Lilac Oaks Campground & RV Park

It was a little hard to get this place three stars but I did. It has a large population of full-​time rentals and most of them work there a staff. It has a few little ponds no grass anywhere however there are areas with large trees that and there is a pool. When we camp there a huge fight broke out between three men a few sites over and it really made the situation awkward. So I little subpar on the people that camp there. Overall it was a good experience and enjoyable.

My daughter, niece and I recently camped there for two nights (July 10 & July 11^th). After reading some of the reviews I must admit it was with great trepidation that I came along on this trip.
So, here’s MY impression:
Even though we arrived well after the office was officially closed, a manager was on site and directed us to our camp spot. The grounds man kindly showed us the way.
The place is actually an RV Park with quite a few long-​term residents who have fences, gardens etc. The rest of the area is for short-​term stays.
The bathrooms were relatively clean — as clean as you can make them on a camp site, anyway. I’ve been camping on many many campgrounds and this was at the top of the spectrum. The bathroom building near the tent camping sites IS on a rise, but STEEP HILL is definitely exaggerated. Two bathroom stalls plus a shower enclosure are inside the building (ladies side) plus two more porta-​potties outside. They were remarkably clean!
The groundsman — otherwise referred to as the janitor — kept riding the maintenance vehicle around checking on things. He even offered to bring us fire wood and went so far as to actually light the fire for us! It’s not something we thought to bring… lol. THANK YOU!!!
First morning after getting up there was a VERY LARGE grey dog who peed and shat on our camping spot. I wasn’t about to mess with an animal that size so I let it. Just not happy about it. I got the impression this dog belongs to one of the long-​time residents — and if that’s the case — PLEASE remind them to keep their animals in their own yard!
We left fairly early and were gone all day. Upon returning well after dark we went straight to sleep and it wasn’t until the next day that we saw a fresh pile of fire wood stacked neatly by the fire pit! We never did get a chance to say THANK YOU SO MUCH for your kindness and generosity!
The power outlet is one box with 4 outlets — one for each of the 4 camping spots. Luckily we had a 25 ft outdoor extension cord — it barely reached, but that’s because there was another camping spot in between us and the outlet.
Our fellow campers were kind and considerate and we didn’t have to deal with any loud or obnoxious behaviors, I’m happy to report.
As we packed up there were a lot of fine spider webs on the top of the tent, but that’s to be expected when camping under lots of trees… lol — and has certainly no bearing on the way this campground is run.
All in all… would I go back? Absolutely!

Yikes.
We went here to find a spot for a couple of months. The pictures looked picturesque and serene. Pictures can be deceiving. This place is tiny, RV’s are set up kind of willy-​nilly all over the place. No dedicated sites, just stick your RV on this hill or that. They also asked us what year our rig was. I can’t imagine it matters since I saw a rig or two that appeared to be from the 80’s or older. I wasn’t impressed.
We were told they were full, even though there didn’t appear to be that many rigs there. The full hookups didn’t include septic anyway. If you did stay there, you would have to do your own dump or hire a service to come out. We were also told that they DID have a site with no hookups, for 800 bucks a month. Are you kidding me!!! We ended up finding a spot at Champagne Lakes (beautiful place) with full hookups for 750.
I wasn’t impressed. Prices were way too high for what you get. Not to mention, it’s out in the sticks. Long drive to get to nothing. No thank you.

I spent a week camping in June here and This is NOT a campground, it is a TRAILER PARK that also rents out tents. Seriously, a full time trailer park does NOT mix well with campers. Like mixing oil and water, campers are neat and considerate, trailer dwellers are selfish and LOUD! Their is no security or ranger patrol after 6 pm, you are on your own!
Allowing full time living in a campground is also a flagrant violation of the county code, I am surprised they have not been shut down for code violations, water is very scarce in their area and taxes are high. The ICE office is down the street and Border Patrol has a heavy presence with frequent stops and searches.
This is a LOUD campground, Just like in a trailer park, you have a lot of car traffic and all hours of the night and they drive through the campers area. A lot of loud truck traffic at all hours of the night. Also, the full time families here send their kids to the campers sites to play, they think of it as free babysitting rather than an intrusion on your privacy– don’t worry, you do not have to invite these troubled children, they will be curious and ask you what you are eating, very sad to see adults treat their kids with such neglect. Forget about the pool, it is failing and needs replacement.
Unless you are uncivilized poor white trash without respect for others, I would avoid this campground because it really is a low-​income year round trailer park.
And there were also two families with children living in their tents full time, I asked them. A very sad reflection of the severe affordable housing crisis in San Diego county.

