Whenever we are in the Sacramento area we stay here, being members of Thousand Trails. The only drawback to us is the lack of sewer. They do offer a honey wagon, but it's $12 dollars. Grandson loves the kids park and play area. Fishing in the lake is fun for him too. Power is 30 amps and OK, water pressure is fine. Internet is a little rough. AT&T is spotty. We camped here in a Motorhome.

We will never ever return and we will let everyone we come in contact with to avoid this as a vacation destination. Terrible experience with the staff as well as the accommodations and misrepresentation of the site itself. The so called play grounds are unkempt and unsafe, the lake is terrible, and we were told full hook up's, Not so. We felt unwelcome and were treated like we were bothering the guy at the gate. I think we were. Awful, awful place. Don't waste your time or money going here. We already posted all of this on F/B and will continue to warn campers.. We camped here in a Motorhome.

Not many positives about this 1000 Trails Preserve. One of the rangers should retire, quit, or get fired, very grumpy old man. Only limited sewers available in the A section which is assigned by the rangers because they are so small. Most rigs overlapped each other by about 5 feet in the rear. Sewer could only be dumped on even or odd days and if you left the sewer line down you would be in trouble. Large open sites in non sewer section were very adequate, but full of sticker burrs. Could use some weed killer to get rid of these. The park is constantly watering, however they charge you for washing truck or trailer, rip off. They also charge $5.00 to receive a UPS or Fed Ex package. Ranger said that was company wide: WRONG, we have stayed about 150 days in 1000 Trails this year and it is not a Company policy. What is Co policy is that each park may do what they must to increase revenue to keep the park open, so they nickel dime us to pieces. This park serves breakfast cooked in the back of their store: No thank you very much. This is deifinitely a rural park as it is in the middle of nowhere. Honey wagon service costs $15 and available twice a week. They have a dilapidated barn that used to house animals, now just an eyesore as it is not being kept up and a sign is posted that says keep out. Fishing is allowed and they will gladly sell you a fishing license and bait, what they don't tell you is that they feed the fish every morning. Not much fish being caught here. Also the lake is so cloudy, not sure if I would siwm in it, let alone eat anything out of it. All in all, not the best experience I have had at a 1000 Trails Preserve. We camped here in a Motorhome.

We were invited to this TT/NACO park as guests for a group rally. We receive calls from TT regularly encouraging us to join up, so we were interested in checking things out. And, we don't think we'll be joining anytime soon. We get the feeling this place used to be an awesome park. These days it looks tired and overdue for a facelift. One of TT's selling points is that every park is gated and well patrolled. The "hut" where our group met was burglarized one night. When our group reported the theft, the staff admitted that there is an ungated, unpatrolled entry to the park. So much for security! Bathrooms are clean, wifi is spotty at best in Section D. The staff was not at all welcoming to these guests who could have become members, but won't after this visit. We camped here in a Motorhome.

A big family resort with lake and many activities. Only a few of the sites are full hookups, most big rigs opted for "D" area, no sewer but plenty of room. Dump sites were available when needed, and a honey wagon would service your RV also. A quiet place about 25 minutes from Sacramento. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.

We went to Lake Minden, in Nicolaus, CA in late July. This is a membership park. It was quiet and pretty and safe. We enjoyed ourselves immensely. Our 5 year old had a blast. It has a small man-made lake, paddleboats for rent, swimming, fishing, etc. They also have some Pico Laser sailboats for rent, but you have to know how to rig them yourself. (We do.). There are two swimming beaches on the lake, and sand has been brought in to make a nice bottom at the beaches. The water is very cloudy, due to the clay bottom on the man made lake, but we went swimming anyway and enjoyed it. The lake water is supplied from huge wells pumping 24 hours per day. The lake is stocked with fish, and we saw some huge fish being caught. The facilities were very clean and well cared for. Bathrooms were clean and checked 4-5 times throughout the day. Simple breakfasts and grilled lunches are available at the store 7 days a week for a couple of hours. The lodges had working pool tables, fooz ball, puzzles, etc. There were flat screen TVs in both the family and adult lodges; there was a second TV in the family lodge for kids video and DVD playing. There is no pool. Swimming is in the lake, and you have to watch your kids carefully. Lake Minden use to be a working farm. It's surrounded by fields. The preserve used to operate a petting barn but not this year, so there aren't any resident donkeys goats, pigs, hens, etc. The Merlot grapes were almost ripe. The fruit trees still have a month to go. There's plenty of green grass, since they can use the water for irrigation. It's very close to Sacramento, so Verizon cell coverage was perfect and we even got broadband on our air card. We got about 10 channels of clear digital TV with our converter; only about 3 channels on analog. My hubby was happy he could watch golf. We stayed in section D, on the far side of the lake, since the sites are bigger, prettier and there's more breezes. There are water and electricity, but no sewer hookup in D. There is a dump station in D. Section A is closer to the lodges, store, rental units and docks. Section A is full hookup, but there is a schedule for which days you can dump tanks because the system gets over-taxed. I think you get either Mon-Wed-Fri or Tue-Th-Sat for emptying tanks in A section. There are lots of restaurants within a 15-20 minute drive, on highway 99, so I didn't have to cook dinner every night. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.