Newport Dunes RV park is the best place to stay in SoCal. The park’s location is amazing. You are walking distance from Balboa Island (you must get a Balboa Bar - yummy!), there are great walking/running/biking trails outside your door at the Back Bay or Beach to Mountains trails, and you are close to Newport Beach, Huntington Beach ... more

You cannot beat the location of this park. It is right in the middle of Newport Beach. It is on the back bay, minutes from Balboa Island, minutes from Fashion Island, minutes from major freeways, 30 minutes to Disneyland, and it goes on. We even met some friends at Legoland (north side of San Diego) in less than an hour. The sites are ... more

This place is great, but it is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO expensive. For good reason, and I can see why people would stay here long-term - you're getting a good deal on rent for Newport Beach. The sites are half concrete, half dirt, and tight but easy to back into. Everything seemed clean and the staff was helpful. It had a nice communal feeling ... more

This park is awesome! We were stoked to sample this luxury camping resort. Started off rocky when they assigned us to a small site in the back, next to long-term residents and our neighbor had junk around their site. Thankfully they were quick to hear my complaint and moved us to a better location. The key is, reserve early to snag the... more

Note to self, try to book state parks well ahead of spring break in California. As we checked Campendium for places to camp we called around and felt lucky to get a site at The Dunes of Newport. At over $100 per night for a third row site, this is an expensive place to stay - it’s also kind of perfect for a “city campground”. The ... more

Another mega-resort: $500 in the high-demand times for the best bay-view sites! Luckily we stayed with an Airstream group that had reserved New Years for three years in a row. We loved the luxury status of this resort (at group-rate prices) and the proximity to ultra-luxurious Newport Beach. It was a bike rider's dream for us: sho... more