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Looking for suggestions – comments on campgrounds in the Monterey – Salinas area with rental units…have found a few on the net so evaluations of Big Sur Campground & Cabins Riverside Campground & Cabins (Big Sur) Cabana Holiday Rv Park (Salinas) Saddle Mountain (Carmel Valley) Santa Cruz KOA appreciated as would be suggestions of any not here. Thanks….Greg
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Looking for suggestions – comments on campgrounds in the Monterey – Salinas area with rental units…have found a few on the net so evaluations of Big Sur Campground & Cabins Riverside Campground & Cabins (Big Sur) Cabana Holiday Rv Park (Salinas) Saddle Mountain (Carmel Valley) Santa Cruz KOA appreciated as would be suggestions of any not here. Thanks….Greg
As a 15-year resident of the Monterey Bay area, here are my opinions: Skip the Salinas listing — unless you enjoy camping alongside a major freeway (Highway 101). You don’t mention when you’ll be visiting, and our seasons do have distinct weather patterns. If you’re here in summer or early fall, Carmel will be hot and Big Sur might be as well, but the Santa Cruz KOA (between Watsonville and Aptos) will probably have cool AM and PM fog, with sun from late AM to around dusk. Winter is the rainy season for all of the areas you’ve listed. The Santa Cruz KOA is not on the water, but within just 2 minutes drive time of a great state beach (Manresa) and about 20 minutes south of the Santa Cruz Boardwalk (great amusement park right on the sand) and 30 minutes or so north of Monterey/Carmel and 90 minutes north of Big Sur. If you want spectacular — Big Sur. If you want warm and somewhat urban — Carmel. If you want beach town atmosphere — Santa Cruz KOA. Be glad to answer any other questions you might have — –maria — – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – THE HAWAIIAN MUSIC ISLAND http://www.mele.com <<<<<<<<<<<<< featuring a worldwide calendar of Hawaiian music concerts <<<<<<<< "Music of Hawai’i" KHDC 90.9 FM Salinas CA <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< every Sunday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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Looking for suggestions – comments on campgrounds in the Monterey – Salinas area with rental units…have found a few on the net so evaluations of Big Sur Campground & Cabins Riverside Campground & Cabins (Big Sur) Cabana Holiday Rv Park (Salinas) Saddle Mountain (Carmel Valley) Santa Cruz KOA appreciated as would be suggestions of any not here. Thanks….Greg
We just stayed at the Saddle Mountain RV park and found it to be very nice. It’s about a 15 minute drive to the Cannery Row/Fisherman’s Wharf area. Great Pool, good facilities. Don’t let the narrrow single lane bridge across the bridge scare you. It is narrow, but Class A’s have no problem. There are two parks side-by-side, so when you come to a split in the road, go to the left and up to get to Saddle Mountain. You’re Welcome….Tom
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