Benbow KOA & Golf Course

We liked a lot about this campground.  Our site was clean and had full, working hook-ups.  There were trees for shade, but I was still able to get a good Starlink signal to get online.  The pool and hot tub looked great, but were full of kids having a great time, so we passed.  The store had a few items, but the overwhelming winner was the staff.  They smiled, said "hello," and were all genuinely positive.  There's a golf course nearby if that is of interest, and a stream for fishing within walking distance.  Finally, it's right next to the Benbow Inn, an historic old hotel with a nice bar and restaurant. The food and service there were quite nice and definitely unexpected.

The campground is very clean and quiet. The staff is friendly. Sites are tight, mostly in the sense of getting in and out of them. I suggest a premium patio site since they are on the ends of the rows along the exit of the 1 way street. They are the easiest to pull into from your row. Big rigs may have some maneuvering otherwise. We are in a 42' 5th wheel and we're glad to not have had neighbors when we moved in. All hookups are at the very back of your site so the power posts are slightly in the way when pulling in. Driving in the grass is unavoidable. Parking at your site for bigger rigs is difficult.

We used this campground as a one night layover on our way to sunny California. Ordinarily we would have booked a campsite in the Redwoods State and National Park but storm damage from earlier this winter closed many of the campgrounds in the area. It was nice having showers available. We appreciated that staff was proactive in changing our site to a more convenient one to the front bathrooms for the same price as one we had booked further back. They did this because they were repairing the back bathrooms.

In my humble opinion Benbow KOA is one of the finest KOAs out there it's not only beautiful and easy to access very accessible but it's in the middle of the redwoods it's right next to the avenue of the Giants The grandfather tree is down the street everything that you want to see is right here what more could you ask for

We paid $56 for a campsite that was super close to the river and the shower. There are only 2 tent sites and the others are RV and cabins. The cabins started at $150. It was a bit expensive but we’ve been on the road for couple weeks and needed a place with shower and flushing toilets. The bathrooms are really clean and have other services too.

We just needed a campsite to sleep the night after the red woods

This place was not great for that.

Staff was okay, the grounds were also only okay...

The worst part was there were about 20 kids playing on the tennis court screaming, yelling and swearing till about 1 am. No one came to talk to them. We called the front desk and their response was basically "too bad" yeah, I wouldn't go here again

Shared group showers, small dog park, ok park for kids to play on. Water spickets at group sites. Friendly people.. decently well kept

Wasn’t impressed by the long term population that seems to be residing there. It was quiet though and over all a decent stay. We spent 4 days there. The WiFi sucked and they put us in the far back. Stay closer to the front if you can in the premium spots. We didn’t know the difference. Non premium is in the way back, no fire pits and spotty WiFi.

Hypothetically this place looks great on the internet and when you first arrive it appears clean but sit back and really look around and watch what’s going on. A lot of coming and going at all hours, transient signs by the river, full timers hiding out only coming out at night, something going on here. Lots of talk when checking in about “smoke” and growing. Yeah... not again.

Bunch of trimigrants or transients living here and it’s creepy. Weirdos walking around all hours of night and not cool with the family. Will never be back here again but plan on suiting the redwoods more often. Just don’t let them out you in the back if you do stay. Oh and where we were it’s 30 amp not 50 if that matters.

This KOA is located in a great location, not too far from the redwoods, not too far from Eureka, not too far from the coast. There's a bunch of guys running around every day to maintain the grounds. Decent spaces, especially if you can get the front row with a view to the golf course. Crappy WiFi though.

Very nicely kept. Awesome showers available. Grass areas in all sites. Beautiful scenery