Best Equestrian Camping near Rumsey, CA

Recent Equestrian Reviews in Rumsey

71 Reviews of 8 Rumsey Campgrounds

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  Natalie T.

  Traveler

  

  Nov. 20, 2024

  Cowboy Camp

  Camp closed

  Visit was for 11/19/2024 found the gates locked, no entry. Seasonal? No signage to tell.

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  Tim M.

  Scout

  

  Nov. 4, 2024

  Cal Expo RV Park

  No Skoolies

  Disappointed to be told they don't allow any buses unless they have the RVCIA (sp?) sticker. There were some really old and knackered looking caravans and daggy RV's in the park, but the place was pretty much deserted as it's November. All in all it was frustrating. ggggrrrrrrr

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  Cloey J.

  Scout

  

  Oct. 19, 2024

  Skyline Wilderness Park

  Beautiful location

  Beautiful view we were in campsite 40. A beautiful view of vineyards and the sunset and people riding their horses. So calm and beautiful and so many activities here to do. Also there is showers, bathrooms, and hookups, we love this place. Only 8 mins from downtown Napa

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  Emma R.

  Traveler

  

  Sep. 25, 2024

  Ritchey Creek Campground — Bothe-Napa Valley State Park

  Close to wine country

  Lovely campsite with very sweet camp hosts. Always waved when they drove by.

  Chose site 17 because of the beautiful tree seen in another review but was felled prior to our arrival, so no big tree. We did however get a beautiful view of the stars.

  Two things to note, some of the sites (didn’t look like all of them had this issue) have an incredibly fine dusty dirt that gets on absolutely everything, it made our feet, legs and sandals completely beige from the dust and we had to wipe them with wet wipes before going into our tent and tracked a fair amount into our car upon leaving.

  The other thing we were disappointed with was that we had to pay for showers on top of already paying over $50 for our site for one night, we felt that was a pretty big con and that it should be included in the fees.

  Overall, you can’t get closer to the wineries and it was an otherwise lovely site.

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  Catherine L.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 15, 2024

  Cowboy Camp

  Quiet

  Quiet stop, but I wouldn't call it the most beautiful stop I've ever stayed. Camping spots are to the left and the right I'd the day use. Pit toilets. No garbage.

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  Gina D.

  Guide

  

  Aug. 26, 2024

  Ritchey Creek Campground — Bothe-Napa Valley State Park

  Beautiful

  This rv site was awesome.It's quiet beautiful, lush green. Be aware tho. It's full of poison oak!!!! But yiu can get around it.
  There are no hook ups. But the sights are mostly shaded, so it was a great help and I did not go in a hot time of the year. They have good hours for use of generators as well We Brought our electric bikes and rode to the geyser in Calistoga and to multiple wineries It was a great way to travel

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  Derek D.

  Scout

  

  Feb. 10, 2024

  Cowboy Camp

  2/9/2024 —- closed

  The camp area is closed, as of 2/9/2024. No indication of that on the BLM website.

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  RoamingAspen V.

  Traveler

  

  Dec. 29, 2023

  Ritchey Creek Campground — Bothe-Napa Valley State Park

  Quiet in Winter

  Nice sites in Oak, Madrone and Manzanita forest. As many have mentioned, it’s also a Poison Oak farm, but if you keep to the trails and roads it’s fine. Many sites are not level. Road is narrow. Bathrooms clean, showers although clean were not inviting. ATT was a bar, occasionally two. Was able to make a call if I stood still. Minutes away from Calistoga and St. Helena. We imagine it’s a very busy place in peak season, but a nice quiet getaway in winter.

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  Jorg F.

  Traveler

  

  Nov. 17, 2023

  Cowboy Camp

  Cowboy Camp

  Great free campground! We've stayed here many times. It's open, grassy level and quiet. Next to a stream and surrounded by hills. The only tough part is getting across the stream to some of the hikes. It's a hot spot for horses which of course have no stream problems, so the only negative is fly's sometimes. But just keep your screen door closed (& fly swatter handy). We always manage to level out in our 23" Winnebago View. There is lots of open space so no crowding. There is a rural road near by but traffic noise isn't a problem. Perhaps I should say it's awful so fewer people come and it's not discovered.

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  Kristi D.

  Legend

  

  Oct. 24, 2023

  Skyline Wilderness Park

  Great Napa Valley views

  Great place to hit Napa Valley. Staff was super friendly. Spots were pretty level, but close together. They gave free wifi but it was not consistent. It constantly dropped.

  They had a great little fenced in dog park which was great for our dog. The bathrooms were pretty clean with nice hot water. Codes needed for showers.

