Barstow Calico KOA Journey

Rick Shook

We stayed here several years ago and hated the place. Despite that bad experience circumstances forced us to stay here again. We were pleasantly surprised at the improvements! This KOA is neat and clean with numerous amenities. I’d give this place a 5, but the freeway noise is bothersome.

Georgios Katsigiannis

I am leaving this review as a last resort to share our experience and to warn other travelers. This RV park is conveniently located between Las Vegas and Los Angeles, which was the reason for our one-night stay. During this trip we visited multiple states and stayed at several RV parks (including other KOAs), and unfortunately this was by far the worst experience. We arrived in the evening and picked up our envelope with check-in instructions. When we got to our assigned spot, we discovered that garden maintenance had left a sprinkler permanently attached to the water supply. It was bolted on and required a wrench to remove, so we couldn’t connect our RV. We checked other sites (all occupied) and noticed they had split adapters to allow both the sprinkler and the RV hookup, but ours did not. As a result, we had to spend the night with no water - unable to use our kitchen or bathroom. The next morning we reported the issue at checkout. The staff member said the manager was not in, but she would make a note for maintenance and told us to call after 1 PM to speak with the manager directly. For several days we tried calling. Most of the time no one answered, and when they did, we were told the manager wasn’t available. After about four days, someone finally told us the manager was in but “on a break” and asked us to call back in five minutes. We did, only to have a woman answer, claim she wasn’t the manager, insist the manager wasn’t in at all that day, and dismiss our issue by saying there were no reports of water problems. When I pressed further, she became hostile and hung up on me. When I called back, she was even ruder. We eventually contacted KOA corporate. Unfortunately, they told us each location is independently managed and there was nothing they could do beyond forwarding our complaint to the owner. We never received any follow-up. If we wanted a night without water, we could have stayed at a Walmart parking lot and saved $80. Instead, we paid for frustration and disrespect. Avoid this KOA.

Amy Allinson

We got caught in a thunderstorm and just wanted a safe place to stay the night in our vehicle. Lady told us there were two open tent sites that people had demanded refunds for that night because they were too wet for tents, and yet she wouldn’t sell them to us. We had to stay in a random parking lot in our car because she wouldn’t let us pay her for a plot of safe dirt for the night. Not chill. She kept saying “I wouldn’t recommend. I’m not giving you it”. Well I wouldn’t recommend this place either Candace. Life hack: don’t go here

susie conkle

We stayed in the campground for overnight. Staff was nice. Restrooms and shower room not clean, ladies restroom 3 showers, one out of order, handle broken on first one I went in, so one shower working and faucet was leaking, mensroom only had one toilet not broken. Larger washing machine was out of order, couldn't wash my bedding. We paid the most we paid for any coming spot from Ohio to California the last 2 weeks, and this was the worst one. Not impressed with this KOA at all, had much higher expectations of a KOA campground.

Rolfe Flores

It’s a solid, practical stopover: great hookups and helpful staff make it easy when you're passing through. The amenities are a nice bonus, especially if you're camping with kids or pets. But if you're after peace and quiet—or shaded, spacious sites in a scenic setting—it falls a bit short. The traffic noise and desert exposure reminded me it’s more of a functional RV park than a dreamy campground.