West Cleone Group Camp in CA -- Campground & RV Camping in California
West Cleone Group Camp in CA
CA State Parks allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
West Cleone Group Camp is part of MacKerricher State Park, three miles north of Fort Bragg along nine miles of Mendocino County coastline. The park features Lake Cleone, a 30-acre freshwater lake created when a brackish marsh was closed by road construction, plus sandy beaches, rocky cliffs, dunes, tide pools, and mixed forest. Gray whales migrate past December through April for shore-based whale watching. The Inglenook Fen Ten Mile Dunes Preserve offers additional exploration opportunities within the park.
Grounded in parks.ca.gov · read August 24, 2026The road in has not been measured -- unknown, not bad. Sits on broad, near-level ground.
The Lake Cleone shoreline is 0.1 mi off. Night skies measure Bortle 3 -- a dark rural sky. The nearest town, Fort Bragg, is 3.5 mi off.
September normals 50–63°F, 0.3″ rain. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.