Casini Ranch Family Campground

Katie Thornton

For $180+ a night for spot F10, which is one of the top tier sites with it's own grill and gazebo, I was not impressed. Day 1, a Thursday, was fantastic. We woke up on Friday with an animal poo on our paved gazebo area. I assumed it was from a cat or raccoon because we had zero neighbors. Friday comes, and the heathens start rolling in with their 5th wheels and toy haulers. The kid activity picked up as the kids arrived and got on their 4 wheelers and go cart type, noisy machines. Our neighbors pulled in to what I assume is F11. It's a spot with hookups but not the premium gazebo. They had 3 dogs running loose and they set up their tent, picnic table, and trailer basically right on top of us. Why does a premium spot have a shared driveway with a basic site? Friday night was loud and the people at a few of the sites, "first responders" which was quite obvious with their "try that..small town" stickers and other flags, began howling at the moon. All the while their unsupervised children kept cutting through our campsite. They clearly weren't raised right, so tell them to go around did nothing. The howling and barking and "fireball" call was absolutely obnoxious. I wouldn't want any of these people first responding to any incident of mine. Saturday, even more noisy kids and noisy "bikes" zooming all around the campground making a whirrrring sound. Saturday night, even more noise, howling, and "fireball". Sunday, we woke up to 3 piles of shit on our paved patio. This time it was clearly dog shit and clearly came from our neighbors at F11. Their dogs were running loose the entire weekend and clearly used our patio that we paid extra for as their toilet. The staff at the store and the staff on the grounds were 5 star. However, I will never return to this overpriced hell on earth. It was full of white trash and other trash. Honestly I was afraid I may be charged for the 3 piles of dog shit left on my patio. It's worth trying every place once, but can't fool me twice.

Annette Dobler

The spaces at Cassini Ranch are overpriced, dusty, and surrounded by Poison Oak. My husband's exact words were: 'I have never seen this much poison oak in one place in my life!' We camped with two high energy 4-year-olds which resulted in a lot of stressful moments to keep them away from the poison oak surrounding the campsite on 3 sides. We all came home with some poison oak exposure. If we had any rain, we would have been swimming in a mud puddle. The facilities and playgrounds are run down. Everything looks like it has seen better days. There are some activities for children. However, the campground is full of young families with children, who are packed in very closely to each other. If you want a close to nature and peaceful experience, you will not find it at Cassini Ranch.

Blossom McCoy

I’m not a gatekeeper… but if you want a safe, family-friendly, dog-friendly, memory-making campsite—Cassini Ranch is the magical spot. ✨🐶⛺️ They plan weekend themes (Labor Day = luau 🏝️🌺) and activities galore. I book site 56 a year in advance because it’s centrally located, perfect for tent camping, and holds 8 people—plenty of room for our crew + friends. Dogs? Everywhere. Kids? Everywhere. Friendships? Instant. My kids ride bikes, scooters, whatever rolls, and somehow end up with new buddies daily. One night my kid was roasting s’mores with another family while I patched up a random child with my Band-Aid stash (camp mom life 😂). The Russian River runs right through the campground—shallow enough for little kids, but also perfect for giant floaties, kayaks, canoes, rock jumping, or just plopping a chair in the water under a canopy all weekend long (nobody touches your stuff, it just stays there). Pure summer bliss. ☀️🛶🍉 Extras? Oh, they’ve thought of it all: • Cabins, tents, RV hookups—you name it. • General store + laundry (yes, civilized camping). • Movie nights, hula dancers, bonfires, hayrides, parades. • Volleyball, basketball, a playground, and the legendary jump pillow. • Bike parades where kids decorate their wheels with glow sticks and follow the golf cart caravan at night (adorable chaos). • Showers that are clean, hot, and timed by the quarter (6 minutes = 4 quarters; 7.5 minutes if you splurge another). 🚿💰 Security actually enforces quiet hours, so you get fun and sleep. And if you don’t feel like doing anything? Just sit by the fire, read your Kindle, sip something cold, and watch happy kids + cute dogs parade past your site. Instant serotonin. ❤️ If camping had a “best of” list—Cassini Ranch is at the top. Book early, trust me. Oh there’s small bats that appear at night to eat all the bugs! It’s cool to watch! And it only lets me post 50 photos but I have so much more to show you so instead go and enjoy this place yourself!

Katie Furia

If you don’t have the luxury of spending top dollar for the “better” campsites I don’t encourage you to stay here. Not only will you pay a “booking fee”, you’ll pay the campsite fee, THEN pay for every camper within the campsite. Should that be included in the initial campsite fee?! I overheard my neighbor because they’re only inches apart how they got in trouble with staff for their kids riding around on their bikes over the speed bumps. They have very strict rules and are constantly watching over you. Don’t be a minute early or a minute late checking out because there will be even more fees applied. Definitely feeling like a money hungry place after my latest experience there.

Kelly Baca

So we actually could not stay here bc the site tents are literally surrounded by walls of POISON OAK. we are very used to dodging poison oak from past camping trips but its is crazy prolific there. Basically all of the sites are located in a sea of highly developed brush of poison oak. It has been cut back but we couldn't take a chance especially traveling with a little one who touches everything. It was a huge bummer bc we were so excited and overall the camp itself has a really fun and a very family focused vibe. Also the staff was super nice at check-in. But my husband is very allergic and there was no way really to avoid it and we couldn't take that chance. Mostly writing this review to warn people in case they are very allergic.