Best RV Parks & Resorts near Sacramento, CA

Sacramento-area RV parks provide varied accommodation options for motorhome travelers. Cal Expo RV Park offers full hookups including 50-amp service on concrete and gravel pads suitable for larger motorhomes, though sites are primarily arranged in a parking lot configuration. SacWest RV Park & Campground in West Sacramento accommodates big rigs with water, sewer, and electric hookups in a convenient location. "Perfect for what it is which is a basic parking lot RV park. The amenities are pretty great, lovely pool, petting zoo and my favorite the fenced dog park," notes one visitor about SacWest. Mark J RV Park provides 50-amp service for larger units, while Sherwood Harbor Marina & RV Park combines riverfront setting with 30-amp hookups for a more scenic stay.

Freeway access makes these parks easily navigable for larger motorhomes, with most sites within 20 minutes of downtown Sacramento. Several parks enforce age restrictions on RVs, with reviews indicating some locations don't accept units older than 10 years. Security varies between properties, with some travelers reporting concerns about unauthorized access to utility hookups. Dump stations are available at SacWest and several other locations, though not all parks offer this amenity. The American River Bike Trail provides recreation opportunities adjacent to Cal Expo RV Park. During state fair season and major events, advance reservations are essential as parks fill quickly. Most Sacramento-area RV parks remain open year-round with consistent cellular coverage throughout the region.

Best RV Sites Near Sacramento, California (121)

    1. SacWest RV Park & Campground

    17 Reviews
    West Sacramento Vmf, CA
    6 miles
    Website
    +1 (916) 371-6771

    $52 - $100 / night

    "We have everything we need here; FHU, laundry, clean showers and bathrooms, great dog park, friendly staff. They pick up trash. Sites are pull- through, gravel and fairly **level. **"

    "The amenities are pretty great, lovely pool, petting zoo and my favorite the fenced dog park. Oh and they have a dog wash with leash clip!!!"

    2. Cal Expo RV Park

    10 Reviews
    Sacramento, CA
    3 miles
    Website
    +1 (916) 263-3187

    $50 - $1000 / night

    "Great Bike paths adjacent along the river into Downtown or up to Folsom. All Full hook up sites on gravel or asphalt, daily, weekly, monthly rates."

    "Came here for a convention at Cal Expo, very convenient. While here there were incidents of someone (homeless?)"

    3. Mark J RV Park

    4 Reviews
    Carmichael, CA
    9 miles
    Website
    +1 (916) 332-6244

    "I love camping where you are at a place where you can get shower and electric"

    4. Sherwood Harbor Marina & RV Park

    7 Reviews
    West Sacramento Vmf, CA
    4 miles
    Website
    +1 (916) 371-3471

    "Tons of beautiful, shady spots overlooking or near the Sacramento river. Very Breezy and well maintained park with good prices for electrical and water hookup and a dump station."

    "Everything you need to “get away” is here and big city amenities a short drive away."

    5. Laguna Village RV Park

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    Elk Grove, CA
    9 miles
    +1 (916) 423-4078

    6. Flag City RV Resort

    11 Reviews
    Lodi, CA
    31 miles
    Website
    +1 (209) 339-8300

    $95 - $990 / night

    "Check-in was quick and easy, and we proceeded unescorted to pull through site 32 with FHUs. The cement pad was plenty long enough for our 40’ fifth wheel and unhooked F450."

    "Nice pool and hot tub, nice laundry facilities (more than one!), moderately sized paved and level sites, nice store with a few local wines, AND HUGE fenced area to walk your dog OFF LEASH."

    7. Thousand Trails Lake Minden

    10 Reviews
    Nicolaus, CA
    24 miles
    Website
    +1 (888) 707-1477

    "Thousand Trails Lake Minden Tiny Park, Giant Heart

    We spent three weeks at Lake Minden and, to be honest, judged it too quickly."

    "This is a Thousand trails camp ground. Its has a small (very small) lake. Good fishing for fun."

