Far West Resort – A Clean Place to Relax.
7400 Pine Grove Rd
Santa Paula, CA 93060
Phone: (805)933-3200
Right on the edge of Santa Paul California is a comfortable and affordable RV park nestled in the rolling hills. Less then 10 minutes off of the 126 freeway towards the Ojai Valley. You travel through Santa Paula enough to find out it is a fine community with a heritage of railroad and orchards. Remembering where the little markets are as these are the markets you will use to retrieve that forgotten item.
We use Far West Resorts as a quick and cheap getaway when the life gets a bit hectic. It is clean and quiet place to stay except when one of the dozen roaming peacocks is calling for his friend. Although they can be loud at times, it is fun to have a strange type of bird walking around the park.
As far as the park itself, there is not much to do there. There are accommodations for large groups such as a large patio, club house, and big western BBQ. There is a small park area with horseshoe pits and a grill on the side. The horseshoe area is the nicest I have seen. There are showers if you choose not to use your own so bring your quarters. If you feel like driving 20 minutes, you can go to Ventura where there are great beaches, museums, and a beautiful Main St Ventura in which you can eat and shop for hours.
The kids should bring their bicycles or some kind of riding toy if they are young. The sites are arranged in large black-top circles so the kids could ride around the loop and you can still keep an eye on them. You park your rigs on black-top and the site is mostly grass. There is not a lot of dirt so you should be just as clean going home as when you got there. If you are pulling a trailer, you can choose to park your car in your site or in a parking area. There are fire pits. Some of the pits have grills and others do not.
The utilities are decent. There are no sewer hook-ups. There is just water and power. There is a drain station on your way out in which one dump is included in your stay. If your tanks fill up, you can have the “honey wagon” come by and drain your tanks at the site for a fee. There is wireless Internet but I could not get mine to work.
The park is peaceful and the staff is helpful. There are no signs of the city. If you need a nice place to go and you do not plan on doing much, this is the place to be. Bring plenty of things for the kids to do. My kids usually make a few friends when they are there. I would not travel more then a 60 minute drive to stay here unless you stay more then two nights. It is a great place to stop on the way to some place else. Some of my favorite parks that are less then 30 minutes from this one are Ventura Beach RV Resort, Emma Wood State Beach, and McGrath State Beach. I will do some reviews on them in the near future.
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This weekend I took my family to Far West Resort. I have to say it was a pleasurable trip. Very relaxing. The staff was helpful when we needed to switch spots because we ended up in the only site in the park with gravel instead of grass/dirt.
The creek was full of little fish and frogs. There was even a spot that was deep enough to go swimming.
I hope to return to Far West Resort very soon.
Hello Everyone. I just stayed at Farwest last weekend. It was very relaxing. We had a very large site that was all grass. We stayed there for 4 days. I would of loved to stay another 4 days but I had to get back home. We enjoyed spot 18 in the Birch campground.
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