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San Francisco North / Petaluma KOA


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Me Me

November 02, 2025

October 2025... I wasn't thrilled by this place at all. Its no longer a campground, its a trailer park. Full of trailers and cheap looking "cabins". The noise was awful. Kids running rampant screaming and doing as they please with no adults watching them. They were recklessly speeding down hills on their bikes that were clearly marked no bikes. Can we say law suit. The "tent site" that I had was full of little black blobs that looked like dog poop. Thanks KOA/ Trailer Parks of America. The bathroom smelled like pee with trash bits all over. And the shower put out a stinging spray of water that just shoots out into the bathroom main area. Its get your belongings all wet and cant be adjusted. And why do they never have a shelf in the shower for your shampoo and soap. Noone wants thier stuff to touch that gross floor. I only stayed one night and the smell in the AM was atrocious! The smoggy polluted city air coupled with the smell of dog poop just hung there in the chilly October air. I only stayed here because there weren't any other campground options. Honestly Ive only ever found one truly nice KOA/TPOA and it was in Twin Fally Idaho. Shameful for the horrendous price to tent for one night. Never again!

Kris Johnson

November 01, 2025

This was a wonderful KOA to stay at. Their spaces were lovely and large! We were there as a couple but this park would be fantastic for kids with their play area, pool, & just space to ride bikes & play! Lots of good area to walk our dog plus a puppy park to let him off leash! Bathrooms & showers were well kept & clean! Spaces were cleaned up nicely as well. We stayed here because of the convenience of being able to get over to Sonoma/Napa, but also go to the ocean!

Me Me

October 18, 2025

October 2025... I wasn't thrilled by this place at all. Its no longer a campground, its a trailer park. Full of trailers and cheap looking "cabins". The noise was awful. Kids running rampant screaming and doing as they please with no adults watching them. They were recklessly speeding down hills on their bikes that were clearly marked no bikes. Can we say law suit. The "tent site" that I had was full of little black blobs that looked like fog poop. Thanks KOA/ Trailer Parks of America. The bathroom smelled like pee with trash bits all over. And the shower put out a stinging spray of water that just shoots out into the bathroom main area. Its get your belongings all wet and cant be adjusted. And why do they never have a shelf in the shower for your shampoo and soap. Noone wants thier stuff to touch that gross floor. I only stayed on night and the smell in the AM was atrocious! The smoggy polluted city air coupled with the smell of dog poop just hung there in the chilly October air. I only stayed here because there weren't any other campground options. Honestly Ive only ever found one truly nice KOA/TPOA and it was in Twin Fally Idaho. Shameful for the horrendous price to tent for one night. Never again!

Joanne Bowers

October 13, 2025

Bathrooms were not cleaned for two days. We were here on a Halloween weekend extremely busy. It was delightful to see how people were catering to the kids. This park is a kid KOA and I for one loved seeing kids off phones out in the park riding their bikes looking for pumpkins and enjoying life thank you KOA for providing that Maybe just a brush up on the bathrooms more often.

Corey C

September 29, 2025

We stayed one night as a stop over. Very nice park, easy to navigate the roads if you follow the map, and clean. I forgot our Firestick for streaming, DoorDash came to the rescue, although you must meet them outside the park. I like the bracelet UI, nice to easily charge to our site, and card on file. My only complaint is the price, at $130 for a simple pull standard pull though seems a bit much. StarLink was decent.

Dan Halstrom

September 26, 2025

For the sake of this review, Rooms = RV Site #A014: Tonite will be our 23rd night on the road (45 day trip) as we tour US 101, beginning in Poulsbo, WA on Puget Sound in the north, proceeding north to Sequim, WA, west to Forks, WA, and then south along the coastlines of Washington, Oregon, and now northern California. This KOA is the best we have seen. Clean, and beautifully maintained. All the amenities you might hope for. Large, very nicely appointed sites with all the utilities you could expect. Rural location with no discernible traffic noise. Polite professional staff. We will definitely recommend this park to our friends and family.

Kristy Brooks

September 03, 2025

Absolutely amazing! What a beautiful, well kept place. The pool & hot tub are perfect. Everything is clean, laundry is easy with apple pay. There shop is awesome too with wood,marshmallows & sticks. The goats are cute & friendly. Thank you to Sherri for your wonderful customer service. We will definitely be back!

Douglas Myers

April 19, 2025

This is a great campground for an overnight stay, like we did, or a get away weekend with the family. The facilities were clean, modern and top notch. The staff were friendly and helpful. Great job!

