This is no longer an RV park, but an uppity, high-end, no-cars-allowed-in-the-park neo-wannabe-Native American Chumash mishmash "refined rural retreat". Basically, all the rv pads were converted to cabins, ranging from canvas tents to cedar cabins. Rates run from $135 to $305 per night. The web site has a history link, which goes all the way back to the creation of the earth by the Great Spirit. The real
story comes at the end, where a new owner converted the park to high-end cabins, and is trying to make a buck using New Age philosophy disguised as a reverence for Native American (Specifically Chumash) culture. It's nice enough, I suppose, but very expensive and pretentious and not really for RV'ers. If I wanted to stay in a
canvas tent cabin, I would pay $49 in Yosemite, not $150 in Goleta. Feel that wind? It's your money blowing away! We camped here in a Campground Cabins.
Review Rating
[ 5 / 10 ]
1999
$25
We stayed here for about three months in 1999. It is the closest campground (with electricity) to Santa Barbara. Very rustic, lots of trees, running creek. There are two dump stations, or for long term stays they offer pump out at no charge. It's about 20 mi north of Santa Barbara, but is the best place to stay if you are visiting SB. We camped here in a camper.
Good over night stop, nice and cool after a long drive from the desert! Great beaches around for shell collectors. A little windy, so watch your hats. Nice place to make a day stop while going north or south. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This is a wonderful campground. It is not an RV park - but there is one across the street - nearly 4xs the price and not as good a location. Few sites have ocean views (and would have a lot of foot traffic passing by), but they are all a short walk. I think the previous reviewer was wrong about the length limit. My site had a 30 ft limit, but other sites are longer. I saw some pretty big RVs. Also, about half the sites were occupied by RVs of some sort. You can book up to six months in advance, and the park is usually full. OTOH, if you keep checking the site, you can get cancellations. That is what we did. We camped here in a Tent Trailer.
Nice park. Mostly for tenters. Only one section accommodates any RV/Trailer longer than 20 feet. The views from some sites is great, most do not look over the ocean. The campground is up high above the beach with trails and stairs down to the water. Overall a nice place to get away for a weekend. We camped here in a Motorhome.
The beach here is beautiful. If you are lucky enough to get a spot (they book up 6 months in advance), enjoy the ocean. The sites are nothing exciting, very old pavement, more like gravel and no hookups, dump station, etc. There is a great bike path that goes from Refugio State Park to El Capitan State Park about 2.5 miles away that has beautiful views. We camped here in a Motorhome.