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Trash receptacles overflowing upon check-in on Sunday but emptied daily during the week. Did not use bathroom facilities. Park right on a residential road, so noise from traffic, but road not too busy. Park busy with locals for Easter week-end, but earlier mix of locals and out of town transients. Campground half full early in week. MUST enter from Hwy 3177 by Achafalaya Visitor Center due to very low bridge clearance if coming from Henderson.
Had to use cell booster to get Verizon coverage.
$10 senior rate for full hook-ups. Best deal around!

This is a great place to stay. Close to town and many attractions nearby.

The casino allows you the first night for free. You have to earn 50 points a day gambling to stay subsequent nights for free.

Procedure for staying here: Park your RV in an available site, note your site number, go inside and get a player's card, then register with security and you are all set. The casino places $10 on your player's card to get you started.

Basically you have a large paved parking lot that has been striped off for RVs. The lot is big rig friendly.

Sites are well defined. Most are pull through. A few of the sites have electricity. No water fill or dump station available. Trash cans located around site. The parking lot is well lit at night and very clean, safe, and quiet. Note: There is a dump station and a water fill facility at the Port of Siuslaw just 1.5 miles toward town. The dumping fee there is reasonable.

Casino rules for the campers are very reasonable. Checkout time is 1:00 P.M.

Rate $23, Passport America. Staff very friendly and helpful. Many amenities, including on-site store, full hook-ups, cable, good internet service. Required drivers license number to make reservation. Loud road noise even in row C. Loud constant noise from industrial plant across the highway that sounded like a large jet taking off, starting at 7 a.m. If you are a heavy sleeper, shouldn't be a problem.

If you are into basics and not looking for a campground that has "resort" embedded in the name, this place might be for you.  If you are looking to stretch your dollars this place might be for you.  This campground is not going to suit everyone's fancy,  but it certainly did mine.

For $15/ night you get a designated site that you get to pick from the ones available.  You get a graveled site that is level with plenty of space between you and your neighbors. You get water fill stations and clean bathrooms with flush toilets.

No dump station.  A dumpster is available for your trash.

By my count there are 30 RV sites and a section for tent camping.

You are camping right beside a sleepy little airport that has a few small aircraft leaving and arriving. Fun to watch!

The highway noise from U.S. Hwy 101 can be heard off in the distance.  The highway is 2/10 of a mile away. Noise not bothersome.

This is heaven for campers that are looking for maximum sun for their solar panels. Not many sites have any shade, but the weather is perfect for full sun.

A camp host is on site.

When you arrive pick out a site then proceed to the RV Office building near the airport gate.   There are envelopes there to put your cash in.  Have exact change.  Cash only.  No checks.

Note: Tillamook Creamy buys 1.6 million gallons of milk DAILY from the local farmers.  You might get a whiff of that milk being made,  if you catch my drift.

Be sure to check out the Air Museum before you leave.

There are two places to park your RV at The Mill Casino. One RV park is your standard RV park with full hookups. Very clean. Asphalt paved pads and some with waterfront views. Propane refill available. Rate for this area is approximately $60 a night.

We stayed in the other area where it's dry camping in a large open parking lot. It's basically a 'park wherever you like' situation. So, the campers are kinda all over the place which certainly has its advantages, but disadvantages as well. In my case we came back one evening to our 5th wheel rig to find someone had pulled in directly in front of our camper. Had we needed to pull out we would have had to ask him to move. Tractor trailers are allowed in here. There were several parked here when we arrived. The second night an 18 wheeler pulled in around 8:00 P.M. with this massive piece of road construction equipment. Not something you would normally expect to experience. None of this bothered me. I'm pointing this out because you need to be aware that this is not a normal campground.

A dumpster is available in the parking lot. The dry campers are entitled to use the laundry room and the dump station and water fill at no additional charge. All of the National Forest, County, State and commercial campgrounds are full on the weekends this summer, so the Mill Casino RV park was a good fallback for us. The rate when we were here was $25 a night. This is a fair price. You get what you pay for.

This is a good place to use as home base to venture out from. Coos Bay and Bandon are close by. Checkout is 8:00 P.M. which gives you plenty of time to venture out on the day that you are departing.

The campground rules are fair, but rather interesting in that they vary a bit from the standard rules that you normally find. For example, RVs must be in good repair.

The negatives: A bit of highway noise from U.S. Hwy 101, but not bad. An unusual number of campers come in after hours, more than you would experience in most campgrounds.

Positive: Security is tight. They make frequent rounds through here. I felt very safe seeing them coming through at least once an hour, sometimes more often. If a camper tries to sneak in here for the night I can assure you security will catch them. We saw this happen a couple of times.