  Very quiet, no issues. We had friendly neighbors. There were people coming in for day use to use the trails for hiking, biking etc. We didn't get to explore as we were strictly in area to wine taste and eat some good food. We enjoyed our time there and would stay there again. $65 a night. Pricey compared to some places in CA, but probably a good price for Napa.

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  Patricia Y.

  Guide

  

  Oct. 14, 2023

  Cowboy Camp

  FLIES!

  No trees just dry open land inhabited by an unusual amount of flies. It was crazy how thick they were. An almost dry creek runs alongside the open field of camping pads. To close to the road and way to exposed to feel comfortable to stay. If I needed a place to get some shut eye before heading onward, then maybe. I had a car full of flies that went to the coast with us. It was crazy.

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  Neil T.

  Legend

  

  Apr. 16, 2023

  Skyline Wilderness Park

  Handy for Napa Area

  It’s good for an RV park type setting, but it’s still an RV Park.

  Close to town.

  We didn’t try the trails as we explored the area by car.

  The RTT area is generously sized, but not marked so you just have to hope you have respectful neighbors. We did!

  No shade in that area.

  We enjoyed the wild turkeys wandering through camp.

  Recommend the Hog Island Oyster Company at the farmers market in town.

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  HandL C.

  Ranger

  

  Jan. 7, 2023

  Cal Expo RV Park

  If it must be Sac...

  ...then you want a good location for your home base. Cal Expo definitely has the centralized location for exploring Old Sac, Cal Expo, State Capitol, the rivers and beyond. Cal Expo RV Park is a parking lot where your rig is nose-down, not necessarily level, and your septic goes uphill to drain. It is quite noisy at night with traffic, sirens and other noise.

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  Patty G.

  Scout

  

  Oct. 14, 2022

  Dixon May Fair

  Ok for a night

  We pulled in with a travel trailer and an suv with small cargo trailer. They made us rent 2 spots even tho we could have fit it one as the sites are HUGE. Full hookup, no wifi, cable connection but no cable, and NO BATHROOMS.

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  Joe C.

  Scout

  

  Sep. 1, 2022

  Ritchey Creek Campground — Bothe-Napa Valley State Park

  Great campground near wineries.

  WE just stayed two nights camping and had a great time, site was good, bathrooms and showers were clean.   Good access to wineries close by.  Only real downside was that because of the dry conditions we could not have a campfire.

  It was not a problem for us but ATT reception was poor, could not get messages at the site but sometimes could while moving around the campground.

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  Ash C.

  Guide

  

  Jun. 28, 2022

  Ritchey Creek Campground — Bothe-Napa Valley State Park

  Camping in wine country!

  Great spot for cheap and restful accommodation while Visiting wine country. Yurts, and campsites, pull thru and rv sites. Not super cheap cuz you are in California but way more affordable than any hotel and 5 minutes from Calistoga, thru vineyard lined lanes. Lots of hikes for a hike level. Mosquitos started coming out but tolerable. Nice trickling river and peaceful pondering spots. Great bathrooms but bring lots of quarters for showers, helpful staff! Rico you are the best for giving me firewood!

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  Dan U.

  Scout

  

  Jun. 25, 2022

  Ritchey Creek Campground — Bothe-Napa Valley State Park

  Wonderful location - mediocre sites

  The location of this campground is amazing, if a trip to Napa Valley's wine country is on your bucket list.  The camp sites are okay, but road and access is narrow for many sites and the gravel pads aren't particularly level.  We stayed at site 049 which is a nice quiet spot away from the restrooms -but has trees, rocks, and bollards obstructing ability to cut the wheel and back in.  The restrooms were fairly clean and stocked with TP, but no soap or papertowels, so plan to bring those.  Also the park is prominently overtaken with poison oak... we knew what to look for and very cautiously avoided it, but it is everywhere, so if you're not familiar with poison oak, be warned.

  Overall, an okay experience but I would not repeat at this location.

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  Emmi O.

  Guide

  

  May. 3, 2022

  Skyline Wilderness Park

  Neat

  Finally properly working wifi and nice hot shower. We reserved dry rv spot for 55$. I think price should be less but place is nice and has very easy acces. Shop and laundry are very close to the campground.

  Staff were friendly and very helpful.

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  Chris

  Traveler

  

  Apr. 30, 2022

  Skyline Wilderness Park

  Great location

  I camped with a roof top tent so was away from the RV parking lot. Fantastic views and good facilities. Would come back for sure.

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  David F.

  Guide

  

  Apr. 22, 2022

  Cal Expo RV Park

  Website is bogus

  They claim tents are allowed be you can’t reserve a spot. The site says oops something went wrong and then it begins to show you all the attractions that are happening in coming to Cal Expo RV it’s basically a commercial. Very unhappy about that so I never went

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  Sam Z.

