Morgan Hill Thousand Trails

The main roads in the CG are paved but the feeder roads are dust with a little gravel (maybe). That really impacted my experience here. This is a crowded CG. They have high use restrictions all summer. Some sites (usually taken by annuals or seasonals) were a good size. Most others were slide to slide. You can tell there are many people living here and going to work nearby. They wake up early (like 4 am) make their noise and leave and come back later in the afternoon. Not one but MANY. This creates the massive amount of dust I experienced. And of course (even though no drought this year) you are not allowed to wash your vehicles. And because of the 14 day restriction at this park rigs are always coming and going creating more dust. It is very windy here every day too just creating more dust. Even with the AC on full time with windows closed there was a layer of fine silt dust over everything inside. Outside? A thick layer over everything. No FHUs in the CG so everyone has their blue boys and I noticed a couple not covering them when dragging them with their vehicle to the dump site. Stuff spilling all over. The bath houses are newly renovated and nice. Power was dangerously low and they actually had a towed in portable diesel generator running to try and boost the voltage. Even with that I usually had voltage of 105 on one leg. I only used my AC on the other leg as I didn't want to burn up that other AC on the low voltage leg.
Good Verizon speed here during the day At night it would slow to a crawl and no streaming was usable then. ATT good DL without a booster. A booster is really needed for decent UL speeds. TMobile even with a booster did not work well.
I'd only return if it was an emergency.

Morgan Hill Thousand Trails suffered a serious flood in March, 2016. The resort was closed for 10 months. A massive renovation and renewal is underway. Roads and sites have been cleaned up and graveled, some bathrooms have been refurbished (the rest are in progress), there is new playground equipment, and the Family Lodge is refurbished.

But wait, there’s more! The pool is refurbished including new furniture, there’s a new Adult Lodge, a new outdoor pavilion and new basketball court. The dump stations have new fencing and the dumpsters are hidden by nicely designed wooden enclosures. There’s a new 11 hole miniature golf course (yep, 11 holes). New volleyball courts and refurbished tennis courts. The dog run has new sand and fence. There are 4 new “Safari tents” and new BBQ units are being installed everywhere. Still to come is a new fitness center and a check-in desk in the membership building (the old adult lodge).

If you have not been to Morgan Hill TT since the flood, come on back and enjoy the much improved property! See the newest pictures.

The worst staff I have ever come across at a campground. Too bad cuz this is a primo location. Unbearable to stay another minute because of staff. And I’m normally not a complainer...just happy and grateful to live the traveling lifestyle in my RV. Will always steer clear of this place...it was such a negative experience. My first and last horrible experience tho.

We camped at 290 which is an upgraded site. We need 50 amp hookup and so we were restricted to the upgraded sites which don’t have much shade. There were a few sites that had larger trees, but those were reserved or had long term campers. All the sites are gravel and have a picnic table. Water and electric at the sites, but no sewer because of the nearby creek. The pool is huge. The restrooms closets to us were close for renovations. According to our neighbor it’s been closed since March. It seems like they’re trying to make some improvements to the park. The membership office was being remodeled. The staff chose to try and switch park to an internet air card on a Saturday afternoon. And they were having problems. Had an issues with the laudry card machine. Be warned, the staff doesn’t have anything to do with it. The card costs $4.00 itself and is reloadable. Make sure you check the balance before you leave the machine. I spent 45 minutes going back and forth with that thing. Laundry machines don’t take cash. $1.25 for wash and $1.00 for dry.
If you don’t need a 50 amp, you can find a great spot with a lot of shade. Some of the staff was really nice, but there was some that had a horrible attitude. The trash cans fill up pretty quickly.

We camped at 290 which is an upgraded site. We need 50 amp hookup and so we were restricted to the upgraded sites which don’t have much shade. There were a few sites that had larger trees, but those were reserved or had long term campers. All the sites are gravel and have a picnic table. Water and electric at the sites, but no sewer because of the nearby creek. The pool is huge. The restrooms closets to us were close for renovations. According to our neighbor it’s been closed since March. It seems like they’re trying to make some improvements to the park. The membership office was being remodeled. The staff chose to try and switch park to an internet air card on a Saturday afternoon. And they were having problems. Had an issues with the laudry card machine. Be warned, the staff doesn’t have anything to do with it. The card costs $4.00 itself and is reloadable. Make sure you check the balance before you leave the machine. I spent 45 minutes going back and forth with that thing. Laundry machines don’t take cash. $1.25 for wash and $1.00 for dry.
If you don’t need a 50 amp, you can find a great spot with a lot of shade. Some of the staff was really nice, but there was some that had a horrible attitude. The trash cans fill up pretty quickly.

Background: We have a Zone Pass with Thousand Trails and find it best to have low expectations. We love to boondock, dry camp, stay in state parks, and national parks. We appreciate TT for a low cost way to spend a night or two after boondocking to shower, fill and empty tanks, and do laundry.

We drove many hours to be able to do just that...shower, do laundry, fill the water tank. However, when we arrived we were told only one of the bathrooms (in the whole park) was open, but there was NO water!! We wish we'd been told this before we booked this night.

Also, we could not find an available level spot...or even close to level.

The spot we considered staying in had neighbors who had laundry hanging/drying everywhere and looked like the entire contents of their garage was on their campsite and behind it.

We did not stay the night.

If you decide to stay here, we'd suggest you call ahead and make sure everything is up and running.

We were given a Thousand Trails membership with the recent purchase of an RV from a local dealership so in the year of the membership we get 30 total days free (so we didn't pay for this stay) and then pay $3/night after that. This is the third Thousand Trails we've stayed at and the second in this immediate southern Bay Area. This one in Morgan Hill is completely different than the one in San Benito/Hollister in that there was ALOT more room. We have a Roadtrek so it's shorter with no slides and that must've been the reason we were given such a small site. We couldn't even park our personal vehicle at the site but they did have overflow parking. While the grounds are nice, clean, with lots of trees and amenities (pool, mini golf, a creek running through, dog run, adult lodge, etc.) and the employees were all very nice and enforced the rules, my only real complaint was the extraordinary number of people that seemed to be living there in their trailers. Not full timers but more like locals that were now moved into their trailers because the rents are so high in the area. Apparently this is quite the trend since Silicon Valley is thriving with business and population is exploding and it's driving up housing costs excessively. The campground has 330+ sites (not sure if that includes the few tent sites) and it was packed all weekend. We will be coming back but might wait until after the summer when hopefully there are fewer people camping.