Arroyo Seco

Great site, excellent hosts. Bathrooms were cleaned daily, and showers were camp showers; they were not my home shower, but they were fine. The campsites were well-maintained and spacious. I saw the hosts clean every site vacated very thoroughly daily. We loved this site, I hope you do too.

Camp was super clean and well maintained. Camp hosts were superb. They were friendly, competent, available, and very switched on. A great experience!

Overall area and stay was good. Only downside was the noise and lack of adherence to the posted quiet time. Host also seemed to have a problem with us having a camper van in the primitive campsite area. This was the first time I ever had someone say anything about my van. Nothing posted anywhere about this. Hist seemed to just create this rule out of the blue.

Fantastic campground with great facilities.

- can buy bundles of firewood for 10$ from the campground hosts.
- clean and well functioning toilets (single cubicles). No soap but plenty of tp.
- site 1 (developed) was large and we fit about 6 tents, with room for another 6 comfortably. Could fit 4-6 cars in the parking space - but note only the first 2 are free. Not sure if you are allowed more than 4.
- One shower we tried was nice and hot. 6 quarters for 5 mins - each extra quarter was an extra minute. Another was cold. Water pressure resembled what riot police might use - very exfoliating.
- cards taken as payment for everything but showers.

Clean, great staff.

I understand that the camp was expecting a large crowd for the weekend, but- the workers, (there were 6 by our count), were running leaf blowers all around camp and on the roads all day. The sound of the ATV and leaf blowers made us feel like we were camped next to an airport!
And- we have been camping at Arroyo Seco since the late 1970's, before the "new" bathroom and showers. You pay for the shower, about $1.50 or more. Why is it not possible to have the shower water at a tolerable temperature? Is that impossible? Even 5 degrees warmer would have made the shower tolerable. Instead you had to take your shower while gasping for air to fight the cold.

I reserved a site that did not have a good photo but wanted something close to the restroom. Upon arrival found the site was really meant as a parking spot for an RV. There was no flat area for a tent! Since this was a weekday there were not many other reservations until Friday. The campground host suggested I could switch to a site next to the second restroom. Many of the sites are considered a double and cost more which is a shame because they look like nice open shady spots. Some of the single spots are not as nice with a lot of sun not many trees around. There is a sink for washing dishes which is very nice. There are pesky flies so be sure to bring citronella candles or something to discourage them in your area. We heard and saw a lot of wildlife,screech owl,grey fox,possum,wood peckers,jays and a lot of grey squirrels. At night it was so dark and even at only 900 feet saw 4 shooting stars! We did not drive the road up to what they call "the gorge" where one can bike or hike on forest service road. We did not tip our toes in the creek by the day use area but will probably be back as this is a clean,well maintained campground. The campground host sells wood and if you forgot quarters for the shower they sold us a roll only! Be careful where you walk as the ground squirrels dig HUGE holes,even in the blacktop road! I filled one in by our tent despite being told it would be dug out in a day,it wasn't. We explored the undeveloped sites which have pit toilets and a real rustic campground feel.

Had a wonderful fall day. Knowing how hot it is here in the summer, unless you don't mind, Choose the Fall Great weather!

Very well kept and clean site. Nice that it was a little off the beaten path.

+ New bathroom & well maintained
+ Campground is well maintained
- Spigots are not working
- Hiking trails are missing signs / direction signs