Railroad Park Resort

The place is beautiful and by a creek. I have 3 likes and 4 dislikes.

Likes:
1. Quiet
2. In the trees and you can hear the running water
3. By Castle Crag State Park

Dislikes:
1. Zero internet service
2. Bathrooms were under construction so no showers
3. Away from most outdoor activities and destinations.
4. Close proximity to neighbors

I don’t think we will be staying here again.

Pros:
1) Absolutely beautiful campground.
2) Quiet and away from the highway.
3) The sound of the creek nearby was lovely.

Cons:
1) Terrible cell coverage. If you need to work while traveling you will not get a strong enough cell coverage if you are using mobile internet.
2) There wifi didn’t work from our site. It was very weak.
3) The bathrooms were getting remodeled and there was only one portable bathroom for the entire campground and the handicap stall was locked and they made it so even the handicapped people couldn’t get access to it unless they complained about it.
4) A bit of a drive from Mount Shasta and the town.

Stayed here for the first time. Very nice, quiet and small park. Showers and bathrooms were very clean. Shower had adequate hot water and water pressure. Beautiful spaces among the trees. The store is super close. Has propane and general stuff you may need. Cell signal was adequate enough with a signal booster to work. Otherwise, you're looking at only one bar or no service.

We stayed here on our last night heading home from Bend, Or. The check in process was quick and easy and our site was nice. The pad was not level but we were able to get it pretty close with our blocks. Internet was pretty good as well. Good enough to send photos and text.

Walking around the park was fun and seeing the train cars was an added treat. We would definitely stay here again.

Note things have changed greatly over the last couple of years regarding pricing. A basic dirt FU site with 30 amp now cost $84 per night. –Yikes! PLUS be aware of their 20% non-refundable booking fee that is non-refundable.

This was our first campground experience with our previous travel trailer (34' Dutchmen Atlas). Our first night, we were in site #1. Slightly unlevel, but we were just doing an overnight. Second visit, we were on our way home and stopped back here for one night because we enjoyed the scenery with the trees and hills. We selected site #23 and it was much better than #1. It was very spacious. We visited the pool, the train, and the restaurant. The pool was very nice, but packed. Again, lots of wild kids in the hot tub...with their parents. Our kid was with us, but we teach him common courtesy of others when trying to relax in a hot tub. Rambunctious activities are for the pool. The restaurant, I would rate 2-3 stars. I would rate 4-5 for the decor, but 2-3 for the food and a 2 for the service. Service was slow, food was bland and "decent", but the decor was super cute! I would def return to this park for the close proximity to I-5, the landscape (trees/hills), and full hookups! Next time, I would make sure and arrive on-time since we were charge $5 for being an hour early, even though the previous campers had already vacated. I would also not visit the restaurant for food. I would def go and hang out at the bar, it looked so cool and the bartender was friendly.

We needed a one night stay on our way home from Oregon and found this little jewel just off I-5. Far enough off the freeway there was no road noise at all. We booked a Thursday night online two days before in early October and got the last RV site. It was a full hookup, 28 ft. pull through site. The one we had was in the center of the park and pretty close to other sites. There were sites on the outer edge of the park that were more spacious and private.

The campground itself had a nice little store, game-room and laundry room. The public bathrooms had access codes and they were very nice. The free internet wasn’t very strong though. We couldn’t stream any movies and cell reception was poor but better with the internet. It was ok with us as after all, we were in a mountainous area.

There is a separate resort section that has lots of converted caboose cars rented as cabins. Very cool! That’s where the train car restaurant and bar are located. This is a short walk from the RV area. Absolutely loved the nostalgia there and the staff were wonderful and friendly. We enjoyed dinner and breakfast there and thought the food was excellent!

There were two things I hadn’t seen mentioned in any other reviews. There is a nearby real train that comes by periodically. It was part of the ambiance of the place but did wake me at 7:30 am. It was not a big deal for us. The other thing was the recent addition of a children’s train that offers a tour of the resort and campground areas. It was so cute to see it full of families driving past our RV.

We love this campground and will definitely return!

We made online reservations to stay here for the week to get some work done. It was nice to be able to pick the site out online, because I made sure we were close enough to the office to get good wireless coverage and so if you're working and on the road, I would recommend this spot in particular. We didn't have any cell signal to speak of.

Dunsmuir is a tiny town but it wasn't hard to find the campsite. There a motel designed out of old railroad cabooses on the same property, with a restaurant as well.

Our site was nice and shaded and we could walk down to an awesome creek to cool of and have a great view of Castle Crags.

I do want to mention that though the website makes the motel and the rv park to be the same property, it's not really. So my dreams for swims in the pool were dashed pretty quickly. My fault for not doublechecking...but still.

We were making a quick run home from Oregon and decided to stop here. It was so nice to be nestled in the trees of this quiet place. While just off Hwy 5 it was very quiet. We were one of only 4 campsites filled in the park on this weeknight but even with it full it looked like you would not be feeling very cramped in at all since the sites are staggered and trees separate the sites.

Unique park with accompanying motel wherein the rooms are old railroad cabooses ... views of Castle Crags to west of park ... all sites have large trees ... good Wi-Fi and cable TV ... quiet park ... camp host, Dave, was very helpful ... some of the roads to the sites need better signs ... if the sites were further apart, and if bathrooms were upgraded, I would rate a 5