With a little maintenance on the trees and shrubs this place would be rated higher. One new negative mark is that the county has shut down the dump station in the park. Water is still available but you have to drive into Goleta to dump at a 76 gas station about 8 miles away. I spoke to a ranger about the over grown trees. He said that it took the state 5 years to go through the paperwork process to select a new tree contractor and they have just started to work. In time it should improve. The entrance road can be challenging for taller rigs. Go slow and watch the over hanging branches. The upper lot is basically a parking lot with spaces striped off, but it is the best view of the ocean. There are two rows of parallel spaces, the front row of spaces are best. No hookups at any of the sites so being self contained is recommended. With all that being said the views here are still spectacular. Goleta down the highway has tons of new shopping and places to eat. I will definitely be back here again. We camped here in a Motorhome.

This park is run down and sorely lacking in basic maintenance. The trees and bushes are over grown. The bathroom in the loop we were in was permanently shut down. Our site was described as pull through but it was not. There is a nice view but access to the beach is via a set of run down stairs. It is not handicap accessible at all. There is also a train that goes by up to 3x per night, blowing it's horn while it drives by. Also, there is freeway noise. I recall visiting this park about 25 years ago. It was in much better shape back then. So sad. I am not sure if we will visit this place again. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.

The beach is spectacular, This campground could be so much better. There are a few spots with views of the ocean but most do not. The trees and bushes are so overgrown, they look bad and block the great coast view. The park looks like it has had no maintenance for a long time. Some sites are very unlevel and small. Bike path to Refugio was closed. We camped here in a Motorhome.

We spent Labor Day Weekend there. The campsites are large, lots of trees, very hilly campground. The loops at the top of the campground are quite far from the beach. Bathrooms were stocked daily, great hot showers, busy campground but fun. The beach was very nice, and there is a small general store for supplies. We also rode our bikes up to El Capitan Canyon for lunch at their deli. We camped here in a Motorhome.

We stayed here as we were passing through the area and really enjoyed the location. The campground overlooks the El Capitan State Beach. It's beautiful. I loved the amount of shade trees that were throughout the campground. My only "con" to this place is the amount of restrooms. They were very busy since there are no hookups in the campground. They could definitely used more facilities. We would stay here again. We camped here in a Tent Trailer.

Nice campground although close to the freeway some of the sites can't fit the size trailer or motorhome that they claim to. The restrooms and showers were clean. No dump site is a negative but not a deal breaker. Clean with nice trails to explore. We would return again. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.

This is a nice campground, but because of the California state cutbacks there are a lot of issues. The rangers don't patrol. I only saw one camp host and he was driving through checking tags in the morning. It used to be that the hosts would walk around several times a day talking to people and checking the campground. Several campers had dogs that barked non-stop. Music being played on a car stereo for everyone's enjoyment. The prices are also way up: $35 plus a reservation fee for dry camping. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.

This is a beautiful setting for a southern Calif. ocean side park. It's large but sites we saw are spaced nicely apart. The park was almost empty, which surprised us at this time of year. We were unable to find pull throughs and hookups, as stated at the Calif. State Park website. We dry camped. There were no rangers in attendance and users had to register and deposit the fees self-serve. Clean and handy. We will stay here again. We camped here in a Motorhome.

Dry Camping and full, but what a lovely place! Traffic noise from the freeway was kind of a drag but clean and do-able. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.

Rural, dry-camping. Our site 65 was awful, no where near the ocean, across from the old dump station, next to the freeway and not even wide enough for our awning to open. On the plus side, its Reserve America state beach: cheap and woodsy. Just choose your campsite carefully. We may or may not stay here again. We camped here in a Motorhome.

Good over night stop, nice and cool after a long drive from the desert! Great beaches around for shell collectors. A little windy, so watch your hats. Nice place to make a day stop while going north or south. We camped here in a Motorhome.

This is a wonderful campground. It is not an RV park - but there is one across the street - nearly 4xs the price and not as good a location. Few sites have ocean views (and would have a lot of foot traffic passing by), but they are all a short walk. I think the previous reviewer was wrong about the length limit. My site had a 30 ft limit, but other sites are longer. I saw some pretty big RVs. Also, about half the sites were occupied by RVs of some sort. You can book up to six months in advance, and the park is usually full. OTOH, if you keep checking the site, you can get cancellations. That is what we did. We camped here in a Tent Trailer.

Nice park. Mostly for tenters. Only one section accommodates any RV/Trailer longer than 20 feet. The views from some sites is great, most do not look over the ocean. The campground is up high above the beach with trails and stairs down to the water. Overall a nice place to get away for a weekend. We camped here in a Motorhome.

The beach here is beautiful. If you are lucky enough to get a spot (they book up 6 months in advance), enjoy the ocean. The sites are nothing exciting, very old pavement, more like gravel and no hookups, dump station, etc. There is a great bike path that goes from Refugio State Park to El Capitan State Park about 2.5 miles away that has beautiful views. We camped here in a Motorhome.