The park is fully opened and nearly back to pre-fire conditions. They have replaced the tee-pees and cabins. Work is proceeding on the office and campstore too. OPEN AND READY FOR BUSINESS!
About this campground
Ventura Ranch KOA at Steckel Park in Santa Paula CA offers full hookup RV and tent camping with family friendly activities. Located off the highway between Santa Paula and Ojai the location provides a quiet getaway from the nearby hustle and bustle. As a KOA branded park there have been a number of improvements and additions including play areas and jump pillows. The park also has a number of rental cabins available.
Situated on a hillside the park has sites ranging from luxury full hookups to more primitive tent sites. Family friendly amenities include a pool, bounce pillow and playgrounds.
Guests can camp with RVs, tents or rent one of the lodges or tee-pees to stay.
What campers say
Ventura Ranch KOA Holiday offers a wide range of lodging (teepees, cabins, wagons, and RV sites) and is geared toward families, with zip lines, ropes courses, a jumping pillow, playground and a stream running alongside the property. Many guests praise friendly activity staff and large RV spots. However, maintenance and cleanliness are inconsistent: several reports note weak or unavailable hot water, poor shower flow, occasional mold or pests, and litter/debris in areas. Communication and customer service appear mixed, and some sites have limited full hookups or water access. Overall, a family-focused, activity-rich park with tradeoffs in upkeep.
Our summary of 631 traveler reviews.
Amenities
Hookups and power
- Electric
Sites
- Back-In
Facilities
- Showers
- Laundry
- Pool
- Playground
- Dump Station
Setting
- Mountains
- Desert
More
- Bathrooms
- Big Rig
- Biking
- Clubhouse
- Destination
- Dirt
- Dogs
- Family Friendly
- Firepits
- Full-hookups
- Grass
- Group
- Hiking
- Internet
- KOA
- Long Term
- Motorcycle
- Mountain Biking
- Open
- Pads
- Paved
- Pets
- Primitive
- Propane
- Pull-In
- Pull-thru
- Remote
- Resort
- Rural
- Scenic
- Sewer
- Shade
- Store
- Swimming
- Tents
- Tourist
- Trails
- Trees
- Walking Trail
- Water
- Wi-fi
- Wildlife
- Zipline
634 reviews
3 of them were written on CampgroundViews.
Hit by the Thomas Fire they are still waiting to clean up. "what we have is 148 total sites — some of the sites where we have no structures we’ve been able to rebuild those already. We have about 25-30 sites up and operating, and completely full with long-term guests. That’s helped our financial performance at this point. We’re still cleaning up. We try to do a little bit every day of cleaning up sites that do not have structures, because those are the areas we cannot touch. I’m expecting if we get clearance in the next 30 days to clean up we will probably have 80% of the campground back up and operating by the first of August." http://www.woodallscm.com/2018/03/ventura-ranch-koa-waiting-to-begin-cleanup/
The video associated with this listing is a good representation of this KOA. They are currently remodeling so it may look different in the future. Great location in a canyon above Santa Paula. Not really near anything with driving necessary to reach Ojai, Ventura, or the beaches but overall a nice place to stay.
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Location
- Address
- 7400 Pine Grove Rd, Santa Paula, CA 93060
- GPS
- 34.4061° N, 119.0791° W
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