Verified
Established Camping
Santee Lakes Recreation Preserve
About
Municipal
If you live up north follow the ducks and migrate to Santee Lakes for some winter camping. If you are already in Southern California and looking for some San Diego camping, then bring the kids for a weekend or a week. Our award winning Campground is nestled in the foothills of Santee, just 20 minutes from many of San Diego’s big attractions. The San Diego Trolley is nearby and you can access San Diego’s beautiful beaches, downtown, a Padre’s game, Balboa Park or Old Town.
Feel free to see all of the sites that San Diego has to offer, but we have plenty at Santee Lakes to keep you busy. After you choose from 300 full hook-up campsites, all having free WiFi and Deluxe sites, a bit larger, with cable TV, you can enjoy the amenties we offer. You can rent a pedal boat, fish in 7 seasonally stocked lakes, take a swim in one of two pools or relax in the spa. Campers get exclusive fishing in Lakes 6 & 7, and access to the swimming pools and spa.
Also, when you camp at Santee Lakes, you are choosing a facility that is dedicated to reducing our impact on the environment. More than 4 acres of solar panels located on our property provide enough power to meet almost 50% of the entire Park and Campground needs! Our facility was again awarded the national Plan-it Green Award for our environmental efforts!
Access
- Drive-InPark next to your site
Stay Connected
- WiFiFair
- VerizonGood
- AT&TAvailable
- T-MobileFair
Site Types
- RV Sites
- Standard (Tent/RV)
- Cabins
- Tent Cabin
Features
For Campers
- ADA Access
- Trash
- Picnic Table
- Firewood Available
- Phone Service
- Reservable
- WiFi
- Showers
- Drinking Water
- Electric Hookups
- Toilets
- Alcohol
- Pets
- Fires
For Vehicles
- Sanitary Dump
- Sewer Hookups
- Water Hookups
- Pull-Through Sites
- 30 Amp Hookups
- 50 Amp Hookups
- Big Rig Friendly
Great first RV stay
This was our first camping trip in our travel trailer. The amenities available are great. Very clean and friendly staff
Beautiful preserve yet close to amenities
Very clean. If you like bird watching and/or fishing you will can do both right from your campsite.
Beautiful and Relaxing
My parents, husband, brother, and sister-in-law camped here for Easter 2021. We were able to snag a site that someone usually occupies on a regular basis, but they rent out if they aren’t using it or something like that. We were on the water which was so beautiful! We brought our bikes and biked around the campsite, played games and realized around our campsite. We didn’t use the pool at all, but other campers seemed to be having fun swimming. Their clubhouse was under construction, so we didn’t get to use that recreation, but we still had a great time and it was so beautiful that weekend!
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Location
Santee Lakes Recreation Preserve is located in California
Directions
From jct I-8 & Hwy 67: Go 2 mi N on Hwy 67: Go 2 mi N on Hwy 67 (Santee exit), then 50 ft W on Prospect, then 1/2 mi N on Magnolia, then 1-1/2 mi N on Carlton Hills Blvd, then 100 yds N on Fanita Pkwy.
Address
9310 Fanita Pkwy
Santee, CA 92071
Coordinates
32.86715042 N
117.00634075 W