Anthony Chabot Regional Park

Great spot to hike or bike. The campground is closed until next week. Drive carefully as there are still many downed trees in the roads and some rock piles from small slides which have yet to be removed. There are plenty of open trails but some have also been closed until maintenance can prioritize the work. A truly beautiful reservoir with abundant bird song and activity. There were a number of people but not too crowded for a Sunday.

Beautiful Family Campground sites in the forest with gorgeous views of Lake Chabot, Sunol Ridge, Mission Peak, Mount Allison, Monument Peak, Coyote Hills, San Francisco Skyline, Sutro Tower, and Santa Cruz Mountains.

This is an under rated East Bay Regional Park. Great trails and variety. Around much of the lake is a nice paved trail good for kids biking, but wonderful, adventurous trail running between the lake and Redwood Regional Park with ridges and gullies and grassy meadows, stands of oak, redwoods, cypress, and more. Regular sightings of hawks, turkeys, coyotes, rabbits, and more. Great for mountain biking

I liked this hike. I hiked with a group of 10 including an 8 year old boy. Hike is smooth and stable. It is surrounded by mature trees including the redwood trees. There is a fair number of parking spots at this entrance. We started at 6:30 am and came back around 9:20 am. We made a loop around the trail. To make a complete loop, we had to walk on the side of the road and in residential neighborhood without any issue. I recommend this hike with friends and family.

It's a great place to walk with family and friends, nice place to walk dogs with water stops around the park. The trees give a nice smell that relaxes everyone as you walk by. The park has many hills and plain Rocky paths. I recommend bringing water and a camera with you, I love walking and taking pictures as I walk by. Overall a great park!

Great camping spot, was lucky to not have a run in with raccoons. Awesome trails with some not being for the faint of heart! Research your trails before you take them! They have bathroom & shower facilities on the campgrounds which is a great help. Dumpsters & recycling bins are nearby too so it makes cleaning up a breeze. AC is also the best campground in Oakland cost wise. Worth spending some time here.

Stayed here for 2 days and 2 nights and honestly there's much better places. Virtually nothing to since the lake is not really close enough to walk to and the road getti nf there has been closed for some time. They really are unfriendly to RV campers. Only 2 cars allowed of which your RV counts as a vehicle. 8$ For every additional vehicle, and yes you will get a ticket for it as well. See pictures lol the fee is 8$ but whatever. The bathrooms/shower are about the only nice part of this campground, from nettle being everywhere to tons of reserved spots never being checked out. We tried for a whole weekend to get utilities spots that never became available because if you just show up to this camp ground they refuse to let you reserve any spots for at least 2 days and you can only reserve spots online?.. For whatever reason, they don't let you run a generator and won't let you reserve a utility spot then your basically forced to drive your RV down the road and let your rig recharge the batteries and whatnot everyday.... don't think it's the staff's fault for really stupid park policies but when there's several utility spots that are 'reserved' and the people don't come for 2 days and there's other people willing to pay for the fee, they should allow you to use it... other parks I've gone to are that way which is great... maybe it's just me but when you try for two days to get a utility spot and there's several that are just sitting empty it just makes you want to leave and go find a more accommodating place... Between the spots being super close together to the point where people can be whispered around the fire and still be heard lol. So if your expecting any form of privacy or distance between other campers this is definitely not the place to go. So basically if you come here without a reservation in an RV expecting to have just a little bit of privacy and maybe just maybe check out the lake then this is not the place for you... other places out there with much better things to do than a few views around sunset and hiking trails... Oh and lots of bugs in the warmer seasons.. Had a very bad impression over the 2 days besides the showers and bathrooms (why it has 2 stars). Hope others are better.

It's a great camping area in the Bay Area. It takes 1 hour driving from San Jose where I am at. But some of the camp sites are little bit off the main road so you have to walk to get there. Recommend bring your wagon that would be helpful, otherwise you will have your muscle built-up by carrying stuff.