Red Bluff KOA

This does have a resort vibe, great pool, fountains were cool. My 8 year old caught lizards and frogs every spare minute. The bathrooms and showers were very well kept. The spots are level and easy to get into and paved. The an odd thing is that there are a lot of cats that someone seems to be feeding (maybe long term visitors) and some places are not very well kept (like they keep up most of the RV park but some ends of the out skirts have 3ft high weeds…odd) the staff was very helpful and we saved a good amount of money because of their advice and friendliness. I am thankful that this was a gated and very safe RV park because outside the gate were some obvious homeless in tents. All in all, we would stay here again if passing through.

We stayed here two months ago and the price went up $18.50 in that time. Wi-fi is non existent even though they say they have it. And cell service is horrible here. Positives are it is big rig friendly. We use it for an overnight stay and it is completely overpriced for that. We will find another place to stay in the future. In ratings I put No service for AT&T, but you might get LTE with one bar if you are lucky.

Stayed here Oct of 2022.

Site type: Back-in, FHU, 50 AMP, Fountain Site

THE GOOD
Location: Gas, restaurants, and groceries are within 5-10 minutes.
Sites: Spacious paved spots. Grass living areas. Had some shade from trees, which is nice. Our site was backed up to the fountains
Grounds: Clean and nicely maintained, Paved sidewalks throughout the campground.
Office/Store: Good sized store. Some grocery items and a good amount of RV stuff.
Facilities: Laundry was nice and worked as expected. Showers were clean shared stalled showers. Not private locked rooms which are preferred.
Wifi: One of few campgrounds that has pretty solid wifi. If you camp often, you should know that there is no campground (essentially) that compares to your own home's wifi.

THE BAD:
Nothing of note.

COULD BE BETTER: Not good or bad
Location: Not too much in the area to explore, in terms of outdoors.
Traffic: I-5 is only a few hundred yards away, so you can hear continuous interstate traffic day and night.

Stayed overnight while traveling south. Nice KOA camp ground. Easy check in and friendly and helpful staff. Easy on and off from I-5. Yes you can hear traffic from I-5 and the occasional train. For us it was a minor issue, tho our ODRV trailer that has double pane windows and a set of ear plugs we slept all night. Yes we WILL stay here on our way back home.

First impressions are always good and this park succeeds in that. We usually avoid KOAs due to quality and price but this was the best park in the area. The price is still KOA high. Check-in was quick and easy, and someone takes you to your site. The interior roads are paved and the sites are pretty level concrete. (We did see a few RVs with blocks or tires in the air.) There is decent spacing but no privacy. Lots of trees and nice landscaping with fountains. It is on the Sacramento River but I never found a way to get down to it. Crystal clear pool with attractive decking and comfortable seating. They even have areas you can reserve with privacy curtains. A huge gas fire pit surrounded by Adirondack chairs. There is a cool indoor area with leather furniture, a TV and a fireplace. The workout room is small and has the typical equipment. Peaked in at the bathrooms which appeared very clean. Now for the not so good. Obviously, it is right off I-5 so expect all the noise that goes with that. We were in the back so it may have been a bit quieter. There area also many trains and sirens. For some reason, Verizon coverage was in the twilight zone. Sometimes we had 4g 2/3 bars, and then we would have zero coverage. It even went out for hours one day. We didn’t have much luck with the WII FI either. Even though it was pricey, we would stay again when passing through for a night.

Nice park. It’s a nice break from boondocking, every so often. Well maintained overall, rigs all around in good shape. Recommend river spots that are farther from the interstate 5. Didn’t have any problems while here. It’s not the romance of boondocking, but for an RV park, it’s better than normal. Probably should be $45 instead of $55, but props for WiFi that actually works and useful facilities while on the road. The town of Red Bluff is pretty boring and sometimes sketchy, but that’s no secret. On the plus side, this is a decent home base to explore the overall region while having both hook ups and stable internet, that staying in the few mountain RV parks often don’t often offer. If you have a very large RV and want to stay more in nature than this please, do definitely investigate truck routes and services that might take you to the mountain camps that can fit your rig and internet. If you have a Class B RV, I would steer you more into research about public lands dispersed camping options up here, or there are some mountain RV parks that aren’t strictly residential that your Class B would easily fit into. I don’t have a Class B, but this RV park is meant mainly for larger rigs as home base to use a car, for the more gorgeous options that campers can find in this region. Avoid the fountain spots at this RV park, because you get “a lot” of foot traffic down the middle. Stay within the property’s recommendations, for fishing from bank and if want to avoid I-5 overpass encampments up the trail passed their fencing. It’s gated at 7pm and they give you a code. Plan shopping in Redding, or somewhere else, if want big box; but, basic shopping is very convenient while at this RV park. In summary, I would not call this a “destination RV park,” but it’s well maintained and pretty pleasant and a lot to do in surrounding regions. Depending upon your destination and your timing through town, I’d suggest staying around Shasta instead if you’re going much more north, or one of the casinos north and south of here. This region has other RV parks and camping options that are not so busy, much more picturesque, etc. If on a long RV drive and if you don’t want to boondock and want ease of some shopping, a seemingly safe setting and well maintained setting, with ease of access from I-5 *and* don’t want to look for more picturesque settings, then this RV park is a safe bet. The other guests did not cause problems and the spaces have “typical expectations,” for most RV parks. Look at their property map online, if you’re worried about space. I kept expecting a casino to short walk into and then remembering that it’s not one of the region’s (usually) more affordable casino RV parks, or boondocking. Pretty boring and anticlimactic as a *destination town* but that’s not the RV park’s fault. Location, location, location. Note: some devices may not be able to use their park WiFi, or have extra steps to use it (such as my Roku and my Echo), because their WiFi has initial login authentication steps and not just a typical WiFi login. Also, I-5 is pretty loud, but inside my rig it wasn’t a problem for me.

We stopped here for 1 night, and wish we could have stayed longer! Stayed in a standard pull through. This is a full on resort. We didn’t get to enjoy any of the facilities because we just stopped overnight, but they have sports courts, a pool, hot tub, spa services. The bathrooms are the cleanest we’ve ever seen in an RV park. It is gated and everything is in pristine condition. Very spacious and level sites.

On our I-5 travels, Durango is usually one of our stops. This time we opted for a fountain site. Very, very nice; way too busy for us. Understandably, people want to enjoy the designated walkway around the 3 fountains, just as we have in the past. Also, and I had not realized this, whereas towables must back-in, motorhomes can either back-in or pull in. This potentially results in the dreaded side-by-sides. It also mandates that the power pedestal, water spigot & the sewer dump have to be placed to accommodate such positioning. Ours was uncomfortably close to our neighbor’s door. For us, the more isolated pull-thru’s are much better. And cheaper! That’s where we will stay next time at this beautiful facility.