The fellow campers here were extremely obnoxious and inconsiderate. There was a recreational building with super loud music. When the music finally stopped, there was a group close by that offered no relief. At least one person was clearly intoxicated, and too inebriated to care about being quiet. This went on until past midnight. I give the staff credit for kicking the group out the next morning, but the damage had been done. There were also members of the group seeking out the ‘rats’…not sure if there was retaliation, but it certainly made me uncomfortable since they weren’t subtle about it.
The next day wasn’t any better. A new group arrived with several pre-​teens. These pre-​teens had rifles and no supervision. I witnessed a fellow camper yell at the kids after they started shooting at the ducks. Instead of scolding the kids, the adults then began berating the individual that yelled at the kids.
We ended up leaving early, and don’t plan on ever returning.

we made reservations and noticed that they are under construction which is a plus the bathrooms will be looking amazing since we did get to see the ending result of one of them, the pool got renovated looks great lakes are amazing i will for sure be coming back !!!

Made the trip and will not be going back. this place needs some serious upgrades (BATH ROOMS) very scary! I got jumped by the spiders and the mosquitos took my money! NEVER AGAIN!

This place was definetly different.
When we very first showed up it was around 1:45 or so and check in time is 1 PM. I walked up to the office which has a HUGE sign in it that says there open. Give the handle a good tug and nothing. Some woman on a motorcycle came by and said they were probably out to lunch and would be back by 2 or so… Who takes a lunch and leaves the office locked on the Friday before memorial weekend not even an hour after the check in time? She finally rolled up in her golf cart with another girl (who also had the ability to check people in) around 2:30. By this time there was a pretty significant line of people trying to check in and despite having been there the longest I was helped last. Not the best first impression.
I was told where my spot was and we headed over there immediately and we were so excited that we had such a beautiful view of «Moon lake». Their lakes really were beautiful and well kept. We got our tents all set up and started making dinner and around 7 or so in comes a huge RV trailor thing and pulls straight in front of the lake. So long view. (Not really anything the camp ground did… just a huge bummer for us)
There were some really great amenities. My son LOVED the little park next to the club house and it was so nice that it was right there where I could watch him play and not have to leave our site. The bathrooms were OK. It would have been nice if people wouldn’t have thrown toilet paper every where or washed their dishes in the sinks… because they were pretty clogged. I also didn’t like that they were up a HUGE hill. Got our excersize that’s for sure. And I’m pretty sure they are the only bathrooms. I think they should make the useless club house a bath house. That would make more sense because it’s centrally located and not up the huge hill.
The second night we were there was just ridiculous. I understand it was memorial weekend, but holy cow. There is no reason (In my opinion) to be THAT loud for THAT long. It was far into 10:30−11 and they were still screaming and running around. It looked like at one part a huge group of kids had stolen the golf cart and were joy riding, they were kicking balls around in the dark which inevitably ended with a lost ball and people shining flash lights in our eyes and in the tent where people were sleeping. It was just rude. And unlike other campgrounds I’ve been too where Rangers come around and keep things pretty quiet and under control no one ever came around. They also had their obnoxious rap music turned down and this god awful bass line turned WAY up. So all we could hear was this grinding real of music that was just terrible.
The third day we decided to go out to fish for a little while. The lakes were pretty and they were so clear you could see all the fish in them. The problem was they could care less about our bait and they were smart little suckers and would pull it off the hooks. There were some very large very well fed fish in there. I heard some people had caught a cat fish in the other lake so I’m sure it is possible to catch them just on the more difficult side. There were a ton of really rude kids up there catching little fish and sticking them on their lines and casting them back out… um… Catch and RELEASE? Not torture. Jeez. There was also another kid that had caught a huge bull frog that was pretty cool.
There is also a pool that seemed to be busy all weekend and a cute little game room… We didn’t try either as they were over run with kids.
When I saw the lakes the first thing I thought was Oh man I am going to get eatten by mosquitoes here, but I was pleasently surprised to find that was not the case. They must spray for bugs or something which is great!
Maybe I’m just used to campgrounds where you arn’t on top of your neighbors. For what it is this place is great. It was relatively relaxing and a nice getaway. If you’re not into a ton of people every where I would suggest steering clear of any holidays.

