Kirby Cove Campground

Excellent time at Kirby Cove site 5. Previous reviews regarding wind are no joke, our tent flew away several times in the process. Thankfully the wind died down by the evening, but earlier on it was very windy. The area to set up your tent with the permanent anchors is approx. 10x10, so if you bring a tent bigger than that (we did) you need to get crafty as to how you're going to anchor down your tent. Extra paracord can really be your friend here. We ended up anchoring our tent to our wagon that had the cooler on it so nothing would blow away and it worked!

Awesome trip, the view and campsite of a lifetime. Had a wonderful time and built a bonfire and enjoyed s’mores with an excellent view. Aloha. 🍍

It’s a special place. Unfortunately the campers before us left their trash in our “animal/bear box” and that wasn’t cleared out so we had to haul it up to the dumpsters.

Stayed overnight at site 003. Difficult to find site and instructions were not clear. Entrance is not clearly marked, as it is off a heavily populated street with tourists and people clambering to take photos of the Golden Gate Bridge. Eventually we were able to unlock the gates with the code emailed in our reservation, and make our way down to the site. It is a very private and small campsite, with one-of-a-kind views of the bay and the bridge. We luckily did not get a lot of fog, and did not experience the horns blaring.

Our family did have to deal with a lot of wind and breezes blowing through our site, so it was tricky setting up our tent and it was very chilly at night. The bathrooms are pit toilets only, with no running water so please prepare for that. We brought our own wagon to tote our items- if we hadn’t had a wagon it would have been a deal breaker. Wildlife was all around us; we had deer approach us and a raccoon came and rifled through our belongings, we observed many bird species and butterflies. Cute quails! Overall a memorable experience for our family, but the chill and pit toilets, as well as lack of water would not encourage us to return. Grateful to have been able to secure a one night stay, but not eager to return.

This campground is so amazing. The individual sites are far enough away from each other to have privacy, while still keeping you close to a restroom as needed. Each site has lots of space, too! I highly recommend using the directions from the Recreation.gov app itself! Don't try to Google Maps it because it won't take you to the trail/gate entrance and you'll be very confused around a touristy area!

I’ve been here a few times, and I love this cute little campground. Unfortunately it was uncomfortably windy this trip.

This spot is a great way to catch a different beach view of the Golden Gate Bridge. We went during the week and there were very few other people. We were lucky to catch an early fog burn off and had sunshine most of the day.

Gate codes worked for both gates.

Fantastic campground. Weather is always dicey there, but regardless, a marvelous place to camp.

I enjoyed this campground soooo much due to only being 5 spacious campsites with an excellent view of the Golden Gate Bridge. The only hiccup is that you have to do multiple trips from the parking lot to the campsite with a large wagon. It took me about 5 trips to bring everything to the campsite which I considered my workout for the day. Overall; I would do this again in a heartbeat.