We loved it here! We'll be back- restrooms were well kept up! Looking forward to our next trip:)

Visited Paradise Campground with my family from Aug 9th to the 11th 2024. We reserved the group site #1 which allows 16 people and is pet friendly. That site is pretty big and has parking for 4 vehicles, It has two tables and two bbqs and a fire pit but no electricity. The water spigot is very close by and the ground is pretty flat except there was lots of gofers and small holes as well as lots of tiny flies and yellow jackets (bees) Camp host was very nice and informative, they have firewood for sale on site. No showers but very very clean restrooms. For swimming reference..there was water at White Rock day use but not as high (about knee high) as well as at First Crossing day use area which is where we went for the day, water level went up to our chest and well above 5ft. Area was fairly clean and accessible. Parking fee is $10 per vehicle at First Crossing and they accept credit cards and the walk from parking area down to where the swimming area was very easy and accessible. Road to Red Rock area was closed due to water level and they couldn't tell us when it will open. Cell phone service is not that great..seems ATT is the only carrier with pretty good reception coverage out there. All others were not great. The campground is fairly quiet and clean and secure. Nearest store is about 25 mins away outside of campground and up the mountain in to town. There was a meteor shower during our time there so we were able to enjoy seeing the Milky Way in its glory as well as many shooting stars. Over all a great time and we highly recommend this campground. read more

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Visited on a Thursday night in October 2024. We were the only ones at the campground so that was nice. There were Port-a-potties because the bathrooms were closed. Nice site with wild turkeys visiting in the morning. The road nearby was a slight bummer but not too loud. read more

Lovely little campground. Used to be a lot of grass which has dried up but still lovely! Bathroom well taken care of for a camp bathroom! Flushing toilets, clean floors etc. I was in site 5 which was a double site. The benches and pit were a bit far from the parking spot if that makes a difference. Also only had sun for a few hours each day it seemed! Sites closer to the main road stayed nice and sunny all day. No bugs at this time of the year. Was pretty quiet at night too! Super friendly hosts which made the rounds regularly. Will be back again for sure. read more

Small clean campground ,there is water!clean toilets .phone service available .We had a good time

This is the most amazing place ever I think. I had the adventure of a lifetime. I have never felt more free. I love you Paradise Campground

My family and I were looking for a campground after Christmas and this place had a bunch of sites open. About 20 minutes from SB, but perfect for all the outdoor climbing and hiking we were doing. The site was quiet, the neighbors were nice. 10/10 would recommend. Apple Maps has the entrance in the wrong place tho, keep driving a little and you'll get to it! read more

My first time camping and it was not bad. The campground is on the Santa Ynez Mountain. There are plenty of trees, greenery, and shade. You can even bring a hammock! :: Experience:: We traveled up the mountain but not very high. The campsites are all numbered and have their own parking. We got #7 which had two parking spaces. I saw one campsite that has four parking spaces because it was bigger. There is a table with two benches, a firepit with a grill, pedestal grill, trash bin, recycle bin and water faucets. :: Customer Service:: There is a Ranger stationed at the campsite. He came by close to the evening and checked on our reservation. :: Highlights:: -Even if it was raining, everyone had a good time. -The restrooms are so clean!! ::Tips:: -Bring mosquito repellant -Check the weather -To reserve a campsite go online -Bring cash to purchase wood for the fire ::M's Notes:: -There are a lot of caterpillars -A $10 fee will be collected nightly for extra vehicles read more

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Beautiful campground tucked away into the Los Padres National Forest. I'm so glad we came after the rains that socal got this past winter - everything is so lush and green, but also there are tons of bugs! The sites have ample space for a large tent and a parked car, and each site comes with a firepit, charcoal grill, and a table. The campground has convenient access to the Santa Ynez River (just go through the tunnel under Paradise Rd and walk down) as well as access to other hiking locations (just ask the host! She is super helpful and very nice!) There are restrooms with flushing toilets and water spigots dispersed throughout the campground. Very nice. Overall, we had a very pleasant stay (besides the bugs. Bring bug repellant.) read more

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Camping is a unique experience and if you are not a true tent camper or have an RV, you may not appreciate or understand this review. That said, I really love it here. I've camped here several times and each time has been a slightly different experience. This last camping trip was off season, and it was wonderful to not hear all of the holiday noise from people that I've experienced in the past and have a lot more breathing room and space. I mean, isn't that the purpose of camping? To get away from the city?? Anyway, the camp host was great. She was younger and more professional than the previous "weird" and creepy camphosts. You just never know what you're gonna get, but we had clean and toilet paper fully stocked in the bathrooms. The campground itself is relatively small but most sites are pretty spacious. There are water spigots and flushing toilets which is a super plus. There are a lot of critters and loud birds early in the morning but hello- you are in nature. Due to the current drought, the water levels are lower and the river is dry; however there are a few spots to play in the water but you how r to drive to then and pay a day use fee. read more

