Chris T.
Yelp
This campground absolutely does its job as somewhere to stop, rest, go to the bathroom, take a shower, and keep on moving. If you keep that in mind, then this place works great. If you expect more, then pay more and go somewhere else.
If you are a regular KOA Kampground user, you will see that this facility is now privately owned, and doesn't hit the same benchmarks of quality throughout the facility that other KOA's strive to maintain.
We arrived after 5 PM after a long drive from San Francisco. The office was closed by 5 PM (which if you are a place for travelers, especially during summer months, maybe consider staying open until 7 PM? )
We were fortunate to catch a very friendly and helpful front office person on her way out.
The tent site we were assigned had a flooded waterhose basin, and we wanted to move one site over, to which she graciously told us how to do that, and so we did.
The bathrooms could definitely use regular attention. They are absolutely cleaner than most gas station bathrooms, so they're not terrible, and you can see that there isn't a consistent cleaning crew to qualify for five out of five stars consistently.
Even though this location is coastal, a lot of the grass in the area is dead and yellow. Again, not a bad thing, but visually, does not give you a "attended to/curated landscape importance" experience.
Shower was with hot water, functional shower stalls, and clean countertops to put your toiletries on once getting out.
So again, if you have good camping tolerance, this absolutely works. But if you are a needy or judgey "Glamper" you will probably find something wrong with this location.
Last part about safety, 2 sites over from us was a single woman traveling the coast who was very friendly and occurred as feeling safe enough to stay in this campground on her own.
Enjoy the redwoods easily from this location. We went to the groves and back with no problems with our site, and brought food back from the Thai restaurant in town.
Chris & Trisha
www.christrammellcoaching.com