  Traveler

  

  Dec. 24, 2021

  Skyline Wilderness Park

  Good location and nice staff

  Nice and quite. Shower is hot:)

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  Judy Q.

  Traveler

  

  Nov. 28, 2021

  Ritchey Creek Campground — Bothe-Napa Valley State Park

  Great getaway in wine country

  Love this campsite. Large sites. Close to great restaurants and wine tasting.

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  Julia M.

  Guide

  

  Nov. 17, 2021

  Cal Expo RV Park

  Convenient location, would stay here again but maybe for a shorter time

  This would be a great stop for a few days. We were there for a work week and then some. It is accessible to downtown, but it is just a parking lot with no frills. We got lucky and parked under one of the only trees in the park which made it feel more welcoming. We were by the dumpsters but it was never an issue. 

  They have a laundry room but close at 4pm so make sure to make the deadline because they lock it before they head home for the day! ha. There is a night guard that patrols. There is direct access to the bike path which goes for miles and miles and connects to other trails which made our stay really great. 

  FHU and pretty level. Easy pull thru site. Would stay again, but for a shorter time.

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  Kaitlynn B.

  Guide

  

  Nov. 1, 2021

  Cal Expo RV Park

  Convenient stop

  Came here for a convention at Cal Expo, very convenient. While here there were incidents of someone (homeless?) pulling on our grey/black tank valves to open them and another night hearing someone jostling with the main door handle. I then locked up the bay doors for sanitary and electrical and didn’t have any problems after that. I notified camp security, friendly. Very spread out which is good for a long class A pulling a trailer. I only have 2 complaints: the first, management….When making reservation over phone, the associate needed my card number but couldn’t tell me my total. I came in after office hours and picked up pamphlet with spot number. A day or two later I got a phone call from them stating I should have checked in and have not paid. I made the person aware i paid over the phone with my card and she insisted that is not how it is done then proceeded to tell me she had my card number and could charge the total if I wanted to. It was a bit too snippy of a conversation to have with a customer. The first day we were there, our neighbors truck was parked in our spot and we waited a minute or two for them to realize and move. They did, but just as they finished moving the manager came over telling them they were “red-flagged and not welcome back” for that incident. A bit far for a two minute delay for us, which we did not complain about, but the neighbor did say they had an issue of someone lurking around the campground “looking for something to steal”. Before arriving, I called to make sure packages could be delivered so I had an Amazon package delivered a couple days into my reservation, i was over at the convention center long hours so did not have time to pick it up until the last day of my reservation. On the way out, I stopped by the office and they claimed to have never received a package for me even though it said delivered to receptionist. I let it go and got my money back from Amazon. About 45 minutes later after leaving the campground, I call the main cal expo office and they also say there’s no package. I then almost immediately receive a phone call from the RV park stating they had my package…I’m like ????? My second complaint would be the address itself. The RV park should have a separate house number from the expo itself, so I had to direct DoorDash to follow the signs posted directing to the RV park. Will use this park again next year despite the minor incidents.

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  Skyeriver .

  Guide

  

  Oct. 13, 2021

  Ritchey Creek Campground — Bothe-Napa Valley State Park

  Rad spot

  Fresh and clean

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  RichMichelle M.

  Guide

  

  Aug. 29, 2021

  Ritchey Creek Campground — Bothe-Napa Valley State Park

  Quiet Sunday evening

  Water fountains/spigots relatively easy to find near most campsites. Bathhouse is next to site 10, operates with quarters. Site 7 is fairly flat, not terrible wide but plenty of room to put out slide and walk around RV. Further in on sitge has picnic table and more space. No fires right now, obviously, put propane is ok.

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  Taylor L.

  Guide

  

  Aug. 19, 2021

  Middle Creek Campground

  Hope someone sees this

  I’ve been camping cross country for the last month with my husband. We’re from New York, and like to think we’re not easily rattled or intimidated. This was the first time on our trip that we were both scared.

  The forest service website says this campground is not open for camping, just dirt bike and horse riding, so I had found a campground further into the National Forest to camp at. When we drove by Middle Creek, we could see the sites from the road and a few of them had tents and we could see some folks, the campground was pretty clearly operating to some extent. We just wanted somewhere to stay overnight on our way into SF so we doubled back and found a site, paid the $8 and had a snack. We explored our corner of the campground a little- pretty clean, a fine campground. No visible host.

  Lots of wasps and flies, like standing right next to a dumpster. There was a woman who seemed to be experiencing homelessness and/or mental illness occupying multiple sites. She pretty clearly was stealing from sites people weren’t present at, right in front of us. She also had a dog that didn’t seem to be hers.

  The man at the campsite next to us didn’t have a tent or anything, just paid then sat in his truck screaming and cackling and breaking stuff loudly and pounding beers.

  We left without spending the night. The police need to go take a look out there.