Vanessa C

April 07, 2025

I'm totally new to camping as an adult. I've camped alot as a kid but now that I have kids, they have discovered YouTube and want to go camping and this new generation is nowhere near wanting to rough it like I did back in the day. So I researched options on where to camp and I live in an area where this was an hour away and the Yogi Bear camp was an hour away. As I delve deep into what was available and we were going in the off-season time I realized the KOA had basically the same that the Yogi Bear camp offered, for half the price literally. Okay so anyway, let me get into this review. We booked one of the cabins without a bathroom because it was more than a third of the price with the bathroom and I figured the camping aspect of roughing it for my toddler would be not having a bathroom close by. Thankfully we got a cabin right within walking distance of the store, the pool and the showers. The pool is heated!!!!! We were not prepared for a heated pool so we did not have swimsuits but we still made use of the facilities and we're in the pool and hot tub. The pool is massive and the seating area is huge nobody ever felt really rushed or cramped. The showers and bathrooms are very clean and totally renovated they even had to shower heads and one shower stall! My toddler I thought it was pretty cool to take a shower with the shower head either spraying on top of you or to the side of you. I did bring water shoes and sandals because there's no way in hell I'm going to be walking barefoot even though it looks clean and new and renovated. They had a laundry and it was about $4 to wash and a $1.50 to dry. They close early though at 7:00 so it was a bit of a rush to get all of our stuff cleaned after the pool because again we didn't have swimsuits so we swam in the next day clothes. There is a huge playground that the photos do not do justice online. Online it looks like an average playground you would see at an apartment complex but this thing is huge with an even smaller setup for toddlers. There is a petting zoo in the animals are very friendly and will try to approach you. Everyone is biking and so it felt safe because there was so many kids being active, everyone had eyes on all their kids. A lot of people bring their dogs here and I was debating bringing my dog here because of the dog park but I'm glad I didn't because there was a lot of little dogs that did not seem social (you can tell when the dog is yapping or tugging on the leash when they're being walked). The staff was super friendly and very welcoming and we're not condescending at all about all my questions. I'll be real I'm here 3 days and we've been the only person of color here. We did not feel unwelcomed. The cabin itself is small but we did not spend a lot of time in the room we were busy outside the entire day but this room is enough for sleeping and lounging. There is a bunk bed in here but it helped with holding all of our stuff since there is no shelves. The Wi-Fi is a good signal, outlets work efficiently, and the lighting is fair. I would like to come back here in the summer because I think it would be a lot more fun when it is warmer.

Yi Jin

February 17, 2025

Have camped here twice. The first time in end of April 2024 which was a tent camping and this time a winter camping (in February) in one of the Cabin. The Cabin has one full bed and a bunker bed which has enough room for 4 adults and a three year old. Has an electric space heater, with its on, the night temperature is very warm. I wish they have 2 room Cabin like the other KOA but they are not. The service is always very good. Phone calls are picked up very quickly. There are also activities every time we visited. The overall experience camping in winter is better and the cabin is more comfortable than tent. Because tent camper are surrounded by RVs and it’s quite noise as RVs pass by. Spring time are more crowded and noisy than winter. Overall experience is pretty good. Will come back again.

Danielle Jossis

January 28, 2025

A return trip for us and the staff are amazing, and attentive. Facility and sites are clean and well maintained. Many different site options available (trailer/rv/cabins). Office/store on site for little things you may need. 2 laundry facilities available. Lots of family and kid friendly activities here!!

Nico S

October 10, 2024

We’ve stayed here several times before, and are always so happy with the experience. Very well maintained by super nice staff, which makes for a very welcoming experience. We’re from Vancouver BC so we’re far from home, but they make us feel like we’re not. Kids activities are great, especially around Halloween. Close enough to San Francisco to make day trips easy. Also close to a lot of amazing wineries (Coppola and Cline are favourites). Pool and spa facilities are awesome, as are the shower/washrooms. No negatives to speak of!

Alex F

April 10, 2022

Place must be making tons of money. It was packed. It was not for me. Parked within 15 yards of each other. Picnic table with a fire ring which we were excited to use, but it felt selfish being so close to others. Suppose it would be great for families as there were kids running everywhere. It was well staffed and clean but still the worst koa I've visited

Sheri Lucas

April 01, 2022

This was a fantastic RV Park and a short drive to so many places. The sites were a great size and you were not on top of one another. There is lots to do here for younger kids and older people. Great playground, jumping pillow, great large pool, hot tub, petting farm, movie nights and a convenience store with souvenirs and food. The movie area is large and there is a lot of great seating. You are close to a road however is is very quiet and the sleeps are great! We did not use the campground washrooms or showers so I cant comment on those but they looked clean as well as the laundry facilities. There are many different sites including patio sites, tenting and cabins; something for everyone. The staff were super friendly and very accommodating. This was one of the nicer KOA’s that we have stayed at and we have been on the road for 10 months. Lots of space to walk your steps! We will be back if in the area and highly recommend the stay.

Gaby Zimmerman

March 18, 2022

This is a truly beautiful rv park. Everyhere you look its evident, the owners and managers really take pride in their park. The sites are spacious and everything looks kempt and clean.The ladies in the office are great, top notch customer service!! Highly recommend!!