Mission Bay | Informal Campsite

September 7th, 2023 by VANnerd

I used to sleep here regularly. But since July 3rd and the whole street being lined with fifth wheels and RVs camping and leaving their trash behind, new signs have posted all along the street stating, “Habitation in vehicle prohibited at all times.” There are still others who camp here. Do so at your own risk.

March 22nd, 2022 by jetlagjapan

Spent 4 nights with other RV s and vans but got woken up at 4am by polite young police on Tuesday. They kicked everyone out of Mission Bay Area.

April 10th, 2019 by laura_anderton

Awesome, quiet. We are parking on the road indicated by the GPS coordinates, but pleanty more parking along Mission Bay Drive. Lots of RVs overnight. Beach, playground, and near downtown - couldn't be beyyer!

March 24th, 2019 by cjortega619

Parked our 22 ft RV at the street where the sign of no parking on Tuesdays for street sweeping was located due to the positive reviews this site had in mission bay. Cops came and gave everyone tickets at 3 am. I woke up in time to drive away. Sadly saw my fellow van lifers and RV'rs get ticketed. Won't recommend staying here over night. Also don't park in the street in the mission bay area, looks like police are enforcing the no parking signs from 2am - 6am more ever since the law allowing people to live in their vehicles went through. I've gotten ticketed there already once.

February 17th, 2019 by instagram.com/ryan.j.drewes/

A little noisy from the freeway, but gets quiet overnight. I’m also a light sleeper. Quiet and safe to hang for an evening. Bathrooms were a plus.

February 10th, 2019 by zahragoode23

very nice place for overnight parking in san diego. there are signs saying parking lot is closed from 10pm to 4 am. so we stayed on the street which is allowed except street cleaning on tuesday morning.

January 29th, 2019 by Reveur

Slept here 4 nights, great spot! The first night I had to move a bit farther because a car parked behind me and played loud music (it was a Friday night).

December 24th, 2018 by 2onzeroad.fr

place very pleasant and calm, many vans and RV presents, beautiful view of the bay, forbidden to park the tuesday from 7 to 10 am. We spent several nights without any problems with our 24 feet.

October 2nd, 2018 by elod.94

Very cool spot with a lot of vans or RVs. We didn't have any problem.

August 15th, 2018 by Vem Conosco

There is a sign at the entrance to this spot saying no allowed habitation in vehicles but there was a lot of overlanders with campervans, trailers and motorhomes, some sayd by three weeks and had no problems.

May 1st, 2018 by Ian Carroll

This area is not closed. Spent many nights in Mission Bay parking lots in the last three weeks!

November 26th, 2017 by guidosmeets

signs saying habitation in vehicles is not allowed at any time. throughout the whole park!

November 26th, 2017 by guidosmeets

signs saying habitation in vehicles is not allowed at any time. throughout the whole park!

November 4th, 2017 by cadillac_demille

Mission Bay Park is a beautiful Bay side park that sees a lot of overnight use from the local surf scene as well as some longer term residences. Quiet place to pull over for the night, and pretty obvious at times that people are here longer than a couple days. Probably best to not park your vehicle here and go into town as a couple units along the road had some form of citation on their window (probably from being "too-long-term").

October 6th, 2017 by isabegonar

No "no overnight parking" sign at some points of Mission Bay park. Look for this exact point, there are lot of Rv's.
Some of the parking lots in the park close during the night.
It is a beautiful place with amenities, picnic tables and fire pits.
Street sweeping on Tuesdays.