Campsite #6 at Plaskett Creek Campground, CA
Campsite #6
8 people | |
46 ft | Back-In |
2 | weak |





Campsite Reviews (14)
5.0 out of 5
5 star | | 71% |
4 star | | 7% |
3 star | | 7% |
2 star | | 0% |
1 star | | 14% |
Our camping experience at campsite 6 is nothing but disappointing! Campsite 6 is the first site as you arrive in the campground, on the left side of the one-way road. We arrived on 6/22/2021 for one night stay. We noticed around early evening, maybe around 7pm, a loud gas generator noise started from the facility next to campsite 6, behind a DO NOT ENTER gate. The facility appeared to be the Los Padres National Forest staff admin or sleeping quarters. Around 9pm as two staff members driving a logo bearing pick up truck in their green uniform T-Shirts were exiting from behind the DO NOT ENTER gate, we caught them to inquire about the noise. One person answered my question that the generator was powering the entire campground and another said the generator should wind down soon. Neither was true. The campground has NO ELECTRICY that requires a generator, and the gas generator DID NOT STOP until around 7am the next morning. Ask me how I know: I did not end up sleeping the whole night because of the noise is so annoying and loud. Even when the generator was off, the sound of a fan, like vacuum machine noise remained on for more than an hour. One of the two guys had told us to talk to the camp host to switch us to another site. We went over to the camp host, only to see a OFF DUTY sign, plus the campground was full. We walked around towards the center common area of the campground, the noise could still be heard there, which we had contemplated of moving our tent over and decided it was useless.
The campground has a generator policy of 10am to 6pm for campers, unfortunately the policy does not seem to apply to the national forest staff. The generator did go off at 10pm for a few minutes, only to come back on throughout the night. What the management should have done is to put out a public notice on the reservation website: for campsite 6, 7, 8, recommend RV or camper van instead of tent camping due to facility gas generator noise.