Rancho Seco Recreational Area

I almost don't want to give a review. Cause it's my secret hidden oasis. From the moment you check I. At the front box, you're greeted with a smile! The best time is to escape on the weekdays. I made a goal to learn how to yoga on my paddle board by the end of summer. For the most part the crew is so helpful and friendly. With the exception of a fat lazy angry man who likes to taddle tale. He seems to be grumpy at all times. But the rest of the crew is so nice and helpful. They make it very clear the property is open and welcome. They give suggestions on the amenities. I grew up here and it's amazing to see the upgrades they've been doing.

Worse campsite ever!! I wont come back this place again. It should call "prison" than camping. All lights have to off at 10pm, the security check in our site many times making sure no loud conversation, no light on. It is so dangerous for campers. Horrible

My family comes here for the summers but we had the most horrible experience this time im actually disappointed. It honestly felt like we were harassed the whole time security was always just parking on our site sitting there watching us. We rented out 4 sites all together so my family can all come and we were having regular conversations but the security told us to quiet down when i spent money for my family to have a good time and we felt uncomfortable talking after just cause we don't know what is to loud when they threatened its our last warning.

DO NOT keep anything inside your vehicle, especially when out on the water at this park.Been going here for years. This is a great park with camping. The fishing is not the greatest anymore. There are a lot less big bass in this lake compared to 3 years ago. Most of the bass on their spawning beds are less than 1lb... and there are half as many spawning this year. They now have signs that say "catch and release". I have personally seen multiple fisherman put fish in their coolers this year. They tacked a new 5$ fee to everyone fishing, even if you have an annual boat pass. The staff are friendly and there is only one way in and out that is gated. You have pay 12$ for a day pass to get in. You would think this would be a safe place to relax and have a great day. Sadly that can be ruined when you get back to your car finding your window broken and personal items missing inside. These pictures are of my car taken on 5/14/23. I was parked directly in front of the first dock where every single person first enters the park. There are no cameras but there is security that drives around the park. I can tell you for a fact that these animals paid the cashier to enter and intentionally entered to break into cars and steal whatever they can. I am warning everyone to not keep any valuables inside your vehicle, especially when out on the water. The following pictures show the handywork of the dumbest criminals alive. They cause hundreds of dollars in damage to take one item worth maybe 50 bucks... I consider myself lucky as I did have much more expensive gear inside.

I didn't shower but my family did and the hot water sucked and turned off every 15 seconds. The place had barely any lighting even with flash lashes so very dangerous at night when walking to the bathroom. Major problems with staff as they told my parents three weeks ago they can have two pop ups on one site. After everything was set up and hours being there already and they have passed by numerous of times they only wanted to say something once everything was set up which was BS. They let my parents stay at the site with the two pop ups for the night but than in the morning pay for over flow which was 30$ which was more BS as they already paied for a site 6 months. Would not recommend coming here to camp. Will NOT be going back.

Did a day trip out there with the dogs and was pleasantly surprised at how nice the area was. It was the heat of the late summer and it was green and lush out there. Lots of kids swimming and was super impressed with the clean bathrooms. Did not realize they had full hook up camping out there.We may just hook up the fifth wheel and spend a weekend out there

This place is just alright. There is always a person driving around checking what you got if you go fishing here and there is a awful overflow in weeds and grass mats. Very shallow so you will not catch anything here in the winter or even fall. Kayak/Boat almost always needed. Not only that but there is basically not a single place where u can sit down there and actually have a nice time fishing unless you wanna sit down on mushy clay. I dont like this place for that. They also supposedly stock trout here but everyone catches all of them the first day they do. Not a fan.

Raccoons are damn persistent at night. Lock up everything in your car if you're camping in tents. Oh there are coyotes too howling nearby. They announced at 4 that they're closing the showers at 6 for cleaning and locking it up for the night. The next day I go for a shower and it wasn't cleaned. Hair, mud and slime are still there. What a surprise.

Our favorite place to camp until recently. They changed staff and maybe management, too. Not friendly. Felt like we were constantly monitored. Way too many restrictions and not even nice about it.

This park is great for Tent and RV campers. The dog park is large and a great place for them to swim. Beth is an absolute diamond in the rough and ee had a great time getting to know her. Rules are tight here...very tight. Dogs have to remain on a leash, security is everywhere. These guys are pretty nice too, but they are all over the place until after 1am. Bring a pole for bass or trout! We really enjoyed this place. I recommend they work on leveling the rv sites a little better, but other than that, no complaints. It's close to home and a great place to get away....we'll be back for sure!