Monterey Pines RV Campground

We are full time RVers going from famcamp to famcamp. This was a nice famcamp, but definitely make sure you get specifics about directions and gate info before trying to show up. It’s also next to an airport, but if you stay on famcamps you need to be used to military sounds. It’s about a 10 minute drive to the base, which has a PX and gym but the commissary is on Fort Ord. The facilities were great and we didn’t experience the unlevelness as other comments. We were right by the bathroom, and the people to our right were very close. And parking was interesting, definitely be prepared for creative maneuvering. Overall it’s a great location, free laundry, but too crowded for us.

Good location in Monterey. Looking at some older reviews, yes a few of the sites are close together and some are not level, but for those saying how far off the ground their wheels are, this is just bad planning. You should have wood to drive on to and not rely on sitting on your jacks, this isn’t good for the RV or safe. Internet will be slower during high use, but it’s free Wi-Fi. The laundry and restrooms were clean and again, free. A couple negatives, the power is unstable and continually fluctuated at our site, so would recommend a 30amp surge protector (I only had a 50amp). The other thing is that the grounds could be better kept to help keep the gophers at bay. As for noise, it wasn’t bad, but it’s known it’s by an airfield and next to a golf course, so if this small bit of noise isn’t something you can tolerate, you may want to avoid military campgrounds.

$50/night USAF retired. Sites are tight. Vehicle parking is problematical. Sites on the hillside not level. Site 25-Sewer hook up covered by gophers. Wooden cribbing missing. Site 24 has cribbing keeping the dirt out of the sewer connection. Be prepared for some aircraft noise. The park is well away from the public road but there is no gate guard. Gate locked when golf course closes--you get a code. Still a bargain for Monterey area.

The only real problem with this park is the unlevel sites. The staff were very friendly and helpful. We have a video review posted above as well.

We had an unexpected opportunity to stay longer on the west coast and called to see about getting into this park. Rosalie couldn’t have been nicer. Given our short notice we thought we’d be lucky for a couple of days but she said if we didn’t mind moving sites we’d be able to stay for our 2.5 weeks…didn’t want to go home to the TX heat and didn’t mind moving (6 times in 2.5 wks). Pros: Rosalie was very friendly and great to work with in making local recommendations; you can’t beat the price for a CA park, especially in Monterey; the restrooms and laundry were clean and the laundry (4 washers and 4 dryers) were free; it’s centrally located to many sites to see and you only have to travel about 10 min to the beach and commissary & PX; convenient golf course (we don’t play) - the park lies between the front nine and back nine; breakfast at the golf club grill was good. Cons: This park just recently put in concrete pads, unfortunately the majority are far from level; we had 3 sets of “lego” blocks and still had to scrounge for some wood pieces in order to half way level our 26’ travel trailer; most of our neighbors complained of the same problem…even self leveling rigs had problems; wifi connection was very poor at all of our sites, but you could walk down the the golf clubhouse and sit outside for fair connection. Just a heads up: We’ve been RVing for 16 yrs and have never stayed in a more noisy place…the park is adjacent to the airport and flights came and went as early as 6:30a and late as midnight; the golf course lawnmowers were out at 6a; the contractors working on a military building started at 7a; the garbage trucks emptied the dumpsters at 6a; and definitely beware of golfers slicing the heck out of the ball…our truck was almost hit several times while parked at the campsite, in spite of high nets along some of the fairways. While we love the Monterey area, we will not stay at this park again.

This campground is well maintained and small, but very comfortable. We had full hook-ups and free WIFI. You do need to drive to the beach about 10-15 minutes. The base is within 5 minutes and has a nice bar area and good food too at the hotel, just ask the gaited at the gate for directions. I wish they'd had a place to run our dogs a bit, but that's only my preference. They also have clean bathrooms and showers, the handicap shower needs a little attention to cleaning, but the others were great. They also have free laundry, they are older machines so be sure not to over load and they can do the job. We will stay here again. Very friendly staff too!

If arriving after hours/sunset, call ahead to get security code for gate! No problem getting to RV park, did research on Google maps before hand and that helped with the final approach details. Awkward tight turn when coming from west, if really big rig be prepared for turn and gate entrance. Concur with other comments about cost of this campground and quality of sites. If it weren’t for proximity to Monterey then not really worth the cost to stay here. We did like our site and worked just fine for us but then we aren’t huge or require 50 amp service. Campground is right at the end of the regional airport and can hear aircraft noise occasionally, not excessive. Didn’t hear any aircraft late at night. Noticed neighbors don’t observe the dogs on lease rule. Wi-fi worked fine for us, does slow in the evening. Problem last night…security gate would not open. Called the emergency number posted on gate and finally got in touch with a sergeant at the Naval Postgraduate School. He was to call someone to come over and help. After about a half hour wait someone was exiting the golf course/RV park (gate automatically opens for exiting traffic) and the three vehicles now lined up trying to get into the RV park all went in the exit gate. Don’t know if anyone ever came to fix the gate. Sure expect better for the cost of this facility. Not intending to bash the Navy but really does seem like they charge more than what the other services do.