Campsites Are Hard to Get in California. Try Dispersed Camping Instead
Bay Curious
KQED
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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| 0:56.0 | From KQED. The Bay Curace audience has shown us over the years that you all are very interested |
| 1:03.1 | in camping. In 2017, we did a story about how bots snap up campsites, making it nearly impossible |
| 1:10.4 | for real humans to click their way into a |
| 1:12.9 | Primo reservation. And you made it one of our most popular stories of the year. Last year, we |
| 1:18.8 | offered a little update on that story. TLDR, things are better, but still, it's tough out there. |
| 1:24.5 | And we offered some tips on how to be a camping reservation making master. |
| 1:29.6 | This year, we wanted to help you even more by going in depth on how to get out and go camping |
| 1:35.3 | if you're maybe not the type of person who could wake up early and make a reservation six months in |
| 1:41.1 | advance. Or maybe if you feel like being at a campsite that's a stone's throw from the |
| 1:45.4 | next group isn't quite getting away from it all. Today, we're talking about dispersed camping. |
| 1:52.0 | No reservations needed, just show up, set up, and go. Could it be camping at its finest, easiest, |
| 1:58.9 | truest form, or could it be more than you bargained for? |
| 2:02.4 | Here to guide us through it all and answer your questions about dispersed camping is KQED's |
| 2:07.1 | outdoor reporter Sarah Wright. Welcome, Sarah. Thanks so much for having me. So I got to start by |
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