Great location, chill campground. Fun trails and Cold Spring Tavern nearby. Arrived Thursday afternoon and there were some first-come-first-serve spots available. read more

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Thirty-five minutes north of Goleta you have two of my favorite just-for-the-weekend friendly campsites in the Los Padres Forest--Los Prietos Campground and Paradise Campground. With Los Prietos under renovation (tree removal from October 2022 to January maybe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ) my buddies and I decided to set up at a first come site in Paradise Campground. Campsite was $30 per day and was fairly easy to get considering we got there on a Thursday, but the Campground host said any later and we definitely would've missed out. Keep that in mind. We set up at Spot 9 which was lovely and very spacious, check my photo (each site is about 50-100 feet from one another). The campsite is QUIET (hallelujah). We stayed here the weekend of November 18th 2022 and it was low 40s at night MAYBE high 30s with some windchill. The firepit is a nice touch especially when so many areas in CA restrict any sort of fire that isn't a portable stove. If you're lucky enough to score a reservation or bag a first-come spot and you don't want to/can't venture too far from civilization, this is a nice ol' reliable spot. read more

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We were here for two nights, mid-week in August 2017. Family of five with kids. We enjoyed it! Typically we go beach camping, but I was too late trying to reserve a spot. I found Paradise Campground online and thought we'd give it a try. It's a small campground with about 15 sites. There is lots of shade as it's situated in a grove of oak trees. Very restful and enjoyable. There was a nice breeze moving through the valley. Clean air and fresh smell. I think we lucked out with perfect weather for August. Mid to upper 80s in the sun, much cooler in the shade. Yes, there were bugs buzzing around in the heat of day, but not in the morning or during the final hour of daylight as the sun sets. There is a cool little pile of rocks for the kids to climb all over. Other families and campers were friendly. We stayed in site #14 which we liked. Any of the sites would have been great, except site #3 with too much sun. We will probably try to get site #2 next time for its shade and view of Sage Hill (?). White Rock is just about a quarter mile away. An easy hike or a 1 minute drive. It was really nice there late afternoon before dinnertime. Very serene with still water and lots of green. My wife and I sat on camp chairs enjoying the view while the kids were skipping stones and climbing around on rocks. Red Rock Canyon was amazing. This spot really made the trip for us. The photos do not capture the beauty of being there in person. We went about 10 a.m. on a Wednesday morning. We had the swimming hole all to ourselves for about an hour on a beautiful August morning. Then a young couple came with their two awesome German Shepherds swimming around with us. So fun. This is a great place. We had a good time jumping off rocks, swimming and splashing around. Pleasant water temp. Easy "hike." We left around noon as several other families started making their way in. We kind of stumbled upon this campground but will make a point of returning in the years ahead. read more

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Clean and friendly campground. Plenty of water but no showers. Good fire pits and BBQ grills. Pet friendly. read more

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We had a great couple of days here. Ada the host was very friendly and helpful. The bathrooms are clean & stocked with toilet paper. The campground is also clean. There is allot of dirt but hey your camping. Dogs are welcome and is one of the reasons we picked this campground. There down side is there is no showers and ALLOT of flies, flying bugs & yellow jackets. Ada told us about a "river" that is about 6 miles up the road. It is more of a watering hole but it was allot was so much fun. There is a wall with a rope so you can climb up an jump into the water and around the corner is another watering hole with a rope swinging into the water. The dogs an family had a blast here too. We will definitely be back read more

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On background, I've camped a lot...big campgrounds, backcountry, group, equestrian. I came to the Santa Ynez canyon last minute (mid-May 2016) hoping to score one of the walk ups at Upper Oso. Denied. Getting late, last resort, I ended up here. Camp host Amber was able to accommodate me in the overflow which was PERFECT! Now you won't be camping solo on a weekend, meaning there will be other campers, but the overflow area is spread out and under a canopy of really big oaks. The main campground on the weekend that i was here was overrun by families with kids, screaming playing kids, which is great. Hey, they were having a blast. But at 9 pm, quiet hours go into effect and it was, well, quiet. The overflow is for tents only. You'll have a fire ring/pit with an adjustable grill over each. You'll also have a huge picnic table at each overflow site. Potable water is available from several spigots and the bathrooms are FLUSH toilets, are clean, and were well stocked with tp. Pets are allowed and mine met a few new friends. Firewood is available from the host for $6. Spot cost me $20/night. The host, Amber, was very, very nice. Totally non intrusive, but you can tell that she won't take any cr@p. And that is awesome. read more