    8. Placerville RV Resort & Campground

    6 Reviews
    Rescue, CA
    30 miles
    Website
    +1 (530) 676-2267

    $75 - $107 / night

    "I like the place pros would be doing just water and electric hook up so your away from the croud,clean and quiet, great wifi, cons next to freeway, expensive,no firepit but have a communal fire pit,but"

    "Mini train ride around park, great playground, mini golf, showed movie and a lot more awesomeness. Was not cheap but kept the kids entertained. Will be going back."

    9. Loomis RV Park

    3 Reviews
    Roseville, CA
    17 miles
    Website
    +1 (916) 652-6737

    $65 / night

    "Lots of trees for shade and a nice swimming pool to cool yourself. The sites are a nice size. This is an older park in a location close to shopping."

    "Quiet park and clean.  There is a train track across the way but not a bother with the horn twice a day.  If it was closer it would be "My Cousin Vinny"."

    10. Thousand Trails Ponderosa

    9 Reviews
    Coloma, CA
    35 miles
    Website
    +1 (888) 707-1477

    "It’s great for kids that want to ride bikes around the sites- but be careful of the river, it’s swift."

    "Once I figured out the sites I had people move their cars so we could back in…. Lucky us we get next to a resident that lives there and is so rude!"

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RV Park Reviews near Sacramento, CA

476 Reviews of 121 Sacramento Campgrounds


  • p
    Aug. 27, 2024

    Acorn Campground

    Extended stays

    A good clean campground, popular in central California. Reasonably priced $20 per night. They do accept golden age passes which reduces your nightly expense to $10 per night maximum 15 days for the month. Geared mostly for small trailers and tents, however, they do have some sites for larger RVs drive-through 40 foot max and roadside, slide outs might cause a problem. Park managers are very professional, courteous and pleasant. Bathrooms are a problem for cleanliness dump station is available for RVs. If you have a portable black tank, it would work out better for you on extended stays when dumping your black tank. If you are self-contained, you won’t have any difficulties at all.

  • JThe Dyrt PRO User
    Dec. 27, 2022

    SacWest RV Park & Campground

    Everything we need

    We have everything we need here; FHU, laundry, clean showers and bathrooms, great dog park, friendly staff. They pick up trash. Sites are pull- through, gravel and fairly level. Sites are close, but it wasn’t too crowded while we were here.

  • Larry W.
    Aug. 28, 2020

    Sugar Barge RV Resort & Marina

    Quiet, NO other tenters!

    We (party of 4) were there primarily because we rented a boat from their Marina. That went well! This is an RV campground & full-complement resort on Bethel Island, San Joaquin River Delta. Many RVers appear to be long-term or full-time residents.

    The tent-area was a clearing, fully backed up to the levee, with some shade and a water spigot. Appears to be only 4 “sites,” which are defined by picnic tables, GENEROUSLY spaced, no fire rings AND the Delta is h.o.t.! It’s also on the far edge of the property, so car traffic was MINIMUM — and NO generators were heard, even though the RV section is huge!!!

    The rest rooms were in the Marina building, a short walk. We would DEFINITELY return for boating and tenting!!!

  • Mike P.
    Mar. 2, 2023

    Miner's Camp RV Park

    Lake Comanche South sure

    Nice place quiet lots of places for big RVs pull through spots and back in spots they have spots for family reunions have showers store boat ramp nice place to camp North Shore is not for RVs it's for tent camping the South Shore has hookups 30 50 amp service full hookups all around a good place good people quiet time is 9:00 p.m. till 7:00 a.m. I believe doesn't mean you can't be up just no loud music no carrying on to disturb the other people lake is almost full

