Well managed park, many spots have shade, some back on to the slough so if you are okay scrambling down a steep 15-foot drop at low tide, you can have your own beach. Also, lots of places to fish and a paved walking loop around the island. Unfortunately the over night boat slips are out of commission for the foreseeable future, although the launch area is huge and very well maintained. If you bring your boat, you will either need to pull it out at night or anchor it in the slough. When we went there, midweek in July 2023, we basically had the park to ourselves - only about 10 sites out of 100+ had campers. Note, this is a pack-in/pack-out park; there is communal water, clean toilets, but no garbage cans. Sites farther from the entrance have less bridge and road noise, and barking dog that the camp manager has tied outside all day long.

BE WARNED you are locked in after 9:30 PM!!! My son got overheated and felt sick so we went to leave a day early. We were locked in. I had to find anyone to open the gate which was a scary feeling. Thankfully a nice man opened the gate eventually as an exception but please be aware. No way to leave off something happens when you are there with kids is not okay in my book. I paid to call. I should be able to leave when/if I want. Otherwise, nice camping sites with beautiful old trees but the river only allows you to swim at a certain spot which wasn't by our site though we were camping right along the river. There is not nearly enough parking and I had to walk 10 min to get to our car which made unloading and loading absolutely horrible and take way longer than necessary. The bathrooms were clean which is nice. The showers were disgusting and needed a coin to operate to top it off. Where would I get coins from if I didn't know in advance? There was a water pipe by our site to use when we needed to cool off. It's basically hose water. There were also some individual picnic tables scattered around but we didn't use them so we sat and ate under the shade of the trees instead. The tables are not under any cover so it was too hot to eat out there in the direct sun. Not bad but not sure that we will personally pick this site again unless our friends insist. The closed and locked gate is what really deters me.

I stayed at a walk in campsite and the area is amazing. It is clean, family-friendly, near the river and it is a nice area to set up a tent. The walk in campsite parking is small so we were not able to park near the campsite so the walk from the car to the campsite was probably 3 times longer than it would’ve been if the walk in campsite parking was bigger. The bathrooms are very clean especially compared to other campsites I have been to in the past. The showers take quarters, I did not have any so i was not able to check them out, but they looked clean as well. The bathrooms were a decent distance from the walk in campsites but definitely do-able if you plan correctly.

I used to love going to Brannan Island State Park. It's large, was not too crowded, lots of beautiful waterfront trails, boat launch, many picnic areas, camping sites and ample parking. So very sad to see it now (10-15-22). It has long been closed and unmaintained. The only open area today was the boat launch. I certainly hope California finds the funds to maintain and open this beautiful park again for the public. It's really a gem and so needed for recreation in the area.

I had a great time camping at Brannan Island! I really enjoyed swimming in the three mile slough during the 90 degree weather, and I also liked the hiking loop on site. Two things to check before arrival are the weather and wind speed. There was a consistent 20 mph wind during my 3 day stay, so it took me about an hour to pitch my tent (which I did by myself). You will definitely need to use guylines! Additionally it only got to about 90 while I was here, but the week before it got to 110 degrees, so make sure you're prepared for that! I would like to bring my bicycle next time as there are lots of paved trails that would be perfect for biking.

We stayed in Sacramento group camp #3. It was very very very windy. The early morning wind is so strong it flattens your tent in half. And during a summer day there is a non stop hot dirty wind in your face. The swimming beach was great. The showers are a nice luxury and again, the isolated swimming and fishing slough was really refreshing and lush with wildlife. The lack of shade and the hot wind was difficult.

Arrived on Christmas night tired, and was almost turned down twice by unfriendly staff stating they were “full”. After a quick exploratory mission we could see that there was only one other camper and very few reservation tabs on all the other empty spots. After stating our case they finally took our money and let us stay the night. The setting was lovely and right on the river. Bathrooms were gross unfortunately and did not provide any soap.

We spent a weekend camping at Brannan and enjoyed it. We were lucky to get a campsite (#38) with a big tree we could set-up under which shaded our tent and blocked some of the wind. Yes, be ready for lots of wind. Also campsites on the water/slough have water access which was really nice.

Really expensive place for a campground. Some reason you only get one car included for your campsite even if it's a big one, so expect to pay more for just parking. If you still decide to come, don't buy firewood there as it's also quite expensive and the bundle they give is tiny. Also, half the restrooms were out of order. Some of the sites were not well maintained. We got unlucky and had to ask for a different campsite. If they're going to charge $100+ for a weekend of camping, I would expect much better. The plus side is that it's close to a river so you can have a fun day on the water (bring your own stuff or else expect to pay more).

Good spacing between camping spots. The sites were spacious enough to have 6-8 people. However, area was very windy. Since we were there in July, the wind felt good during the day and cooled down the camping spot. However, it does get cold at night. When we were there, we saw canopies and tents flying around due to the high winds. Also, there was a lot of trash flying around as well. If you have a trailer and/or RV, you can dry camp at the Willow or Cottonwood campgrounds. Otherwise, if you are lucky, you might be able to get hook ups at Olympic loop campground. The space at Olympic is small though. Finally, they charge $8 to use the dump station. Not sure why that would be since we had already paid the fees for camping. Overall, this place is ok for a couple nights to camp. I wouldn't go out of my way to camp here as a destination site.