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Thanks to the reviews written by Kelsey B and Ryan C, my family + friends + kids enjoyed exploring a weekend of camping here. The 3-hour drive was worth the trip. Our site was #5, right across the restrooms, next to the host. The site were mostly dirt and dusty, but it had full shade, can fit 6 tents and four SUVs. (We only had 3 tents & 3 cars). During the night, you could hear cars and toilet flushing, but the crickets muffled the sounds. We loved having direct water-faucet access right at our camp. It seemed all I wanted to do was wash my hands! ;) I don't think quiet hours were enforced because you do hear the happy-drunk-groups a few sites down; but again, the mountain animal sounds muffle it. Firewood are for sale $6 cash only. Be prepared to pay cash $5 per night for the additional cars. 2 is max. Paradise Store 5-10 mins away is a convenient store. Be prepared to spend $$ as things there are overpriced. White Rock is a short hike away through the tunnel. Overall, we had a wonderful time. Showers would have been nice, but our portable shower did half the trick. For some reason, all species of flies were on our site! Bug spray, firewood smoke, citronella candles helped, but bring a screened-canopy for more comfort. We were warned about foxes walking around the site and racoons looking for food, but never came across them. We did see a family of deer on the other end of the campground. read more

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Loved this place! Amber the campground hostess was a great help from planning to having my spot reserved before I arrived. Was there with my boys , 6 rambunctious teens who were free to play and discover. It's not as rough with out the running water, great scenery and campground. Swimming at Red Rock was the best! We hiked to the other water holes, but to be honest the hike was great the water holes, well my advice is stay at the trailhead at Red Rock. Even though it took 6 hours to drive back to Palm Springs me and the boys all agreed it was well worth the drive and we will go back for our annual camping trip next year. read more

Dusty, flies, and the nearby river was dry. Beautiful oak trees but not the most exciting camp ground. The campground was fairly quiet, running water, aside from the toilets which were permanent structures but compost style. No campfires allowed (summer 2013). I'd like to check it out once global warming has passed and the California drought has ended. read more

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Karen, the campground host keeps the place clean and organized! We camp there for the weekend and the reservation was marked on a card with our name and the reservation days. My wife loved the clean restrooms! My wife wants come back!! read more

As Camphost I love this place. Nice trees yet open spaces, so close to so much nature I'm on Nature Overload but that's a good thing. The campers are all happy, the local animals are not.messing with the campers at all but if your lucky you'll get a glimpse of the young bear and mountain lions. And of course the turkeys are all celebrating making it past another November. Restrooms, water, but no dump or electric hook ups. It's Camping Folks! read more

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Many of the water hydrants do not work-You have to walk over to the host's site. The asphalt is all broken. Toilets work and no litter. The trees are nice and the sun awesome, but the Forest service doesn't get credit for that. read more

