Tapo Canyon

We arrived without reservation, no problem, except regardless you have to book online. Fine for us- we have starlink and we’re able to get it connected etc. But apparently there is a air traffic tower near, so there is no service. Options are to hook up internet quickly or run back to town a mile or two.
No big deal really, but something to be aware of! Cute little park and archery range. Lots are dirt/sand but plenty of grass over at the park!
The town has everything you could need.

This was our first time here - I just wanted to clean out our tanks for the last time this year, and unfortunately, it was raining the whole time, so we didn't get to do anything. We were looking forward to trying out the Conejo Valley Archery Public Session on Saturday morning, but since it was raining, it wasn't happening. We definitely want to come back again when the weather is better.

Site 5 was nice with a few oak trees in the back of the site - it was long enough for us to leave our pickup attached to our trailer, so the paved site was at least 42' long. It's not double wide though, and note that the sewer inlet is raised higher, so we barely had a downhill angle for the drain. The power and water worked well, and the road noise wasn't bad at all (although we mainly just heard rain the whole time which drowned out other sounds.

The bathrooms were clean and nice - there were 2 showers that took quarters. We didn't use them this time, but they take quarters - 50 cents for 3 minutes with a max of 15 quarters at one time. The toilets and sinks were on the other side of the building and included soap and an air dryer.

Previous reviews have covered most everything just wanted to add that the sites could be considered pretty close together. We were in Site #3 in a Class B. That was perfect for us. Noted Site #11 would be a nice one too. Water, electric, sewer at each site - wonderful! The electric posts have a nightlight on them (never seen that before) which, if you like it dark at night you may want to cover with a towel. Very clean bathrooms. Separate shower needs quarters to use, but so nice. Only drawback is ZERO cell coverage. Multiple people had Starlink (including the camp host) and reported good signal w/that.
Ranger came around to check on reservations. No hiking trails leave from the park directly but many are nearby as is a County Dog Park.
Fun to see peacocks on grounds. Large, private archery club shares the location. That was also neat to see. Overall excellent place to stay if you have Starlink.

This is small little campground with full hookups. Just 2-3 miles north of 118 freeway. There are nice bathrooms with showers and playground for the kids. No wifi and the att signal came and went. You prepay on recreation.gov and go straight to your site. You can just show up and pick a spot but I wouldn't trust the phone signal to pay over the phone. It was perfect for our 2 night stay.

Tapo Canyon Campground has just 16 FHU spaces and you’ll want to have a reservation. They do not accept any cash/checks at the campground and direct you to mobile pay for same day bookings, however there is little/no cell service at the park. At least we had no luck with Verizon.

This is a great place to just hang out. We didn’t see much in the way of hiking trails or amenities, although there is a nice playground for the kids and the day use area has a large, covered picnic/bbq area for rent. There’s a big sandy horse corral which we used as an off-leash ball play area for Riley since it was unoccupied during our stay.

Sites are all FHU – 50amp, paved, and have a picnic table and firepit. There are plenty of nice shade trees and large grassy areas for play. Adjacent to the campground is the Conejo Valley Archery Range which is open on weekends.

We occasionally had a text message or email come through, but most of the time we had no Verizon service at all.

Stayed here a few nights in March. The canyon was windy and cool. The campground was very quiet, with three other campers during the mid-week. Not far from gas and groceries, but dark and quiet at night. Seems rather strange to call this tiny little county campground a "five star" locale, but there is really nothing at all wrong with the campground itself.

This park is only 10 minutes from home for us! We have been going here for years, taking the grandkids ‘camping’. They have no idea we’re so close to home.
It’s quiet, and you really feel like you’re out in the country.
Minutes to a grocery store and lots of restaurants.
I had no idea it was even there until we got into camping and found it.
Not too far off the 118, so it’s a perfect place to stop for a night.
We’ve also had Birthday parties at the big, beautiful park. Lots of family camped the weekend. Lots came just for the party since it’s so close to town.
Full hook ups.
Sites aren’t too close to each other.
Cement pads.
Level spots.
Fire pits.
Great park and playground.
Always been very clean.
About the only negative I can say is they don’t offer WiFi and there is little to no cell service. (AT&T) We can’t even get a local tv station on the antenna!

This was a beautiful spot and for the money, to be out of the hubbub of the city, was delightful! But I did get infested by ants on the last day of my stay. I was watching other rigs dealing with the same thing and spraying around outside their rigs and I thought poor them, they parked in the wrong place. And then I got hit! So heads up! Luckily I had a can of RAID roach and ant spray and it took a couple of days, but I got rid of them. I would think that if the park knew about the problem, they would’ve taken care of it somehow, as it was so clean and well taken care of there. Having only one bar of service was kind of nice in being off grid while I was there. I was visiting family and they were picking me up every day so I could catch up then.