Elk Country RV Resort & Campground - Trinidad, California

Megan M.

We loved it here so much that we extended our stay twice. We enjoyed the serenity and lush forest. The little lake is beautiful with a small trickling waterfall running to it. The grounds are breathtaking. The staff in the office was amazing to us. We live full time on the road out of our converted school bus, and we were nervous about staying in a campground, but they made us feel right at home. We even had to have some packages delivered and they brought them out to our site to give them to us. We did get to see a huge heard of elk almost every day that we were there, it was such a treat! Needless to say, we will definitely be back in the future!

Andrey K.

We arrived on May 3 and we found out that our booking was made for March 3 by mistake =) our hosts were so kind to re-book our trip.
Elk Country has a great location with all you need on site. And yes there is big herd of elks that come to the location every day.
Definitely recommend this place to stay.

Josh R.

I remember this place in the 80's when it was redwood trails. There was a arcade and a big screen TV with the colored bulbs for picture. It was very difficult for us kids to get in a station. There was a mall pond we fished out of. Nice bike ride to the beach. Water is so cold. It was absolutely great memories as a kid. Hope nothing changed

Anthony C.

I wanted to stay here and made an online reservation and have repeatedly sent emails requesting a confirmation of my stay. They already received my PayPal payment for the night so now that I’m going to cancel this reservation I have to try to get a refund from PayPal since they won’t even answer. Answer my emails request requesting confirmation. I doubt they’ll respond by giving me my money back so it sounds like I’ve got a fight ahead of me because these people don’t care about their customers and won’t even respond to a simple request for a confirmation of our stay.

Philip B.

Pay showers, really? $65 a night should include showers. Bathroom marginally clean . Grounds not taken care of. Bright side we did see some elk

Von M.

TLDR:
For a place advertised as a "resort" it is far from it.
Poor/gross housekeeping.
Poor/lazy maintenance.
Aside from the location, it isn't worth the money they charge.

I stayed here for three nights in February, so the off-season for sure. I camped in my RV van at a full hook up site.

Pros:
- Great location for the Redwood parks and shoreline
- I saw elk several times on the grounds, which was cool
- Site was level with a small amount of gravel/pebbles

Cons:
- I never saw an employee the entire time I was there. I arrived around 2:45pm and the store was listed to be open till 4pm on the door. It was closed. I never saw it open during my stay. The bathrooms are code locked, which I wasn't given the code on my paperwork. I had to ask a neighbor what it was, as I didn't have cell service to call anyone.
- Someone took a huge shit right outside the women's bathroom door. Guess they didn't get the door code either. It was there for three days! No one came to clean that OR the restrooms in that time. There were at least a dozen other RVs in the grounds during my stay. I know I wasn't the only one using the restrooms. And I couldn't call anyone to let them know about it either. There's a security camera right above the restroom door, so they must have seen the person who did it. Or even noticed it happened at all. Guess not!
- There was a light out in the bathroom. After dark, it is pretty dim in there. It doesn't take more than 10 minutes to change out a bulb. And one of the toilets was out of order, but there was no sign on the door. Just the lid of the tank sitting on the seat when you opened the stall door. For all the "NO" signs around the grounds, I would think they have one to spare.
- It isn't mentioned on their website, but the showers are coin-operated. I don't have a bathroom/shower in my van, so staying at places with showers is great. But it costs $0.25 per minute to use! On top of that, I paid $45 a night for a full hook up. There was NO other option of site type. All their tent sites look to be out for the season, but even the those sites were only $5 less per night without power and water. It feels like they are squeezing every penny they can.
- There is a laundry room, but it was out of service while I was there. Or that's what the sign on the door said. I walked by and could hear a dryer running. I had to drive 20 minutes into town to do my laundry. And if you don't have quarters for the shower, too bad. The only coin machine was in the laundry room. Which I didn't get a code for either.
- There are "Don't do this or that" signs everywhere. I understand they are covering their asses on liability for stupid people, but it looks pretty unfriendly with dozens of NO signs on every inch of the road edge.
- They charge for Wi-Fi too. I couldn't even access it but I saw from other reviews they charge after the first 30 minutes.

Realities (things the resort cannot do anything about)
- Where there are elk, there is elk poop. It was everywhere, on the road, on the site, on the grass, you get it. Walking around was a challenge to miss the piles. Granted, the elk get free range of the place, so it is to be expected.

bestxXbudXxlayf

Where to begin with this place… I’ve been coming here since before I can even remember. My grandparents were original shareholders when the resort first opened in the 70s or so. Before the ownership change to Elk Country, it was known as Redwood Trails- which it will forever be in my heart.

There’s something to be said about those memories you’ll never forget. Every summer my family would reserve camp space 98/99 in the back of the campground. I could tell you about how this was the place I first learned how to ride a bike and gut a fish (back when they stocked the pond), or the 4th of July “parade” they used to have in the front parking lot complete with fireworks. Maybe how the Big Red Barn used to host events, including a talent show where my dad on the guitar and uncle on the banjo turned the whole place into a dang barn party. Or the stories my cousins would tell around the campfire about how the “old man’s cabin” near our camp was haunted, scaring ourselves silly and keeping us up all night. I doubt you can even see that cabin anymore, it’s probably all overgrown and taken over by foliage now.

I remember how the current office and general store used to be an arcade. One that my brother and I looked forward to going to every year to see which games they had, and how if you wanted to make a phone call you had to go to the glass phone booth that was outside of the arcade. My mom would be talking to her relatives while I sat on the ground chewing on mint leaves! I don’t know if that’s still there anymore either- but it’s all still there in my heart and memory. And always will be.

I don’t make it up there as often as I would like, life has somehow gotten busier these days. But I do appreciate that the last time I was there the lady behind the check in desk let me drive to the back of the campground to take a stroll around the pond and relive some of these memories at campsite 98/99.

Make new memories, but never forget the old ones. LONG LIVE REDWOOD TRAILS!!! 🌲❤️

dougbQ5172CU

Yes trust the horrible reviews. If you have to cancel well in advance they won’t answer your phone or return email requests. I don’t care about losing one night for cancellation but to basically block me and steal the rest of my money. Absolutely horrible!!!!!!!!