Myself and three of my friends met another two friends at Paradise for a weekend stay. (We traveled from the San Francisco Bay area and they traveled from the San Diego area). We booked this place in a kind of blind leap of faith as they were one of the only sites between us that had any available spots. Neither group had been here before. I was hoping it'd be decent since I was in charge of finding and booking a spot and I was afraid if it was terrible, my good friends would tie me to a tree, coat me in honey, and leave me to be eaten by ants. We stayed from Aug 26 - 28th 2011. Weather was sunny and warm. I am overall very pleased with our stay! Paradise is small (about 15 sites). We booked a "Double Site" which allowed for up to 16 people, an unlimited number of tents (as long as they all fit on your allotted space), and two vehicles. We paid 5 dollars a night for each additional vehicle, and it was allowed to park right next to our spot as well. There is no special handicap accommodations but the site is overall very accessible anyway. Getting there was pretty simple and we did not have to trail blaze any difficult off-road route to get there which is great because my Kia would have exploded. We were specifically at site 005 which, as far as I could tell, was the BEST spot. The grounds are overall a little communal with sites very close and I believe lacking a sense of privacy. Our site was away from everyone else and right next to the hosts' RV's. The site included two picnic tables, two grills, and a fire pit. It was right across from the bathrooms (4 very well-kept flushable bathrooms) that only smelled funny part of the time. We were also very close to one of several drinkable water pumps around the facility (which lists a whole lot of things you cannot use them for that you will probably use them for anyway...). There are no showers so you will need to perform a whore's bath in your tent or quickly in the bathroom. The grounds, bathroom, sites, etc were very well kept. There is a black fly issue during the day and a mosquito and moth issue at night. Citronella candles and bug spray help a little bit. The noise level differed on each day/night we were there. My fears that we would be the loud unruly group quickly disappeared. The first night, we clearly heard a very drunken group off in the distance. Or, at least it was one very drunken man who thought every joke he told was a regular hum-dinger. I only heard him talking and laughing. The host made it very clear that if someone does disturb you during quiet hours (from 10pm - 6am) you need only let one of them know and they will handle it. But it was distant and dreamy and the crickets mostly drowned everything out. The crickets are very loud and it will be up to personal preference as to whether they are soothing or make you want to rip your own face off. (personally, I like them!). A group who reserved 3 spots woke the entire camp up at 7am the next morning by blasting the graduation march and other assorted party standards for about 10 minutes or so. My group allowed them to live. The next night was much more quiet. The crickets were loud and drowned out any additional people noises. Around 3am I was awoken by the loud hoots of an owl that sounded very far off but because of the layout of the terrain and "echoability" I estimated the size of this owl to be at least 50 feet tall and several hundred pounds. It was majestic and fear inducing at the same time. The site provided decent shade though I feel the trees were more sparse than I am accustomed to while camping. It does have the potential to get sunny and warm so bring lots of sunscreen if you are prone to spontaneous combustion when the sun hits you. The hosts were fantastic. The two guys had awesome "F-OFF beards" and were friendly, informative, helpful, and could snap you like a twig. They also sold firewood for $6 for a 5 or 6 piece bundle. We tried to make it to White Rock but we got detoured and ended up at a fishy smelling, desolate slime hole. At this point, I figured I was going to, again, be left for dead. We went back to camp to find out that we had not walked far enough and that walking back to camp was actually longer than continuing forward to the REAL swim hole. We did make it to the real swim hole. Access to White Rock is included in your reservation. White Rock was actually very fun. The beach is a very fine dusty/sand so be prepared to be caked in mud if you touch it with any part of you that is wet. It's a little intimidating to get into the water as there are varied levels of rocks. So, just fall in on top of a friend like I did. It's efficient. Also, there may be fisherpersons there so watch for their lines. I'll say 4 stars for a clean, fun, friendly environment! For not knowing what I was getting into and being fearful because it was one of the only places with spots available a month ahead of time, I was pleased and had a great time! read more

Paradise Campground was overall a great investment. There were definitely a few times where we were dissatisfied during our two-night stay, but that was outweighed by the benefits of staying here. The campground is fairly close to the main city, so getting there doesn't take very long and you still feel like you're getting away from the urban area. The grounds itself are fairly small but spacious enough to fit everyone. There are working toilets (pretty clean, too!) but no showers. Each campsite itself includes their own individual faucet (not sink), BBQ/grill, firepit area, picnic table, and parking space (just about enough room for 2 regular cars - but you will have to pay extra for the 2nd car). For the surrounding area, it's a beautiful place. Lots of places to hike. Your campground host can give you a map but make sure that if you want to hike to the pools in Red Rock that you actually take the hiking path, not the "dirt road." As far as we could tell, nothing was labeled so we ended up taking the wrong path. The pools in Red Rock are big and deep, but with A LOT of (smooth) rocks coating the bottom that makes it a little uncomfortable to walk into. Inevitably there will be people cliff-diving as well - we didn't feel like getting killed that weekend so we opted out, but if that's your thing then that's where you can do it. The following day we actually found a better (in our opinion) swimming area in Lower Oso camp area; little tiny rocks as opposed to big rocks we had to step on, but still deep enough to wade and get your whole body in. Plus there was hardly anyone around. Also: check out the Paradise Store just down the road. They have awesome live music and a BBQ that we didn't check out but that smelled amazing. Downsides: Close to the road, campsite staff less than friendly, no showers, "quiet hours" Upsides: Great nature nearby, easily accessible swimming, store nearby if you forget anything (we did), parking spaces right at your campsite read more

