Just six miles north, is Bodega Bay (also appearing in Hitchcock’s film), on the water, home to a variety of fine restaurants and several nearby beautiful campgrounds.

Visitors flock to North Coast campsites for socially distanced summer getaways Most campgrounds in Sonoma County and on the North Coast have reopened after a monthslong shutdown to curb the pandemic.

Other campgrounds less than two hours away that we enjoy: Cotillion Gardens in Felton — one of our favorites in the redwoods and nearby, with tent and full-hookup RV sites.

Campgrounds and RV parks in the county closed to nonessential travelers on Dec. 10, when local health officials preemptively adopted the state’s Bay Area stay-home order.