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Oak Knoll Campground

3.6 (60 reviews)
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Sam Y.

Pretty nice campground with green mountains around . Many of camp sites have a nice oak shade . Bathrooms were pretty clean & acceptable for a campground . Each campsite comes with a fire pit & a picnic table Above all Terri ( Manager ) was very welcoming & helpful & sweet

Smokey Bear  is back!!!

Nicest place I have been too! So friendly and helpful. Everyone had a great attitude! I got good rest and enjoyed my stay.

Lisa M.

This view was steps away from our campsite. We had a great 4th of July here and will be back next year. Part of our party stayed in one of the cabins and the rest of us had tent spots right by the pool. Friendly staff willing to help in any way. Weather was great too. Trudy was a wonderful manager. Highly recommended.

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Mohammad P.

Are you one of those people who don't want to camp because of the poor condition of the restrooms??? (Trust me, you are not alone). But, I guess this campground might change your thoughts!!! This is a great campground for beginners. I have never seen such nice, clean, and shiny restrooms in a campground before (Check out the pictures I have posted). Not just the restrooms, all the other amenities are also highly mentionable. The campground is fenced, gated, has a nice pool and a nice convenient store. Each site is equipped with electric outlet, table, and fire pit. This campground even has WiFi connection!!! The campground is on a small hill. So the camp-sites are on steps, which looks really nice. Also, lot's of trees on the campground. So, when you set up your tent, it gets a lot of shades from the trees... very relaxing!!! One bad thing is, there are a lot of mosquitoes and bugs (I guess because of the threes) in this campground. So make sure you take bug/mosquito replant with you and DO NOT use white light at night. Use the yellow ones, that seems to keep the bugs away from the light. Here is the address for the campground if you want to Google it... Oak Knoll Campground 31718 South Grade Rd. Palomar Mountain, CA 92061

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Poorly kept, lots of trash ... long term, homeless camp?? Shouldn't be advertising as available for camping.

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Ask the Community - Oak Knoll Campground

I've been trying to contact this campground for a 2 night stay for a few days? However, noone is answering calls, no email response, so wondering if things are ok and if there are other contacts available?

I don't remember this place being closed I'm October 2020, I stayed in a cabin with my family from Oct 19-23

Where should I buy firewood?

The campground has firewood that you can purchase. The wood is from fallen oaktrees from the property

Does anyone know if the cabins have a kitchen?

Yes full kitchen, go to other property site and you will see like kind cabin photo s. Cedarpinesresort.com

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Trudy, the wonderful camp manager, suggested we use her glamping tent and the adjoining pavilion .

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