Cachuma Lake Recreation Area

This is a lovely, expansive campground boarding Lake Cachuma. The lake allows boats and fishing but no swimming, as it is a reservoir. There are boat rentals, a small restaurant, a general store and gas (no diesel). There are also lots of amenities like pool (closed for COVID) two dog parks, playgrounds and small hiking trails.The tent sites are the closets to the water and many would support a RV. Partial hookups are close with some water views while the full hookups are closest to the road and typical of RV parks. If you can dry camp take a tent site. They’re much better! There are three boat wash/ dump stations so if you need them there shouldn’t be much of a line, if any. Only draw back is that non tent sites are a bit packed and everything is dirt. Lovely spot, definitely would come back.

Really nice park in a beautiful area. Seems more remote than you are with Santa Barbara close by. Sites were pretty spacious and the facilities were good. Much busier on the weekends but certainly not a problem due to the park being quite big. Check in was easy and the staff was very accommodating. Many activities available as well, boating, fishing, disc golf, etc.

We stayed in Water/electric site #144. Empty during week, packed on weekends. Perfect location to explore the area. Lake is full looks gorgeous. There are campsites here for every type of camper. Beautiful sites lakeside bluffs for tents. Sites in general are large. Site includes fire pit and table. FHU section has typical spacing, we opted for partial and site was large with a huge oak tree in corner. Price is in keeping with Santa Barbara area in general.

We have a 40' 5th Wheel, but stayed on a dry campsite to save money. The site was HUGE and we had plenty of room! The FHU sites were $15 per night more and a lot smaller, but not bad. The lake is nice, just very low right now. Also - they charge visitors a day use fee of $10 which is steep when friends come for dinner. We used to travel with another car and if we had that with us this trip - we would have been charged $10 per day extra for it! During the week it was nearly empty, but filled up on the weekend.