Francis Beach Campground — Attraction in Half Moon Bay

ALL THE STAFF at the entrance gate are EXTREMELY RUDE every time we come.

Why do you offer programs for FAMILIES? If all you have are rude people.

1st time we came for the Family Bonfire, we registered for the program scheduled for 7-8:30 we got here 15 min early and were greeted with a "you have to leave at 7:20 " we told them we were registered for the program offered by them past that time and they said they didn't care. The ranger offering the program , Nicole Drake was the only nice and sweet person and was surprised we were not allowed to stay past this time, there were plenty of parking spots, they offer a program, yet you can't park in the park, why even offering a program at that time then?

2nd time we came for Junior Rangers on Saturday, parking was full they said, they said even the camping parking was full, I said "my kids are registered for the junior rangers program" because in other state parks like " Sunset State Beach" and "New Brighton" they're organized enough to reserve parking for the registered families for this programs, but Betty or Betsy (not sure) had no clue there was a program, she called someone and then told me I should drop off my kid not right there where I was but at the beginning of the entrance gate, so they could WALK BY THEMSELVES to where the program happens, that's a 20 minute walk, I asked can't the ranger walk with them, to what she Said "NO THEY CAN WALK BY THEMSELVES" I told her you say i should drop off my 7 years old to walk 20 minutes by themselves to attend a program offer by you in which you won't let me drop them off, and she said YES, everything with a big rude attitude , I told her that was VERY irresponsible and rude, she told me to move.

I drove out, had to park far away outside the park and walked in WITH MY KIDS to find PLENTY OF PARKING!

this is the worst place because their staff are RUDE, MEAN and clearly HATE their job.

Stop offering programs if you hate people so much! I can't even imagine camping here!

And Supposedly California state parks are for Californians, ha! what a joke, save yourself a really bad time and go anywhere else, this is the only place where staff...

I would love to share about my stay...came from reno NV to visit my son who I have not seen he 5 years..first I need to say my son has long dreads and his two native friends came to and my husband is African American....we paid 50 to have a sight really nice place to look at...was there about 5 hours then park rangers show up I was at the bathroom my husband son and his two friends was at the camp sight..we they came up they asked my son about our truck he said that it's his mom's truck the ranger told my son he didn't believe him and that his mother wasn't here...at that point my husband was coming up they did not want to listen to him and that when I was coming up and was told by my husband and son what happened..I told the rangers to look in the front windshield there is a temp tag on it they said they didn't care I showed them the pink and bill of sale they didn't care...then I told them that y did they tell my son and husband they have to leave and have one hour to get out...now let me tell u first I'm blond hair blue eyes so trust me they changed there way of talking when they seen me...they tried to say they didn't say they had to leave and that I wasn't here ...not true they did...I then myself showed them the temp tag and paper work and then at that point they said the ran it and it didn't show any temp tag was issued to use the tag has a dmv stamp on it from nv...then we I told I felt I was over my husband being back my son with dreads and two native friends cuz right off the bat he didn't want to here from them just called them liers and told them they had a hour to leave ..we told them to call the sheriff which they would not do...told me they then would let us stay but if they had one complaint the would make us leave..so I told them someone could call and lie and they would sight us and make us leave the ranger said yep...sounds more like a hate...

When booking this site with California state parks, the booking agent told us there was only one spot available in the 3rd row back from the ocean so we booked it and then about 5 minutes later we were online and noticed there was more spots available that were closer to the ocean but they refused to change our booking without an $8 fee added to our bill even though it was the booking agents fault. I even spoke to a manager who could have easily changed our booking for us without a charge but he refused to do so. He raised his voice with me and was quite rude, refusing to take responsibility for his employees mistake. When we arrived at the campground it was still light out and quite evident that there were quite a few spots still left available. Some of them had reserved signs on them but nobody showed up. The showers at this location are public and you have to pay to use them. $1.25 for 5 minutes. They are disgusting inside. The bathrooms are also disgusting. On this two-week trip down the California coast I have used quite a few public restrooms in gas stations that were much much cleaner. There is no hot water in the bathrooms and no soap or anything to dry your hands with at all. Not up to health codes at all. The camp spot consists of a concrete pad and some dirt and grass and a dirty picnic table. There are very few trees in any sites and no privacy whatsoever. The only good thing about this campsite is it is right on the ocean so you can watch the beautiful waves roll in and the surfers. I would not stay here again. It is not a comfortable...