Hirz Bay Group 2

Its a nice campsite. Perfect for a large group. We did have several face to face encounters with bears including having an r.v get gone through. To get from camp to the water is either a drive or a steep hike but the water is very nice also.

Memorial Day 2023 review: This is a great campsite. Lake is at 100% full and the short hike to the shoreline is easy. The sink in previous photos posted is no longer there, has been ripped out. The brick grill is there, and functional but the raising/lowering mechanism may break. Be prepared with tools to fix. The standalone grill in one picture is no longer there as well. The fire pit is large and great for fires at night. The mosquitoes are fierce here, bring bug spray. Note that this campground only has 4 bear boxes. BEARS ARE ACTIVE in the area. Put all food and coolers away at night!

When I click on the directions from Santa Rosa told me 7hrs and 52 minutes. Yes took me that long. But found out from other family members took them 5hrs from Santa Rosa. Google maps only show you two different directions. After finding out I took the wrong route to the campsite. The faster route is going through Clearlake 29 and then to Hwy 20 E. Then to Hwy 5 North to Redding to Shasta County line. Take exit for the Lake Shasta campground to Hertz Bay Campground. This will take you about 4 to 5 hrs. Not take the directions from google mentioned on the website. And coming back to Santa Rosa. Take Highway 5 south until you see Highway 80. Take you to Vacaville to Vallejo exit West to highway 37 or Highway 12 going to Napa to Sonoma County line. This highway will split to either go towards Petaluma or Sonoma town. I would take going towards Petaluma highway 116 west. Then to adobe Road then to Petaluma Road North to Cotati then to Santa Rosa back roads. For anyone that lives in Santa Rosa. And hasn’t visited this campground. Going for the first time. Don’t make this mistake like I did. No showers at the camp site only two toilets. No bathroom sinks and no soap despensors. No mirrors in the bathroom. There was a black bear came to the site at 4am. Got into the food that was on the table. Place the food in the box lockers when not in use. Bring with you a portable shower cover to take showers. Bring solar chargers and solar lights for night time. Very dark at night. Bring extra lights for the two bathrooms. There is no light in the bathroom if you need to go in the middle of the night. Take main pathway to the lake to swim. Don’t take the steep slope hill like we did. Very dangerous can slide and hurt yourself. Safer ti take the driveway pathway down to the boat dock to swim. The large barbecue hanging one is broken. Need to use rope or other type of item to keep it hanging to place your food to cook. Bring a starter to heat the charcoal like I did. Helps light faster. It does get very hot. Bring a hand towel to keep you cool. I brought a couple of them for my family. Fire pit is there. Love using it. Lots of tables. One of the tables is broken. There is only two faucets to use to wash your self and to wash your dishes. Both only cold water. Bring a large bucket to wash your self and a smaller bucket to wash your hands for the bathroom and leave there for use with hand sanitizer and soap. So people can wash the hands in the small bucket of water. And bring a sprayer for the smell.

7.30.2020 Paved roads and pretty big group camp site ,I was able to bring 33ft travel trailer . It was a tight fit but made it work, very clean restrooms. No internet but you do have spotted cell reception if you need to make a call or send a text . The only cons to this place is that the lake is far away and its not an easy descent to it either but the boat ram isn't too far. Also during the hot season it get pretty toasty during the day . We also had bear visiting couple of times during the stay so watch out for that but bear was not aggresive . In overall had a great experience, it's a very secluded area in my opinion so no one will bother you.

This is a great campsite close the the Hirz Bay launch ramp and it's lakeside although it's a little steep of a walk to get down to the water. It has a sink and 2 BBQ's one large one and a smaller double grille. 4 large bear lockers. I'm giving it 4 stars because allot of the benches, bear lockers and BBQ grills are in need of some maintenance.