Kelly’s Family Campground & Rv Park

By far the worst campground I’ve ever been two. My family and I go camping several times a year and we’ve never experienced anything like this. We had 10′ x 10′ patch of dirt with people on both our right and left side that kept us up all night. No tables or BBQ pit or even a place to have a campfire. It’s like camping with a bunch of drunk strangers on a dirt road. During the day it was very hot with little to no shade. There were six bathrooms, all of which were locked for 1.5 days except for one with no lock. In the morning there was a line of 30 people waiting for that one bathroom. I would have gone in the bushes but THERE WERE NO BUSHES. I would have had more fun camping by the side of the freeway. The only upside is that I never have to come back here.
Lastly, i had to go out to by ice. I guess they keep the gate locked ²⁴⁄₇ because when I got back at 11am on Saturday it was locked and I had to call some number to get someone to open it up. I never keep my phone charged when camping so I had to wait 15 min for my iphone to turn back on. If I had left it in the campsite I would have been screwed.
Sorry for such a harsh review. This really is the worst place ever.

4^th time visiting, People who run/​own this place are supper nice. Family friendly, feels like your out in the woods but still close enough to everything, hot shores and all.

I traveled from Sonoma county for a birthday camp party. It was in the beginning an enjoyable time. We were under the word of the owner that check out was at 12 pm and we asked if we could stay a little longer in the day use for the birthday party. And Patty the owner replied yes as long as we were out of the campsite. We went to day use area, enjoyed our party, and proceeded to leave when the manager came up to us and said we had to pay for the day use. When told that it was already taken care of and that the owner said we could stay a little longer. She began swearing in front of many of the guests as well as little children. She went to go get the owner Patty and she stated she never said that but if we gave her 50 dollars she would call it even but for future reference it’s 4 dollars per adult and 3 dollars for any child no matter what age. Seriously who charges per person? I stated that her manager was unprofessional and mouthy with inappropriate language in front of elderly and children and were mortified with her language. And in the background was herself mouthing off and calling me an ass and continued. I told her to continue and I would call the Sherriff to report harassment. Also to note to parents if they would like to camp there good luck and to stay away from the store due to a garden of cannabis. I find this to be the worst place I have ever camped at. The bathrooms were filthy as well as the manager!

Just returned home from a disaster of a weekend at Kelly’s Kamp. We had such high hope that it was going to be a fun place that is close to home for a quick camping trip with the kids. We were camping with another family as well. We were told 2 week prior that they do not accept reservation and that it is all first-​come, first-​serve. We arrived on Tuesday afternoon and the store was closed with a note that said to find a spot, so we did. We had our camp set up (which is not a fast or easy task) with the intention of our family staying till Friday morning and our friends staying through the weekend. The assistant manage finally arrived about 5 hours later and registered us and finally turned on our electricity. Early the next morning the owner greeted us by telling us that we had to moves sites. Her version was that a motorcycle group rented the place for the weekend and that they wanted the sites we were in. The owner completely blamed the group and the group completely blamed the owner. We don’t know which were lying but I’m willing to bet the owner was lying because she acted as though she had no idea what was happening yet she was very «in the know» when others spoke to her. We ended up having to completely pack up our site and move to another which took the better part of 2 hours of our morning. While we did get a partial refund because we now had 2 trailers crammed into 1 sites, she did charge us double the electricity and made no attempt to compensate us for our inconvenience. Any business owner worth anything would realized that you don’t piss off the local customers supporting a local business to appease an out of town group. We won’t be back and we will be sure to tell everyone what kind of shady operation they have going on there. The assistant manage is growing marijuana in her campsite (#31), and they are running events without proper permits!

Have used Kelly’s Campground half a dozen times, taking classes of students there to have a bbq. The swimming hole is fun, the shade ample, and there is a small store and bathrooms on site.

Definitely a laid back, rustic campground. It felt like we were in someone’s back yard.
Sites: Close together. Very shaded. Some low hanging trees. Wire fencing between sites with foxtails overgrowing along fence line which makes the sites feel smaller.
We had no one on either side of us. We would have felt much more comfortable if there was no fence. Felt closed in with the wire fencing.
Hook ups: W&E with dump station. We had to wait over an hour to have the electric turned on.
Bathrooms: Old but clean
Pets: Allowed, but not welcome. $ 3./day per pet charge. Dog poop in our site.
WiFi: no
Communal large campfire, full of garbage. Would not come back.

This Unilocal review is from my in-​home support worker, Sheila. She does not have a computer so she did not want to open her own Unilocal account.
After driving up to Clear Lake from Richmond to go camping with the family at another campground, she encountered a bad experience with the owner. Part of her family was already on the campgrounds because they went up a day earlier and thus, did not want to confront the manager/​owner with his bad attitude. (We were reprimanded for kicking up dust on the dirt road leading to the campgrounds although we were going only 15 MPH, and it was the driver’s first time driving the grounds.) Therefore we were searching for another campground with the help of a local resident but those campgrounds were full. He then referred us to Kelly’s Family Campground.
When Sheila and Ray arrived, they were greeted by the owner, a woman named Laura. All of the workers were nice to our whole family. Everyone camping was very congenial and nice and welcoming to us.
The campgrounds were clean, the bathrooms and everything was very very clean. The owner even went out of her way and chopped firewood for me because the coal ran down.
The children within the group had a wonderful time swimming in the lake with bass swimming around them; played football; and had a wonderful time with the other campers.
They had a wonderful time and will definitely be up there next Labor Day.
Sheila and Ray highly recommends Kelly’s Campground to fulfill all of your camping necessities as well as a safe and clean environment.

A bit off grid and worth the drive for this awesome campground! We were referred here by the ranger at another campground that was full Labor Day Weekend, and were pleasantly surprised to find a peaceful, friendly, welcoming spot with a swimmin’ hole, lots of sites to choose from, and an easygoing atmosphere. All the sites have fire pits and are arranged so that they are close to amenities, but private enough to enjoy a few beers around the nighttime campfire.
Highlights:
Hot showers (coin operated)
Super fun logs to roll in the swimming hole
Store on-​site with firewood
Basketball court
Short distance from a town store, but still definitely not «urban camping»
Hiking or driving distance to nearby lakes
Suitable for RV and tent camping
This was a great place for families and for young adults!