Our family loves this campground....the hosts are great...this is a very kid friendly campground, there is creek a very short walk from the site, where you can go skip rocks and catch tadpoles..VERY safe for the kids, but bring your water shoes to walk over the rocks. Then the next site up from paradise is WhiteRock day site...cool watering hole to go take a dip and float around, scenery is awesome....we could NOT get to red rock by car. Since we got so much rain this year, they have the road closed until the river is only 8" high....as of June 11th, it was 12" high, so you can NOT drive, but you can bike and hike to red rock, if you want to push you bike thru a ft of river that is... I highly recommend this place with kids or without... read more

Pros: spacious campsites, clean flush toilets Cons: tiny flies, hot, loud crows in the morning sit in the trees right over your head. late night partiers blasting music next to us. Huge amount of people and camp host did not enforce. Music was on till 10:30 and they were loud till midnight. I think the campgrounds in this area attract this sort of crowd. If you're looking for peace this place might not be for you! Oh and firewood was $10! read more

Paradise Campground - Site #9. Spacious but w/ lots of dirt - Campgrounds Near Me - Santa Barbara, California

Giving this place an extra star because I came here on Memorial Day Weekend when campground was teeming with cars, people, and dogs. We got to this campground around 8am on Saturday and we had to pay for "an extra night" since we came before 10AM...which was stupid. Clearly there was someone here the night before and paid for the spot so why are you charging us for it? Anyway, we paid for three nights and complained about it later. Now, we were put in the overflow campgrounds, front and center of the whole area. It freaking sucked. We heard people, kids, dogs, and cars from all angles so it didn't really feel like camping. Moral of the story: don't come here on Memorial Day weekend without a reservation...actually just don't come here on Memorial Day weekend. Aside from the campground itself, it was a short drive to the ranger station and to the Aliso loop trail. BEAUTIFUL hike, make sure to take a map from the ranger station so you know which paths to take. A lot of the beginning trail was burnt in the fires last year and the river ceases to exist but once you start hiking up it's an amazing view. There are a few swimming holes at the Red Rock area but again, since we're in a never-ending drought here in California, the water is scarce. At the end of the day, I will look back at this camping trip fondly, not really because of the campground but because of the hikes and the memories made. read more

I was looking for a campsite where we could actually book a reservation and since most places were booked and only offering first-come-first-serve spots, I reserved this one. The pluses: - Nice location, far away from cities, right in the forest. - Large campground - Lots of open space for kids to bike, run, etc. - Each campsite has a dedicated grill and firepit - Many taps strewn across the campground for easy access to water - Only about 10 miles from the Lake Cachuma Recreation area (with bathrooms that didn't smell like rotten eggs). - You can set up your hammock on many of the sites due to nice tree cover The minuses: - We were tent camping, don't own an RV, therefore therefore the whole experience was different for us. - "Developed" is a stretch of the imagination. - The bathrooms were clean, but goodness knows when the septic tanks had been emptied. The smell was unbearable. - No sinks or showers. One of the toilets was leaking the whole time we were there, and had been leaking for who knows how long. - The camp hosts never showed up. - The place is infested with flies and mosquitoes. (We went to a nearby campground at Lake Cachuma where there were no flies). read more

I stayed here for one night to break up the drive from L.A. to NorCal (unfortunately, still had to pay for 2 nights due to the minimum stay required). Sadly, I think I'll just power through the drive next time... The pros: the restrooms were very nice, some of the nicest camping facilities I've seen (no showers, however). Water spigots were plentiful all over the campsite. The cons: BUGS everywhere at all times, campsites were not secluded at all, and the host did not enforce quiet hours so we had to endure very loud music pushing up to almost midnight. We were expecting a really wonderful campsite given that the drive up past Lake Cuchuma was so breathtaking, but it left a lot to be desired. Lesson learned: book your campsites well in advance for the summer, people. read more

Nice small campground. Very friendly host. Flushing toilets. There are no good stores nearby so bring firewood and supplies. The Paradise Store is a joke and quite a distance from the campground. Bring your own hand soap there are no sinks but lots of water spickets. It gets dark early because of the valley. read more