So we just booked two nights and normally after 10 pm everyone has to bring down the noise. But no staff came around to make sure people aren’t blasting their music. Never again! Be more quiet camping in my own backyard. This place sucks!!!

Overall this is a great place for camping. Very easy to reserve, many empty spots.

Grew up here, recently visited for first time in years. Not a lot has changed…more traffic, more people. Have/had a lot of fun boating, fishing, swimming, hunting out there. It’s beautiful.

Great place and nice people. I reserved a small site for my big fifth wheel. Manager Chris with the other kind man helped and guided me on site to place the RV in a perfectly fitting position. Being there more than a week, Saw Chris and his team were working hard to keep the campground clean and order as I jogged there every day. Especially on weekends, Chris sometimes helped at entrance and help customers on sites as well. I had an Amazon order which were delivered to me by Chris in person nearly getting dark, maybe he just finished his long day.

The park was a bit run down, but it was close to the river and has a 3 mile walking trail that will be really nice when it's all cleaned up. We loved listening to the live music by Lee Dove, one of the camp hosts. He was the best! The bathrooms/showers only had cold water. This would be a great place to camp with a bit of TLC.

Nice safe and easy spot for Sac city slickers to get too. Bathrooms are well maintained, lit, w hot water, and not a cobweb in sight. Staff drives by every few hrs at night to make sure everything is in good order. The only place I've camped where I didn't have to worry about bears, scorpions, venomous snakes, or predatory cats. After boondocking undeveloped BLM sites, this was like staying at the Bellagio. -1 star for fishing pier being broken. The paved trail is too short for me but if you have children under 10ish it's a nice little adventure that takes like 45mins to bike.

This is a wonderful place to camp. The camping spaces are near the water, and there is a great fishing pier. There are hook ups for camping trailers. We had a very nice stay. There is a near by fishing guide in Rio Vista, "Championship Sportfishing Guides" that will show you where to catch striped bass.

Beautiful place! There are not a lot of spots for fishing. We only found 1 pier, and it was a bit crowded. We found a picnic table by the water that was nice. It was in a pretty overgrown area, but it worked. Other than that great place, clean bathrooms! Will definitely come back for camping.

It was very nice, we got there at 9am there was plenty of space and parking. We stayed the day and BBQ'd river is cold but kids had no problem jumping in and had a blast. A little boring not much to look at around there. It was ok.

It had some broken glass on the beach but after picking it up, my sister and I were able to enjoy a beautiful view after a really long and messed up day. Definitely worth going again though.

The campground is flat. There is nice shade by trees. Most restrooms were broken, only 1 functional in each of the two facilities I checked. During a busy memorialday weekend the result was a not so clean bathroom Staff was friendly. The water is nice for boating, but swimming is not so pleasant with all the growing water plants.

This review is for tent camping, as this facility has RV options. We chose this place because it was the closest available camping for the weekend we were looking. We knew nothing about it (or even the area) beforehand. We thought a campground by the river would be fun. We stayed in the Willow loop, spot 29. There were a lot of campers. A lot of large groups. They were respectful, but i think the place draws large groups because of the boating and fishing options. The campsites were huge. We appreciated that aspect. We are accustomed to large boxes or similar to hold food and such during the day. There are none here. The picnic tables at the sites are not all created equal. Ours was falling apart and a bit questionable. The ground is all hay. The hay gets mowed and then is just left there creating a very soft bed of dead grass/hay. It's very soft ground and we found that our stakes did not stay in the ground. The soft ground was nice for sleeping on. Not so much for staking. It was windy. Very windy. I'm sure it's normal for the area. But the wind pulled the stakes out of our tents and our sun canopy. Our canopy went flying across the campsite at one point. The fire pit was nice and clean and worked well. The bathrooms were a mess. In our area, only 2 of the toilets were working, and 1 had a broken lock. There was TP all over the floors and just messy. There are no dumpsters in the campground area. We had to drive our garbage bags to the day use area to dump our garbage in the overflowing dumpster. The swim "beach" was not a beach but rather a wide spot in the riverbank that was grass instead of bushes/trees to walk down to the river. It was small and the river there was gross and not appealing. There were a bunch of people with tents and chairs in the walkway preventing us from walking through. If you choose to stay here, be prepared for high winds. We left a day early because we didn't get any sleep and didn't want to deal with constantly restaking our tents.

Brannan Island is pleasant and Boat Launch is very clean and excellent to Launch your boat never a wait. Camping is wonderful We were on the Dry Camping site which I had my support from my very owned generator. The Staff is very courtesy and very helpful very pleasant to interact. A1 all around stay

Had lots of fun fishing with Thight Lines fishing chárter great prices and James is very cool down to earth and know every nook and spot

Very nice place to launch your boat and great camping area. Today, just a place for to fish.

If I could give negative starts id give -5. This place absolutely sucks and they lock you in WITHOUT WARNING!! Gates are locked and nobody answers phone!! Had to spend night in car with no food or water. What if there were little kids? Or an emergency? How would we get out? Picture of us locked in!!!