Turtle Beach RV Resort

We stayed at Turtle Beach RV Resort in Manteca, California. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A Thousand Trails park, so free for us. Calling it a “resort” is a bit of a stretch, though.

Dates:

Check in: 2024-09-13
Check out: 2024-09-16
3 nights

Weather:

Sunny
High temps 80-92°F, lows 54-58°F
Some wind, gusts to 31 MPH

Noise:

No road noise
Nearby train horn noise
A bunch of neighbor noise (kids and TV)

Site:

#C-16, back-in, gravel
Needed to disconnect toad, parked in front of coach
Somewhat level site; high on passenger side; used hydraulic leveling
Gravel driveway about 45 feet long by 8 feet wide
About 20 feet to neighbor on passenger side
About 15 feet to neighbor on driver side
Picnic table
Some tall trees
Not very clean site; small bits of trash

Utilities:

50 amp power, conveniently located
47 PSI water, conveniently located
Good sewer connection, very conveniently located (less than one 10-foot pipe needed)
Some sites aren’t full-hook-up, so we were glad to get one

Internet (in usage priority order):

AT&T: 370-460 Mbps down, 2-9 Mbps up, 40 ms ping
Verizon: 25 Mbps down, 25 Mbps up, 70 ms ping
T-Mobile: unreliable service
Starlink: not used
Campground Wi-Fi: none

Amenities:

Garbage dumpsters

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Smaller campground amidst booming suburbs

This is a standard, older Thousand Trails, which is paying the price for deferred maintenance. The sites were fairly basic and rustic, and we were lucky to snag one of the few 50A sites for our short stay. A no-frills park combined with an access road that is not big rig-friendly makes for interesting times. The road is narrow and winding, with lots of trees right up to the edge of the road and growing low over it. That’s after you pass through a gauntlet of new suburban development with every other road closed and detours everywhere. Frequent train horns all day and night keep it from being very restful once you’re there. We camped at Turtle Beach RV Resort in a Motorhome.

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