Best Campgrounds near Laguna Beach, CA

If you are a smaller family with ONE vehicle, are sharing ONE tent, RV camping, or staying in one of their cabins, you may have a great time there. As far as the actual grounds go: They looked clean. The Oaks sites are all on a slope and next to the main road(if that matters to you). The restroom near the Oaks group site, is ONE toilet in a large room with two small showers. Beware of long lines at that restroom if you are tent camping. Let me help someone else out though, since the campground does not have this in writing. Here's a breakdown of some extra fees: If you decide to camp as a group or with your family, the listed cost covers ONE tent and ONE car, and up to four people, no more than that. The website states*TENT* site, not tentS site.(This is a word for word quote from manager Eddie.)*IF* the manager decides to let a larger group camp in the group tent spaces, there will probably be an extra charge imposed. As of March 2025 that fee was$25 per extra tent per night AND an extra$25 charge per vehicle. This is on top of the per night charge, and the extra fees per additional person(4 included, max of six allowed per site). As of April 2025, none of this information is on their website, nor has it ever specifically been listed in their T&Cs(both the Aug 2024 one and the“updated” one I re-read in March 2025), and they may not disclose specifics to you when making a reservation over the phone; no matter how many times you tell them your group size, and ask multiple questions regarding how many tents can fit, how many people per site are allowed, and if they have extra parking spaces for vehicles, these extra costs may not ever be mentioned. If you call to make a reservation, or call to clarify any information with the campground, keep written notes and a timestamp of your phone call, and screenshot your call history if need be. Because*IF* something were to come up, Eddie may state that he has his own timestamp of your conversation, except he may eventually say he cannot print that out or prove it.“If you can’t remember the conversation you had with me, then that’s your problem”(another direct quote). In my case, he stated that I spoke with him in October when making the initial reservation. However, I NEVER spoke with Eddie on the phone in any of my multiple conversations with the campground. He stated he had a timestamp of the call when he supposedly read his script with all the details. However this statement of his was not believed by myself or any of my group, since he could not prove it when asked. What actually happened in our situation: I have an email response to my initial inquiry from Eddie in July 2024. One of my team went directly to the campground in August to get detailed information and she texted me everything she was told, including costs per site, specifically listed“6 people 2 tents”, and the total cost per night with the extra people. I called about a week later to make the reservation. I spoke with Ginger on the phone when making my initial reservation, and have only spoken with Ginger or the other office gal any time I called with questions. We did need to reschedule due to a storm, which we were allowed to do at that time. I was the first in my scouting group to arrive on our scheduled weekend. Checked in, gave the gal a list of who was arriving, drove to my site and began setting up. Around the 4th family that arrived, I was told by her that the gal at the front wanted to see me. After walking to the office to see what she needed, I was at that moment informed of the extra charges. Baffled, I told her we were not prepared to pay that high of an amount(it would have been over$800) since I was never told of the extra costs, and asked what we could do to remedy it. She stated the manager was out, and he would be back soon. By the time Eddie came to our sites a couple of hours later, many more of my group had arrived and completed setting up their tents, etc. He walked up and said“well since you do not want to agree to the new terms, we will revert to the old T&Cs that states we do not allow groups to camp, and you are not allowed to camp here”. After much back and forth between Eddie and my group, he said we had to leave or he would call the sheriff. When asked, he did agree to refunded us the almost$1200+ we had already paid. Our group packed up our entire tenting set-up, and travelled down the road to Lake Skinner to enjoy a beautiful weekend, with wonderful accommodations, at half the cost. Due to this MAJOR miscommunication by the management, our large scouting troop was not able to try out the campground amenities, nor will any of our 100+ local families try to do so in the future. I wonder what the owners would think if they actually knew how unprofessional their management tried to“handle” the situation. Unfortunate for the campground to miss out on future business in this way.

Being reasonably close to our home base, we frequent this park with the family. Major grocery and shopping establishments are nearby, with Target directly across the street, In-n-Out, local parks, and the like. Our kids love the pool area, grandparents love the pickleball courts, and there are always fun activities to do throughout the year. Full-timers are friendly and inclusive of newcomers and passer-throughs. Dog parks are clean and located at either corner of the park. The entrance security kiosk is staffed 24/7, and they'll even help spot you while parking your rig. We cannot say enough good things about this place. 

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It’s a beautiful spot with ocean view. It’s also near Santa Monica and Venice beach. Space is big enough for a bigger RV. The only negative thing is - it is very noise because of the airport right next to it.

Beautiful RV park. All full hookups30 and 50 amp. Pull throughs and backup s. Nextdoor to Pechanga casino. Close to freeway and golf courses. Lots of places to eat close by.

We’ve stayed here about 3 times. Last few times has been lovely. The location they placed us in was where we were last year and it’s perfect!!!! It’s a very clean park, office is friendly as well as the outside workers. The pool is clean and laundry is always spotless. Kudos to Golden Shores we’ll be back next March!

Rvs to Close, most people live here. It is very well kept. No trash around, bathrooms pool laundry the grounds are pretty and you can see lake. There are a few full timers and we had a couple really bad incidents in out new trailer and he came on property threatening. They did absolutely nothing.

We loved this RV park. Easy 15 min drive to Disney plus the ART bus picks up straight from the campground. A covered play area, helpful staff, heated pool as well as a hot tub. The grounds are very well kept and grocery stores within 10 min.

This place was nice. Great sense of community and great placement of the gates for safety purposes. Lots of food spots within 10 minutes. Spaces are one of the cleanest I seen. Ranger is on constant patrol. Low-key felt like bikini bottom. Only knock is… no wifi. Great spot overall though

You can be camping 20-30 mins away from Irvine. Facilities are clean and well maintained. We stayed at 42 which was right across the from the bathrooms, the noise was manageable and it was convenient to be close to the facilities. The other side was the river but it was dry. It’s a nice camping spot for beginners or just a place to get away.

Will definitely come again

I really have come to love Dripping Springs campground. There's a great hike right out the end of the campground, although it gets HOT because this is more desert land than forest. I've stayed in a few sites and I think 14 has become my favorite even though you are kind of exposed, it's huge and it's away from all the other sites. I did see a baby scorpion in the bathroom once, so beware. There's a nice little cafe down the road and a winery a bit further that I like with a beautiful view.

Perfect to get out of the city but still be in it. Campgrounds have more than enough privacy with each one being about 15 to 20 yards apart. A ton of recreational things to do. Quiet at night.

Just spent two weeks here including thanksgiving holiday. we watched this park fill to capacity the day before the holiday. We liked it better when there were a few empty spaces. It’s just how it is at RV parks like this-not much room. BUT- go out the locked gate at the back of the grounds, walk thru a park and across a (not too busy) street and there is the Pacific Ocean. The beach was hit hard by storms over the past year apparently and much sand has washed away. Leaving most of the beach covered in a thick layer of smooth river stones. Not easy to keep your balance on but doesnt hinder your walk to the surf too badly. We have loved our time here walking on the beach with our dog. This RV park is clean, has amenities like community room pool hot tub outdoor gathering area with tables with propane fireplace built in. It is also pretty expensive.

Roads were bumpy but made it in a super low clearance rv (21ft). Had the place all to ourselves. A bit close to the other sites. Not bad

Very cute set up tent sites are right next to road but it’s not to busy of a road. They have a basketball court one, lake for fishing or swimming and paddle boats to go out on the lake. There are tv hook ups and cabins. I did not see any fire pits on sites. Bathrooms are ok and have locks which you need code for.

Sweet campsite at Dana point surf break. Had a big crew along for spring break. Super nice but book early!