Red Bluff KOA Journey

We stayed at Red Bluff KOA Journey in Red Bluff, California. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A nice campground, except for the road and train noise.

Dates:

Check in: 2024-09-08
Check out: 2024-09-13
5 nights

Weather:

Sunny
High temps 84-98°F, lows 57-61°F
Some wind, gusts to 32 MPH

Noise:

Nearby freeway noise
Regular train horn noise
Occasional boat noise
Some gunshots the first night
Negligible neighbor noise

Site:

#113, long pull-through, concrete
Didn’t need to disconnect toad, parked behind coach
Fairly level site; a little high in the back; used hydraulic leveling
Concrete driveway about 95 feet long by 16 feet wide
15 feet to neighbor on passenger side
No neighbor on driver side
Picnic table
Tall trees
Somewhat clean site; a few small bits of trash
Invasive ants

Utilities:

50 amp power, a little inconveniently located (two pedestals, but both inconvenient)
70 PSI water, inconveniently located (two faucets, equally inconvenient)
Good sewer connection, inconveniently located (2.5 10-foot pipes needed; two connections, both inconvenient)

Internet (in usage priority order):

T-Mobile: 65 Mbps down, 20 Mbps up, 35 ms ping
AT&T: 65-80 Mbps down, 15-22 Mbps up, 65 ms ping
Verizon: 3-6 Mbps down, 7-18 Mbps up, 95 ms ping
Starlink: not used
Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

Garbage pickup from site (and dumpster near our site)
Pool
Fresh baked sourdough bread in camp store
Walking distance to Shari’s and other restaurants
Package delivery to office

Our review on Campground Reviews:

A bit expensive but convenient

This campground is very convenient along I-5, and we’d probably stay here again for a one-night stop, but for a longer stay, the noise from the interstate is a bit irritating. We had a nice, long pull-through site with plenty of room. The major downside was that we faced our first-ever ant infestation while staying here. They marched up our water hose, into the wet bay, and then into the living area. However, a bait station in the wet bay and a spritz of pyrethrin along the hose deterred them. We camped at Red Bluff KOA Journey in a Motorhome.

Tip for Other Campers: It’s a nice day trip to Lassen Volcanic National Park….

Campground map:

Map

An interactive map:

Our site (which we picked out when booking) was on an edge, with nobody on our driver side (which I prefer):

Our site

This site used to be two back-ins, so has two utility pedestals, one at each end. Which is equally inconvenient if parking in the middle of the site. When I first connected the sewer, I used the hookup at the back, which needed three 10-foot pipes plus two 2-foot pipes:

Utilities

I later switched to the one at the front, which let me remove one of the 10-foot pipes:

Utilities

Though having the pipe in front of the cargo doors is less preferred, since it gets in the way. Notice also that I used the elbow extenders on both connections, as the sewer ports were too recessed.

While here, we had an invasion of ants; amazingly, the first time we’ve had that:

Ants