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Santa Margarita KOA Holiday
Overview
SANTA MARGARITA KOA IS "THE BEST-KEPT SECRET ON THE CENTRAL COAST!" Come Camp with Us . . . Because Therapy Is Expensive!
WE OFFER CAMPING FOR EVERY TASTE & BUDGET, FROM DIRT RV & TENT SITES TO GLAMPING IN DELUXE CABINS WITH COMFY BEDS, BATHROOMS & KITCHENS.
Open Year Round for G*R*E*A*T Camping! Located halfway between Los Angeles & San Francisco, just 10 miles off US101. Santa Margarita KOA is an outdoor lover's dream! Whether you enjoy hiking, fishing, boating, bird watching, horseback riding, cycling, horseshoes, swimming, and many other outdoor activities, you're sure to find an activity in our area you will enjoy! Our giant Jumping Pillow is a favorite of kids of all ages. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, we offer on-site activities on Saturdays & holidays. Our "refreshing" unheated swimming pool is open from May through October. Beat the heat by visiting in the Fall & Spring.
SANTA MARGARITA KOA is a rustic, rural campground carved into the side of a hill on 70 acres covered in oaks and pines. Retreat to a nature-lover's paradise in a natural setting with panoramic vistas, rolling terrain, and secluded campsites. All of our roads and sites are dirt. Expect steep terrain, hard ground, cool nights and dark skies year-round. Come prepared with soft sleeping pads, warm sleeping bags, warm clothes, comfy shoes, flashlights and lanterns. We sell nice oak firewood for your warming and BBQ'ing pleasure. Our convenience store carries camping essentials like ice, beer, soda, juice, water, candy, chips and s'more stuff. If you want fresh grub or a hot meal, swing by a grocery store or restaurant in San Luis Obispo or Atascadero before heading our way.
SANTA MARGARITA LAKE is just one-half mile away, where you can enjoy fishing, hiking, biking, boat rentals and horse trails...but NO SWIMMING. Santa Margarita Lake is a "Quiet Lake" that provides drinking water for local residents so you cannot swim in it. You can walk or bike in for FREE or pay $10 per vehicle for Day Use. You can rent kayaks, fishing boats and pontoon boats at really reasonable rates. There is excellent fishing for bass, catfish, crappie and blue gill.
DAY TRIPS: We are located within an hour's drive or less from Hearst Castle, Cambria, Ocean Dunes, Pismo Beach, Morro Bay, local wineries, Pozo National Forest, and many other great local attractions! Monterey and Santa Barbara are also great day trips when visiting California's Central Coast.
STARGAZING: After a day enjoying the outdoors, relax around your campfire and the crickets and frogs will serenade you... along with beautiful birds singing in chorus.
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Reviews
allen beaune
The location is a little out of the way depending on what you want to do. The showers are small, but decent. The staff is nice and there are plenty of activities for the kids on the weekends.
Steven Buergin
My review is 5 stars because I like the hilly walks, the nature and my kids did too. But I have to juxtapose that to my wife who had challenges and her father had challenges too. This KOA is top tier if you are looking for Southern California nature. But if you have mobility issues, or looking for something more urban, it is probably a no go.
BD Hodge
It was okay, they said that our cabin was near the bathroom and it was not. It was a long walk and then up a very steep staircase. We came back to the cabin during our second day of our stay and the entire room was covered in biting ants. I emptied the room and left and didn't stay the next night. And there really wasn't any food in the room, the ants were all over a couple of dog chewies that had a minute amount of chicken left on them (probably the heat drove them inside). If you rent a cabin there I would definitely suggest spraying around the outside of the cabin before you bring anything inside. The dog park was maybe the worst I've ever seen. Not maintained, no shade. They could have put in any number of places that were better. The pool was nice and clean.
Eric Steubs
Absolutely MAGICAL!!! What a lovely place. Cabins nice and quaint. All the hiking and outdoors you could imagine with a quick jaunt down to the lake. Campfires by night under the stars. Nothing better! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!
nitsan avivi
Located in a lovely woody scenario, with well spaced sites, this place looses a star looses one star for the price and one star for maintenance level - according to the chart in the men's bathroom no one cleaned it for 6 days, and it showed. Also the jumping balloon was deflated. With a bit of effort they can do a lot better.