  • Ray & Terri F.The Dyrt PRO User
    Oct. 7, 2021

    Vineyard RV Park

    Meh CG and short sites

    We are full-timers in a 36 ft Class A with a Cherokee Trailhawk tow. We were in site 61, a“Premium” Pull-through site, for 3 days in early October, while visiting family in the area. This is probably the most critical review of a CG that we have posted in the 2 years we’ve be full-timing and for$76/night(with discount), I would expect much, much more from a CG. The staff at checkin were very friendly, but we didn’t see anyone patrolling the CG while we were there. It was fairly quiet when we arrived during the week, but got a little raucous on the weekend and I-505 road noise is fairly noticeable at night. The CG is“clean” and otherwise quiet, but showing its age a bit. The two pools looked pretty decent, but we didn’t use them. All of the sites are fairly short and very close. Bigger rig tow vehicles either extend into or are parked partially on the roads through the CG, although the roads are fairly wide throughout. The CG consists mostly permanent/semi-permanent residences. Most of those sites are are all gravel. There appeared to only be a few transient spaces, maybe 12-15, which were also short, but with grass, tables and foliage between sites. There are no green spaces to walk your dog. Everything that isn’t paved or graveled is basically bare dirt or tall, dead weeds, except the playground and one other area, and neither of those areas allow dogs. You are pretty much relegated to walking the CG roads or using the“off-leash” area, which is a fenced in treed area but is also just bare dirt and clearly not everyone cleans up after their dogs. They have signs for a Pet Walk, but this is just a very short walk on more dirt. The ponds on the map are fenced off and are either muddy brown or algae green pits with fountains- not very aesthetically appealing. AT&T coverage was just ok, with 2 bars of LTE and speeds up to 0.8 MB/s. The CG WiFi through TengoInternet.com is bit wanky, only allowing 3 connected devices and requiring a Browser to connect, so devices without one(Apple TV, WiFi router, etc.) are out of luck. Their website had a link to a page that was supposed to tell you how to connect them, but resulted in a 404 page not found error. We saw speeds up to 1 MB/s., but much less when everyone is online. Disconnecting WiFi and reconnecting seemed to help some. We were able to get DISH coverage on all three western satellites at our site. There were 35 OTA channels to be had with our fixed omni antenna. We would not stay here again.

  • Rhonda S.
    Jul. 28, 2018

    Vineyard RV Park

    Super basic but clean

    There’s really no where else to camp in this area that is convenient to the freeway. We walked in with no reservation and got a pull through spot with a bit of grass. Full hookups, no fire pits, but picnic tables at each spot. Pool, pet park, bathrooms, and free showers. Quiet park but nobody was outside cause it was 102!! We relaxed in the trailer with a/c until it cooled off to the low 90’s which was at about 8pm. Good for one night as you’re traveling through though.

  • j
    Jun. 4, 2021

    Sandy Beach County Park

    Small yet spacious campground with views of the Sacramento river

    Camped 4 nights at site 32 during the week.  A nice shaded site with river view, but not very level.  All sites are pull throughs with electric, water, a stationary picnic table and fire ring.  Online reservations are required and must be made a minimum of 2-weeks in advance.  Campground was nearly empty and had big grassy areas between sites.  Senior rate of $20.  Flush toilets and showers were spartan but cleaned daily.  Campground is adjacent to public beach, boat ramp/dock, and picnic area.  As expected it was very windy most of the time so you need to stake everything down.  Wind was strong enough to knock over our wine glass, twice!  We could hear humming from wind turbines that were just over the hill from the campground, but otherwise quiet.

  • Bill
    Nov. 28, 2024

    Thousand Trails Lake Minden

    If I could give zero stars, I would.

    If I could give zero stars, I would. Thousand Trails Lake Minden is very rundown. Immediately upon arrival at this so-called "resort," you can see the neglect from the outset. Their main sign is faded and sunburned, looking like it’s from 1970. The roads are riddled with potholes, none of which are paved. It’s clear the maintenance of this property has been ignored for years.

    The "resort" advertises full hookups, but the reality is they have about 20 full hookup sites that can’t accommodate RVs over 35 feet. My 40-foot RV doesn’t fit, so I’m forced to drive around the lake to the non-hookup section, which only has water and power. To dump your tanks, you have to make trips to the dump station—hardly convenient for a place claiming to be a resort.