I hate camping. I really truly despise it. I go because I am a ridiculously good friend and wife, and my husband and our friends love it. Lilac Oaks was a campground we checked out this year, and it was doable for me. The bathrooms were decent for a campground, there was a lot of fishing for my husband, and our area was sized pretty well. I did not enjoy the millions of screaming children at 6am or the cars that roared through at 3−4am blasting mariachi.

Reading others reviews makes me laugh! They certainly didn’t deter my friends and me from giving Lilac Oaks a try. To our delight this place was perfect for a quick weekend getaway.
I defend LO: You don’t need offspring or an RV to have a great time here. We’re a group of avid campers in our late twenties to late thirties and we had a blast! Spiders and Ants??? No way! I didn’t realize there are bugs outdoors. Solution: Comet keeps the ants away. Giant spiders: take a photo they make for interesting conversation. «The Killing Fields of Cambodia» was the funniest thing I have ever read! Thank you Venice dude. They clean their bathrooms twice a day. They can’t help that the patrons of this fine establishment track in dirt, flood the floors from their showers or overflow the trash. It’s a bathroom and not the one in your home or a hotel. If the pool isn’t something you would swim in get creative. There’s water hookups at most sites bring a sprinkler and have fun. I’ve seen some people bring blowup pools for their site. If it’s the heat you want to beat hop in the shower. It’s a great cool down!
Lilac Oaks is just plain fun! You can’t expect first class in an RV park and it is just great for what it is. The staff is A+. They provided excellent customer service and were very helpful. Our group loves to fish and we spent most of the time at the two front ponds. The bass (large mouth) were hitting as well as the bluegill. There are decent size catfish in there. When we weren’t fishing we were having a great time with the outdoor games we brought. We also took a hike up the trail which was nice.
This review is being written after our second trip in the last two months. Just came back from LO Sunday night. Again another awesome trip! I’d recommend this to people who don’t want to travel far (we came from OC) to have some camping fun.
Thanks LO! We will be back!

My group made reservations months in advance, that they had in writing for a largish area. We had a large group, over 60 people. When we arrived, they’d given away our reserved areas that we paid for to two other groups, leaving us with a tiny corner of the campgrounds.
Doing our best to make do, we found that the bathrooms appeared to be something from the Killing Fields of Cambodia. The unclean part. There were reports of giant spiders, though I don’t believe them — tarantulas? No, I don’t think so. The pool was closed very early. I’m fairly certain the other campsites were inhabited by some of the mutant hillbillies from «the Hills Have Eyes».
A must-​miss in your tour of Southern California, with nothing to commend it, and much to recommend against.

This campground is good for people with RVs, or kids, or both. It is also good for people who aren’t going camping to experience nature and solitude.
One star is for the management, who are very helpful and nice. The other star is for the trees (the oaks) which are gorgeous and gigantic.
The campground is not in a remote location, thus it is unjustifiably far from any major highway. It’s in the middle of ranches and trailer parks, basically. It has a trailer park on site. The pool is closed at awkward hours and is a bit mangy. The bathrooms are a disgrace to humanity. The washing-​up facilities, particularly for a campground that is not far from civilization, are barbaric at best.
There are giant spiders. And lots of ants.
As I said before, unless you have an RV, kids, or both, don’t go here. That being said, even if I had kids, I wouldn’t go back.