Napa Valley Expo RV Park

This is a clean, efficient RV Park whose sites are large (long, concrete pad) and well-equipped (full hook-ups, some with sewer, and garbage cans shared between 2 sites) but with no trees and very little green. The location is great for visiting Napa and all it has to offer.

The adjacent road is heavily trafficked and very noisy in the early morning, You will not sleep without ear plugs. Still, this would be a good place for a safe over-night, nothing long-term, except for one major thing. The camp host (very nice, friendly guy) has no control over site selection. There is a system that assigns spaces based on an algorithm. This is something I've never experienced and not only is it a bad sign of things to come, it results in a very frustrating experience.

With approximately 36 sites, 8 occupied when we arrived, it left plenty of sites that had no one on either side, yet we were placed between two larger RVs. At check-in we asked how to request a second night if we wanted to stay over and were told we would have to unhook and drive around to the office so the "algorithm" could reassign a site.

Hard to believe we've reached this point with all the other problems that burdens the industry. I encourage you not to support this system. When we reach the day of automation with no people involved in the process, it will be a bad thing, not a good one. This is not COVID driven as the camp host still greets you, takes your credit card and gives you the WiFi password and your site, assigned by the algorithm. Feels like a dress rehearsal for having all things done online with no need for the camp host and no opportunity to change things that are not a good fit for your individual needs.

This is a great facility. The sites are large and most are 75-foot long pull throughs. Full hookups in all sites. The pads are concrete and over twelve feet wide. Easy to get into and to level. Large grass areas between the sites. The facility is quiet, well lighted, clean and well maintained. Great location close to a number of tasting rooms (including our favorite, Gabrielle). You wouldn't know you were in town. The staff was very friendly and accommodating. Our thanks to Kenny (camp host) for making it such a great place to stay. Reservations can only be made on-line (on-site staff are not allowed to make reservations). We were camping in a 35 ft. 5th wheel with 3 pop-outs. The give a discount for Good Sam and AARP, maybe others.

The park is centrally located with easy access to a lot of different activities. It is clean and well maintained. On the last day of our stay we left for a few hours and when we came back our bikes had been stolen off the rack on the back of our rig. The cable was cut and our new Specialized Rock Hopper’s we’re gone. We notified management who stated that he saw two guys walking around with a duffle bag that looked out of place and that maybe he should have asked them what they were doing. That probably would have been a good idea. Hard lesson for us to learn so just be aware so that you can put your bikes inside your rigs when you leave for the day.

The staff are friendly but You literally are camping next to animal stalls, no animals were there but the aftermath was. The bathroom was fairly clean. There were so many cats roaming around that our poor dogs were losing it! Nice level spots with grass patches in between. We booked two nights and left after one because it was just ok. We won’t be back

As people who typically camp in public parks we had some sticker shock at the price to stay at the Napa fairgrounds, but overall felt it was a fair price for the location and amenities. The park is superbly maintained, with spotless concrete pads, small grassy areas between sites, and new-looking picnic tables. Most sites are pull-throughs and very long. We had 20+ feet to spare in our pull-through site. The bathrooms were also spotless, and shower water temps were nice and hot. There is no real privacy between the sites, but no one is coming to Napa to hang out in the campground.

The real reason to stay at this park is the excellent location. It is within easy walking distance of downtown Napa and the Oxbow Public Market, and being in the town of Napa puts the Napa Valley wineries within very easy driving distance. The town of Napa has plenty of shopping (Wal-Mart, numerous grocery stores, all the chain big boxes, etc.) and a gas station on every corner. Overall, we found Napa to be very pricey (even as compared to nearby Sonoma Valley) but we would probably stay at this park on a future visit to the area even if we chose not to visit the costly Napa wineries. Our price reflects a Good Sam discount of 10% ($60 - $6).

As noted by a prior reviewer, access to the park is from Silverado and only from the southbound lane. It's sort of a blind turn so pay attention when arriving. The signs directing campers to the camphost are small and obscure, especially in low light, so be aware that new arrivals need to drive all the way to the end of the campground and around the back of the office/shower/laundry building to get to the registration area.

Internet service in town on AT&T was blazing fast.

This is a very nice and clean park and the camp host is very friendly. We usually like to stay at state parks and campgrounds where we have some privacy between sites, but this is more of a typical RV park with no privacy between sites. It was pretty much the only option though for visiting the Napa area. The location was great! Walking distance to Oxbow Market, close to the Napa wineries and not far from Sonoma. Close to Six Flags in Vallejo and Jelly Belly Factory in Fairfield. Verizon and AT&T worked very well.

This was our second visit to Napa, but our first staying at this park. Even though it's part of the fairgrounds, it has more of an actual RV park feel. Sites are large and level, with nice grassy areas in between. All sites are full hook up with 50 amp. Easy access into Napa and Sonoma wine areas, and you can even walk into downtown Napa right from the park. We really enjoyed our stay here and will definitely stay here again when we return to wine country.