Gold Ranch Casino & RV Resort

We really like this campground. The sites are plenty big enough for us and easy to get in and out. We particularly like that you can walk right out of the top of the park into the mountainside wilderness and the scenery is beautiful. Even though our trip was heading south through Reno, we were happy to make the offshoot out to Gold Ranch. The local shopping isn't up to much, be we did eat at one of the local bar/restaurants and it was pretty good. If you need more, then Reno is close at hand.

Recommended for a day, a week, or more.

Campground is clean and easy to get in and out and reasonably priced. It was also very sunny and hot. We did not have any shade at our site but a few sites do. The site was easy to back into and was level on a paved pad. Sites were large and we had some grass for the dogs to enjoy. The best thing about the park is that it is convenient to get to the sites of Reno and Tahoe. As many others have said the casino was smokey and unpleasant, so we did not gamble. It was not a quiet peaceful and beautiful place away from it all but we certainly didn't feel it was too noisy. There was a fire started on the hill across the highway, which was fought very fiercely by the local firefighters and was put out quickly but it was quite a show for us to watch.

This is a great campground. Only complaint is that there is only one bathroom and shower and it’s in the main office. Too far for many of the sites. With 105 sites, there should be more bathrooms-especially for the price. However, it’s still a beautiful campground. We had hoped to eat at the adjoining casino, but it seems no one wants to work. One wonderful lady showed up and worked her butt off as no one else choose to come to work. They make more money staying home with government subsidies.

Very good access for large RVs. The grounds are located next to some mountains with hiking trail access directly from the campground.

I highly recommend.

Nice park with good views of the surrounding hills and mountains. Full hookups. Level asphalt site. Trees and some shade with picnic table. Nice pool, restrooms and shower. The casino on site is very smoky. We didn't gamble, but ate at the restaurant in the back corner of the casino, which was still too smoky for us. Food was OK. Coffee from the coffee shop in the front was good. There's a gas station and a fast food restaurant at the entrance to the park. There's a little bit of highway noise because the park is just off the highway.
5 stars for the park itself. If you're a gambler, this may be heaven.

We spent one week here, in a pull-through with full hook-ups. I picked it based on its reviews and its central location to places we wanted to see. As newbies it was a nice park to navigate around, the site was good, not quite level. Great staff. Clean and nice laundry room. Easy on and off I-80 to go and explore the area. Nice breeze most of the time which helped keep it somewhat cool on the hot days.