    I paid $10,000 for a lifetime membership that allows me to stay at Thousand Trails properties for 21 days at a time. My mistake was not visiting any of their locations before making this purchase. I strongly urge anyone considering a Thousand Trails membership to visit several of their properties first—it will likely change your mind. Lake Minden is no better than other Thousand Trails locations, and in fact, I’d rank it among the worst.

    As a full-time RVer, I’m stuck here for the 21-day maximum, and once that’s up, I’m forced to relocate two hours away to their next nearest property, Ponderosa. I’ll review that location when I arrive, but I don’t have high expectations.

    What’s most frustrating is the blatant contradiction between their claims and reality. They require age-appropriate RVs for members, yet I’m parked next to a 20-year-old RV with a blue tarp on the roof. The facility is so poorly maintained it’s a stretch to even call it a campground, let alone a resort.

    My regret for buying a Thousand Trails lifetime membership is astronomical. If I knew then what I know now, I would never have spent a dime. Thousand Trails should be ashamed to call themselves a resort. Lake Minden, like many of their properties, is nothing more than a run-down trailer park.

  • D
    Apr. 7, 2024

    Lake Amador Resort

    Beautiful in the Spring

    We enjoyed our first visit and will definitely come back! The park is a mix of old RV’s that folks have long term stays and open spots for visitors. Some nice spots and some tight spots. We stayed in site 62 with 41 foot MH. There was no room for a tow vehicle and we did not put our awnings out. We enjoyed fishing from the bank and had some good luck with power bait. The resort is very clean and quiet!


Guide to Sacramento

Sacramento-area RV parks serve travelers needing access to both city amenities and natural surroundings. Located in California's Central Valley with elevations ranging from 25-30 feet above sea level, the region experiences hot, dry summers with temperatures frequently exceeding 90°F from June through September. Winter camping offers milder conditions with daytime temperatures typically between 50-65°F, though occasional rain can create muddy conditions at unpaved sites.

What to do

Fishing opportunities: Lake Minden provides stocked fishing areas for families. "Last trip we caught 3 bass and 12 bluegills. This trip we caught a personal record size bass. Great place for fishing all day," notes one visitor to Thousand Trails Lake Minden.

River access: American River offers swimming and floating options near several campgrounds. "The River is nice with man made trails to easily walk down to a beach area," explains an RVer who stayed at Thousand Trails Ponderosa. The river current can be strong during certain seasons, requiring appropriate safety equipment.

Biking trails: American River Parkway connects multiple camping areas with paved paths. A camper at Cal Expo RV Park mentions, "Great Bike paths adjacent along the river into Downtown or up to Folsom." Cyclists should bring water during summer months when temperatures regularly exceed 95°F.

What campers like

Marina views: Waterfront sites offer scenic surroundings at certain locations. "Beautiful spaces to park your RV with a view of the river and small local marina. Everything you need to 'get away' is here and big city amenities a short drive away," writes a reviewer about Sherwood Harbor Marina & RV Park.

Recreational facilities: Some parks maintain family activities beyond standard amenities. At SacWest RV Park, one camper appreciates the "great playgrounds, swimming pool, more than 100 ducks going around! Beautiful place!" These additional features provide entertainment during extended stays.

Wildlife viewing: Canadian snow geese and other birds frequent certain riverside locations. A visitor to Sherwood Harbor notes, "Having Canadian snow geese in our site upon waking up was a real treat." Bird watching opportunities peak during migration seasons.

What you should know

Age restrictions: Several Sacramento RV parks enforce policies regarding older vehicles. One visitor to Cal Expo RV Park reported, "Disappointed to be told they don't allow any buses unless they have the RVCIA sticker. There were some really old and knackered looking caravans and daggy RV's in the park."

Site configurations: Many parks feature parking lot-style layouts with limited separation between units. "You can't even extend your awning all the way... the sites are so, so small," notes a camper about Thousand Trails Ponderosa. Site measurements typically range from 30-45 feet in length with varying widths.

