Laguna Seca Recreation Area

We just did a quick one night stop here and didn't really hang out during the day. The RV spots in the Chaparral campground had some trees between them, for a tad bit of privacy. The area had recently been hit by a pretty bad storm and there were some downed trees. It was still quite windy up there on the hill that night. However, eve... more

Yes, there is a 16% grade hill-it's short and your engine will not come close to overheating unless you try to fly up the hill. We could not find any other road that was "closed" and not as steep. We have a 35' gas motorhome towing a CRV and had absolutely NO problem getting up the hill. Yes, there are warnings not to drink the wate... more

We stayed here with 2 other full time Airstreamers- so my review may be a little biased. Everything is better when you have friends nearby. You enter this park by climbing a 16% grade, which is great if you like your truck engine to get a workout. The campground sites are all on hills for the most part and surround the Laguna Seca R... more

Laguna Seca is a nice, clean campground with great views of the valley and it’s only 9 miles from Monterey. It is also the cheapest campground we found in the Monterey area, regularly $37 for a site with hookups (san dump hookups) and $32 during the off-season. There’s also a dry camping section for $32 regularly. There are two campgro... more

We found this "recreation area" listed online. We arrived late at night after driving up a scary steep grade road into the campground. In the morning we discovered "recreation" means the Mazda Laguna Seca road course race track on one side and a pistol shooting range on the other side. We fled after discovering the notice in the bathro... more

Rolling hills and green grass when we stayed here in Feb. would probably be scorching hot in the summer. Nice campground loops in the Chaparral area. Not a bad alternative when Monterey or Big Sur sites are full.