QUICQS06boat in56 ft132 ftLake Sonoma189 ft$30–$80
QUICQS07boat in56 ft166 ftLake Sonoma243 ft$30–$80
RUSTRS01boat in56 ftunder 10 ftLake Sonoma215 ft$30–$80
RUSTRS02boat in56 ft43 ftLake Sonoma205 ft$30–$80
RUSTRS03boat in137 ft69 ftLake Sonoma76 ft$30–$80
RUSTRS04boat in29 ftunder 10 ftLake Sonoma136 ft$30–$80
RUSTRS05boat in29 ftunder 10 ftLake Sonoma148 ft$30–$80
RUSTRS06boat in63 ft45 ftLake Sonoma103 ft$30–$80
RUSTRS07boat in63 ft76 ftLake Sonoma123 ft$30–$80
RUSTRS08boat in63 ft138 ftLake Sonoma129 ft$30–$80
SKUNSK01boat in45 ft68 ftLake Sonoma178 ft$30–$80
SKUNSK02boat in45 ft108 ftLake Sonoma179 ft$30–$80
SKUNSK03boat in49 ft78 ftLake Sonoma146 ft$30–$80
SKUNSK04boat in41 ft111 ftLake Sonoma123 ft$30–$80
SKUNSK05boat in41 ft99 ftLake Sonoma92 ft$30–$80
SKUNSK06boat in41 ft103 ftLake Sonoma54 ft$30–$80
SKUNSK07boat in70 ft139 ftLake Sonoma37 ft$30–$80
SKUNSK08boat in69 ft109 ftLake Sonoma136 ft$30–$80
SKUNSK09boat in66 ft72 ftLake Sonoma202 ft$30–$80
SKUNSK10boat in66 ft135 ftLake Sonoma239 ft$30–$80
SKUNSK11boat in100 ft91 ftLake Sonoma194 ft$30–$80
SKUNSK12boat in100 ft125 ftLake Sonoma106 ft$30–$80
THUMTH01boat in65 ft77 ftLake Sonoma426 ft$30–$80
THUMTH02boat in65 ft69 ftLake Sonoma378 ft$30–$80
THUMTH03boat in59 ft146 ftLake Sonoma378 ft$30–$80
THUMTH04boat in126 ftLake Sonoma333 ft$30–$80
THUMTH05boat in126 ftLake Sonoma333 ft$30–$80
THUMTH06boat in97 ftLake Sonoma219 ft$30–$80
THUMTH07boat in97 ftLake Sonoma219 ft$30–$80
THUMTH08boat in59 ft122 ftLake Sonoma146 ft$30–$80
THUMTH09boat in59 ft159 ftLake Sonoma87 ft$30–$80
THUMTH10boat in65 ft95 ftLake Sonoma124 ft$30–$80
Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Oct 1, 2026

25 of 108 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Coordinate38.70833, -123.00000
The phone707-431-4533
The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

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Getting there

Take Highway 101 north of San Francisco to the town of Healdsburg and exit on Dry Creek Road. Travel west 11 miles to reach the visitor center on the right. The public boat ramp is 1.5 miles further up the road.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Oct 1, 2026
Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Today92°Sunny
Tonight58°Mostly Clear
Saturday88°Sunny
Saturday Night52°Mostly Clear

NWS forecast for Geyserville, CA

Source: National Weather Service, MTR forecast office · Oct 16, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 49°F, day 81°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical December night 38°F. Bring the bag rated for it.

100°30°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more

A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: CLOVERDALE, CA (USC00041838), 6 miles away and 330 ft lower
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Jared Huffman, official portrait

Boat-In Sites (Lake Sonoma) is in California’s 2nd congressional district. Its representative, Jared Huffman (D), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: A+. See every public-lands vote →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from
Right now: recreation.gov is offering sites on 30 of the next 30 nights, which isn’t something a closed campground does.
Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026 and November 2026. It names 108 of the 108 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 14, 2026
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026
Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.33 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 1,201 rated federal campgrounds in California · Sep 8, 2026
Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model
Cell signal: the Army Corps’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.
Nearest place of any size: Geyserville, CA, 3.5 mi W (a census designated place). Straight line.
Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026