Train noise: Some locations experience railroad disruptions. A visitor to Loomis RV Park explains, "There is a train track across the way but not a bother with the horn twice a day." Noise-sensitive campers should request sites furthest from tracks.

Tips for camping with families

Swimming options: Several parks maintain pools for children during hot months. "Pool, game room, wifi, SHOWERS!😍" writes an enthusiastic visitor to SacWest RV Park & Campground. Most pools operate seasonally from May through September.

Kid-friendly activities: Some Sacramento-area RV parks offer organized entertainment. A Placerville RV Resort visitor shares, "Mini train ride around park, great playground, mini golf, showed movie and a lot more awesomeness. Was not cheap but kept the kids entertained." Activity schedules typically concentrate on weekends and summer months.

Allergy considerations: Seasonal tree pollen affects certain camping areas. One camper warns, "If you allergic to pollen, especially trees you should be careful at the moment. The campsites are directly located under mulberry trees. They triggered severe hay fever symptoms in me." Spring brings highest pollen counts, particularly April-May.

Tips from RVers

Leveling challenges: Certain parks have uneven sites requiring additional equipment. "Our spot was not that great for our 40ft bus due to the tree limbs and the ground was very uneven, which made it difficult to level," reports a visitor to Loomis RV Park. Carrying extra leveling blocks is recommended.

Delivery services: Food delivery extends camping convenience at select locations. "You can order food and they will deliver. Wonderful ada bathroom/showers with a fold down bench," notes a camper about SacWest. Most national delivery apps service Sacramento-area RV parks located within city limits.

Weather protection: Limited shade at certain parks requires preparation for summer heat. A visitor to Placerville RV Resort advises, "Not a lot of tree cover for the RV sites- make sure you bring shade with you." Temperatures frequently reach 100°F during July and August, making awnings and portable shade structures essential.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best RV parks in Sacramento for full hookups?

SacWest RV Park & Campground offers full hookups with pull-through sites that are gravel and fairly level. The park features excellent amenities including a pool, petting zoo, clean bathrooms, showers, and a fenced dog park with dog wash station. For those seeking alternatives, Vineyard RV Park provides full hookup sites with some grassy areas, and is conveniently located near the freeway. Both parks offer laundry facilities and are well-maintained, making them popular choices for RVers needing complete hookups in the Sacramento area.

Are there waterfront RV camping options along the Sacramento River?

Sugar Barge RV Resort & Marina offers excellent waterfront camping on the San Joaquin River Delta near Sacramento. This full-service resort includes a marina where you can rent boats and enjoy direct water access. Another option is Sandy Beach County Park, which provides RV sites along the Sacramento River. While not directly on the river, Lake Minden and Lake Amador also offer water-adjacent RV camping within driving distance of Sacramento. Waterfront sites tend to fill quickly during summer months, so advance reservations are highly recommended.

Where can I find RV dump stations in Sacramento?

Rancho Seco Recreation Area offers a convenient dump station on the way out of the campground for both guests and non-guests. The area provides 21 water and electric sites about 12 miles from I-5. Miner's Camp RV Park also has dump facilities for its guests. Many Sacramento-area gas stations, travel centers, and public campgrounds offer dump stations for a fee (typically $5-15). Additionally, Cal Expo RV Park, Flag City RV Resort, and most full-service RV parks in the region provide dump station access, often complimentary for guests and available for a fee to non-guests.

What long-term RV parks are available for extended stays in Sacramento?

Loomis RV Park is a good option for extended stays with nice-sized sites and plenty of shade trees. The park offers a swimming pool and is conveniently located near shopping, though occasional train noise should be noted. Thousand Trails Lake Minden accommodates longer stays, though amenities and maintenance may vary. Many Sacramento-area parks have monthly rates and extended-stay policies. For budget-conscious RVers, Acorn Campground offers reasonably priced stays ($20/night, $10 with Golden Age Pass) with a maximum 15-day stay per month, making it suitable for rotating extended stays.