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**Monterey Bay RV campground** and preserve is nestled in rolling hills about 14 miles south of Hollister, California. The climate is tempered by the ocean, which is only 50 miles to the west, and wildlife is abundant throughout the area. **San Benito RV Resort** 's modern facilities ensure convenience and comfort. The on-site live entertainment and planned activities keep things interesting. When it's time to explore the area, there are many natural attractions and activities around **San Benito RV Resort** , such as the Pinnacles National Monument, fresh and salt-water fishing, and golf courses. Visit the famous Monterey Bay Aquarium during your time at Thousand Trails' **Monterey Bay RV campground**. It's an experience that won't be forgotten! See wildlife & natural attractions from a Monterey Bay RV campground Whether you're planning a retreat for the whole family, a group of friends or a getaway for two, there's no shortage of unique activities to explore at San Benito RV & Camping Resort. Plan activities upon arrival or visit this page before your departure to plan ahead. Looking for more? Our friendly staff can fill you in on all of the great ways to make your stay a memorable experience.
From jct Hwy J-1 & Hwy 25: Go 3/4 mi S on Hwy 25, then 4-1/4 mi SE on Cienega Rd.
Staff are nice, park is clean and well-maintained. The only problem is that something is SUPER wrong with their tap water. All of a sudden I started feeling super nauseous all the time for no reason whenever I stood up and did anything. Felt tired and weak and heat sensitive, I had no idea what was wrong with me because I'd never felt that way before. I mentioned that I might need to go to the doctor and my mom said she started feeling that way too until she stopped drinking the tap water. I stopped drinking the tap water too and within a day I was almost completely normal. Asked everyone else about it and they said they were feeling similar while we were here. It's especially concerning because we have a really nice water filter system on our rig. What's up with the water??
Kind of a mixed review on this location. For the price per night this place is, I expected better. Location itself is nice, spacious property in a bit of a desert climate. But for how spacious the property is all the sites are basically piled on top of each other. The resort itself is not ideally designed. If arriving after hours and in the dark it is not the easiest place to navigate with minimal signage for sections. I definitely would suggest trying to arrive during the day if you're trying to find a campsite and to familiarize yourself with the layout of the park.
There is a very nice mixture of shaded sites and open and sunny sites to choose from if you have solar or starlink.
They do offer propane fill on-site, but only during two 30-minute Windows throughout the day.
Ample dumpsters spread throughout the park is a nice feature.
The laundry facility is about the furthest point from all campsite locations back by the main gate. The biggest upside is it is open 24 hours.
Bathroom maintenance is a bit of a joke. The closest bathroom to our camp area didn't have toilet paper in it for about 5 days straight with a clogged toilet in it for 3 days and only one sink working almost the whole time we were here. No paper towels for multiple days. And you see the housekeeping staff going into them every day but doesn't seem like they actually do anything. Bring a stick along if you're going to take a shower to be able to constantly unclog the shower drain otherwise you're standing in an inch of water. The bathrooms are recently updated and some of the nicer facilities I've been to lately, if only they would keep up with maintenance and housekeeping.
Nice place, lots of electrical problems throughout the park but there is still more than enough spots to accommodate.
It's hard to tell where the roads are if you are coming in late, so try to arrive before sundown.
While we were there, an RV hit the water pipe two sites down around 8pm. Maintenance had someone out by 8am the next day to fix it.
There is plenty of deer lingering everywhere as well.
For amenities like groceries, the city of Hollister is about 30mins north.
If you are looking for a getaway, this is a great place.
WARNING: Do not come into the park from I-5 through Panoche Rd if you have a big rig. County Road J-1 is treacherous and full of low trees and pot holes. Took super slow speeds and manuvering to get my rig through the 25miles of potholes.
Also, I don't recommend heading South on California HWY 25, while towing, from where you turn into the park. Pinnacles NP is in that direction, but it gets super tight about 10-15 miles in. No Gas/Diesel available in that direction either. Fill up before checking out Pinnacles.
This was our favorite campground but didn't have a favorable experience last time. The first time we stayed here last summer the WiFi was fantastic. Superfast and reliable. That's important to us because we're digital nomads.
This last time the WiFi went out on us after our first week in the park so we talked to (whom I think was) the manager and she told us one or two towers needed rebooting and told us she would send someone out.
Four hours (not a typo!) later no one came out.
We drove back up to the store/office and asked again and we were told there was nothing they could do about it that they had no access to the internet "stuff" and that was all handled through the home office. They couldn't contact FastWave (the WiFi provider) either..that's all handled by people "much higher up in the organization."
Nobody ever helped--ever. No one came out despite the manager's promise. No one ever contacted us at all.
We were forced to move to a new campsite. We hooked up to the WiFi there and it was unusably slow. Ping times over 3 seconds, around 15% dropped packets despite having a 5 bar (excellent) connection to the WiFi tower. You can't advertise yourself as a place for digital nomads if your wifi isn't even suitable for reading emails...much less streaming zoom meetings.
I'll never forget the attitude of the manager. She seemed almost petrified that something I would say would cause her to have to exert effort. I asked her a few questions about the internet service in general and she gave off this irritated impression/vibe that I hope the people "much higher up in the organization" are aware of because it doesn't help the TT brand.
The other employees I talked to were all awesome. Their excellent work and and attitude were really diminished by the manager's lack of effort.
What a gem! We had a small cabin and it was just perfect. So clean and cozy. The heater kept the room so nice and warm on the chilly nights we were there. It was so nice to have the tiny kitchen, table, microwave and satellite TV. We even took advantage of the community center to use the internet and play pool. We did have towels and there are sheets on the double bed but not the bunks. We saw both deer and wild pigs roaming around. This is a great base for spending a few days at Pinnacles.
