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Primary access is from US Highway 101. Take the San Ardo exit and travel west onto Paris Valley Road, turn left onto Lockwood-San Ardo Road. The public lands boundary begins approximately 5 miles down the road from the Lockwood-San Ardo Road turnoff. Once at Williams Hill, the campground can be reached by turning onto road W1 and heading south.
This is probably the best campsite I've ever stayed at. We stayed here for a couple of nights. The views are gorgeous, there are about 6-7 campsites and you can stay here for up to 14 days. The road to the campsite is unpaved and very rocky but it's not bad at all, I've heard of sedans that made it up there. A little side note I would not recommend coming up here when it has rained or when it's about to rain.
The road to get up to Williams Hill was a bit rough. Washboard mostly. However it was worth the drive. Large camp sites with covered picnic areas with concrete. Our site #7 was level. Beautiful views and sunsets. It is BLM land so no cost only donations. No reception on the way up but T-Mobile reception was great.
Really liked this place. Campground is nice, but spaces are very close together so zero privacy. The main road is really easy going. Dispersed spots can be large but maybe hard to get a trailer into due to inclines and road conditions (rutting, rocky, bumpy?) Views are really pretty. Extremely dusty area, wind was strong and threw dust everywhere. Dispersed areas are garbage sites.... diapers, bullet casings, toilet paper, poop, broken bottles. Really sad... please pack out what you pack in.. its really not that hard. I know some people just do not care, but that's how places like this get shut down, rightfully so.
Made it up in my old sedan. The road up was bumpy but manageable. Very dusty though. Really pretty views when staying over night. Beware of the flies!
