Upper Oso Campground
Santa Barbara, CA · Campground
- Address
- Upper Oso Campground, 10-14 Paradise Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
- Phone
- (805) 434-1996
- Website
- www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/lpnf/recreation/camping-cabins/recarea/?recid=11078
Upper Oso Campground is a hotel located in Santa Barbara, CA. It is one of 126 hotels listed in Santa Barbara. Its 4.1-star rating is slightly below the Santa Barbara city average of 4.2 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.
Customer Reviews
It is much more isolated than other campgrounds in the area and not along the side of the road. They also have an ATV road at the back of the campsite and a trail. Not sure if you are supposed to walk on the ATV trail but it has really pretty views of the mountains. The toilets were fine, for a campground they were pretty good! It got COLD at night, my car said it was 37 degrees! the stars were INCREDIBLE and I highly recommend going on a night with a new moon!
Great secluded spot, not many trees on sites but excellent camp hosts. There are many horse, hiking, and ATV trails nearby.
Great camping. Great hiking trails. Very courteous staff and host. Enjoyable scenery all around. Only reason for 4 stars is the bathrooms were a bit gross. 1 of them being locked, meaning almost always having to wait. If you go here, make sure to note there are no showers. We brought a Ozark trail two room shower tent with a portable shower and portable toilet so wasn't as inconvenient for us. Also, lots of ants all over. But hey, that's camping :)
Good: The mountain landscape, flush toilets (not too grimy), drinking water, hiking trails BAD: Experience with camp host Bob! He pointed us twice in the wrong direction to set up our tent- the first time he came around AFTER we set up and said that area's reserved (ok we should have known, it had a grill and it's own parking spot). The second time, I asked him where was NOT reserved, and he pointed downhill to a patch of grass without amenities, so we walked down there and set up, he passed by and it seemed fine. The next morning, I went to ask him if we could use a grill to boil water and he said we were lucky not to have gotten a fee overnight- WHAT? He told us the area we camped in was for day use only, and if the ranger had seen, we'd have gotten a ticket... So he chose not to tell
Fire ripped through last year. So it's dry and in some areas burnt. But it's a great place to checkout with trailheads for horses and dirt bikes. Also great place to stay with horses because it has corals. The host name is Bob and he was very helpful and nice. Restrooms need work
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