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Spent two nights here mid-july. It's a pretty big campground without much privacy between sites. Yet the sites are all fairly large and there are plenty of fresh water spickots. We stayed in site #5. It's next to the campground host and across from the bathrooms (a plus if you have little ones). Our site had 2 picnic tables and a large area to fit at least 3 tents. We placed ours under a tree to help keep it cool. The river people mentioned in past reviews has dried up. There is a hiking trail across the road (access via a large walkway under the road) but it was too hot to explore with our little ones along. We spent our day at Red Rock. We packed minimally for the river, only to arrive and find people set up with pop-up canopys, lawn chairs, and rafts to float on. It got pretty crowded so go early to claim your piece of the shore line. Back to the campground...the three negitives were the flies and bees that swarm pretty heavily whenever food was brought out. Second, the dumpsters were full when we arrived Friday. You would think that they woukd be empty before the weekend crowd appears. Lastly, the camp host was very friendly, but aweful at enforcing curfew. I brought it up to her after barely sleeping the first night. Her response was, "really? I can't tell because my RV is so dark and quiet." By 9pm the second night her RV was again dark and quiet while a few sites kept the rest of us awake well past 10pm. We don't like to stay in the same place twice. But if you aren't driving too far to get here and would enjoy a day on the river it's worth staying a night or two. It's rustic, but overall an ok place to camp. read more

The campsite host, Chris, is very friendly and helpful! The site is a little too close to the road and you hear cars and RV's whizzing by at night. The hiking around the area is splendid. read more

Yellowjackets! We liked everything about this campground except we were attacked 3 out of 4 times that we cooked. Yellowjackets everywhere. Campsite#9 -- maybe its not a problem at other sites. We don't know. read more

We had a great time. The camp host was very nice. It was quiet and kept clean. I like that they had flusing toilets.

There's been a drought for several years, so the nearby rivers and swimming hole are all completely dried up. I picked the spot from reserveamerica for the wading and swimming for kids, so was disappointed. Otherwise, it is as stated on that site: relatively quiet because not too many sites and no showers, shaded by oaks, clean. Lots of bees attracted to food and water but they didn't sting. The host wasn't very welcoming. Choose a site away from Paradise Road. We enjoyed exploring nearby trails, but be careful of the poison oak. Also, I had planned to go fishing and take showers at Lake Cachuma, 10 miles away, but be warned that your Santa Ynez pass doesn't get you in there, and it takes at least 20 minutes to drive there. Overall, we managed to have a good time, but I wouldn't go back. read more

HORRIBLE camping experience... let me say that i am an experienced camper and this was horrible :( paid for 4 nights and left after 2 nights. the bugs are TERRIBLE! the host was very nice but was too busy being friends with campers to enforce rules on them. a group of campers came in and blasted really loud, vulgar music.. i mean horrible, tasteless music! things that left my 7 year old asking some really inappropriate questions.. UGH! camp host said nothing after us saying something to him about it. Sheriffs in and out all night due to stupidity of campers, seems to me this place is a great spot for young groups, not families. i was sad that i had to cut my trip short because of all of this! read more

I came here for my first camping experience as an adult. Overall it was a fun trip. Paradise campground was nice. We came at a non-peak weekend so it wasn't crowded and most people were RV campers. There's was lot of shade from the big trees at our campsite. There's a picnic table, bbq grill, and fire pit at each site. The restrooms have flush toilets and were very clean when we were there- better than hotels on my last visit to Vietnam X_X . At night it was very quiet and peaceful. read more

Ok the spots are spacious if you like camping in a field with 14 other camping parties. The set up leaves so much to be desired. No nature, privacy, quiet hours. Maybe if it wasn't packed, would we have stayed after paying $35 for a reservation. Ended up staying at a motel in town. read more

"It sucks, i stayed years ago." Literally was attacked by mosquitoes all night long. Ran out of firewood, and the nearest store is hours away after 4p.m. By some odd faith , i was driving through from Solvang,Ca for the weekend and my car broke down at the end of the road heading into this area. The road seems to have been paved, and they have updated with benches and tables, compared to the wooden ones in the 80's. Nice area , scenic. But you really do need to be prepared for this camping spot. I never found a lake when i stayed the first time. read more

This place gets a one only because i can't go lower!!! Paradise is the exact opposite of how I'd describe this place!!! First off, if the flies or chipmunks aren't bugging you. We paid our site fee, but due to the pests, after 30 mins we decided to leave. I went to the camp host trailer and knocked on the door. No one answered but the curtain moved and then i heard some play something from a horror movie of a girl screaming " HELP ME, PLEASE ANYONE HELP!!!" So, of course, I knocked again. I almost got hit in the face as the door flew open and the worst scowl of what do you want. I said "sorry to bother you but we decided not to stay. Can we get our fee back?" NO!!! *door slams shut* I knocked again to get the husband say "What's your problem, what do you want?" These were honestly the rudest people I've ever had to deal with. Especially given the fact they're the site managers. Do not go to this site or the Fremont Campground, because they manage both. read more