camping in Ventura, CA

FYI
McGrath is 1 mile from my house
I also know some of the workcampers that are there.
It is fully locked down closed and any reopening is not known at this time.
They are there to protect the infrastructure from the "homeless" in the river bottom.

Admin

This may be on the list of the Ventura campgrounds, we hosted at Emma Wood State Beach for 5 winter seasons. It's right on the water, great views, but no facilities at all. You get free dumping at McGrath State Beach when you stay there. At that time of year, it's hardly used and is easy to get into. There's not much in the Ventura area besides the state and county parks. You can pm me if you have any other questions. Foster Park has full hookups, a few miles from the beach, it has a funky entrance that is too steep, in my opinion. We have a 36' 5'r and I think it would drag going in.

Opps
I didn't even notice it was in the wrong forum LOL.
Moved to RV Parks, Campgounds and Attractions from 5thWheels

Admin

Thank you very much for your replies. I will talk with Keith about our options. I appreciate your input greatly.

Happy RVing,

Vikkitennis

I have stayed at the Ventura RV Resort/campground at the north end of Ventura for the last 3+ years with some of the moderators.
Have always stayed at the very south end in the overflow no hookup area and really enjoyed it.
Management does seem to change each year behind the desk but I believe the owner is the same.
They are very strict about parking on the grass in the full hookups area.

Admin

You probably already found the bible for campgrounds out there Ventura Campgrounds the beach ones are nice but are first come first serve. As a fallback you have Foster Park or the locations up in Ojai.

vikkitennis wrote:
Hello Fellow Rvers,

My husband and I would like to stay two weeks in the Ventura Area, but either the SB's are first come, first serve. We stayed at the Ventura RV Beach Resort in 2007, and management was terrible. I have looked long and hard for other RV campgrounds, and I do like the beaches. We are looking in January 2016 for two weeks. Any advice or help, please?

An alternative would be to head north to Pismo Beach , Avalia Beach or Morrow Bay
for the Ocean.

You can also stay on the Rincon beach. There is no hook up and it's first come first serve but there will be plenty of space in Jan. Not really a camp ground as much as a strip of beach you can camp along. You can't beat the views and you can hear the ocean at night. There is also lake casitas about 10 miles inland and it's pretty nice during the winter

vikkitennis wrote:
Hello Fellow Rvers,

My husband and I would like to stay two weeks in the Ventura Area, but either the SB's are first come, first serve. We stayed at the Ventura RV Beach Resort in 2007, and management was terrible. I have looked lgong and hard for other RV campgrounds, and I do like the beaches. We are looking in January 2016 for two weeks. Any advice or help, please?

As far as I know, El Capatain, Refugio and Gaviota SB parks can be reserved but they have a limit on the length of the RV , 32' I think, call them and ask.