Would I come back? You bet. It's a fair price.

The park itself is quiet; the low ratings for noise are due to traffic on I-65. Much quieter at night - no problem sleeping.
Quite a few pull-thru sites, but don't be deceived. There are sharp angles in some of the sites. Noticed that at least one camper had backed into their pull-thru site. Site 15 was a tight exit for our 31 foot 5th wheel. Lots of hiking trails. Did not use bathrooms or shower facilities. About a 15 minute drive to Downtown Mobile. $40 cash deposit returned promptly upon check-out. Passport America accepted but not advertised. Caution: tight fit when exiting park from office.
Park ranger patrolled campground all night.
Rate reported is Senior rate.

No dump station. Dump 8 miles south at Blanding RV Park for $5. Paved. Some pull thrus. Water faucet very close to site 15 where you can fill jugs. Good Verizon signal. Just off US 191 so some highway noise during the day, but quiet at night. Highway noise louder on Loop B. Great for star gazing. Not too hot during the day due to elevation. Friendly helpful camp hosts. Price paid reflects 50% senior discount. Camped in a 31 foot 5th wheel.

Beautiful campground nestled in the forest.  The geo coorindinates at the entrance are:
44.069651, -124.100708

Cost reflects 50% discount for Golden Age pass.

Assessment: This beautiful place is NOT big rig friendly for sites 1,2,3 if you are pulling anything.  The road leading into this 'cul-de-sac' for these sites looks more like a pedestrian pathway.  Large bushes and limbs will lay thick on your truck and camper.  With thick vegetation, the bushes against the truck made it impossible to see out of the side view mirrors. Backing into site 2 is nearly impossible. Thankfully the camp host, Robert (a retired truck driver), was able to help me into site 2. I was about ready to leave after making several unsuccessful attempts. I'll be forever grateful for his help.

If you do reserve sites 1, 2, or 3 and have a larger rig swing as far to the left as you can (like get off onto the shoulder) as soon as you pass through the yellow gate.  The first road on your right is for sites 1, 2, 3. It is not marked.  If you don't set yourself up for this turn and you are in a large rig you can't make that turn.

I did not see any low lying limbs anywhere in the park that might be a problem for high profile rigs.

After walking around the rest of the campground, I feel the rest of the sites are set up pretty well for backing in.  But,  be aware the roads are narrow.  Even meeting a car can be problematic in sections. Also,  many of the sites slope far down.  Leveling from front to back might not work for some rigs.

All of the water faucets in the campground are non-threaded except one.  Just across the street from site 9 is a threaded faucet.

With all that I've stated above, we do like this place.  It is secluded and you feel like you are in a wilderness area.  We like the family feel of this place, too. Lots of families staying here.

We felt comfortable and safe. The proximity to the ocean almost guarantees cool days and nights in the summer months.  Perfect recipe for camping.

Lots of shade,  so be aware your solar system may not keep your house battery charged.  I had to crank up my inverter generator for the first time in years to recharge the house battery.

Vault toilets, but in the day use area that is within easy walking distance there are flush toilets and running sink water.

Lots of hiking trails to the dunes and the beach.  The beach hike is slightly over 2 miles (round trip) from the day use area.

The campground is close to Hwy 101, and you will hear traffic from time to time, especially those truck drivers that are using their loud engine (jake) brakes. This type of noise doesn't neither us,  but be aware that it's there.

All in all a very nice campground that I would come back to again.

Arrived at reserved site (only one of two long enough for our 30 foot rig) and found two large limbs that were 10 feet from the ground. Our rig is 12 feet 8 inches tall. Attempted to contact park to see if another site available. The only phone number is the reservation line. Unable to speak to a live person. Had to leave a message. By the time someone called back 1.75 hours later, we had the situation figured out. Had to enter the site backwards.

Not a staff person in sight. This is the first campground we've encountered with no staff available, no map, no nothing. Yes, there is a campground host - BEHIND A LOCKED GATE! Is that an indicator of how safe this place is??

Park is NOT big-rig friendly. Very narrow sites in upper campground. Low-lying limbs with plenty of fresh scars on trees from recent hits by RVs.

First night (week-night) was quiet. Minimal train noise, not very frequent. Then the locals in their tents moved in for the week-end and parked in the site next to us. Feared for the safety of our trailer when three kids batted rocks toward it while parents watched.

Campground host and ranger didn't seem to care that dogs were unleashed.

What a rip-off to charge paying campers $15 to dump.

With 65,00+ RVing miles under our belt over seven years of half-timing, I have to say this is the worst campground ever.

The only positive: good Verizon cell service.

I need to preface this review with a little background. We travel full time from March till October every year. This is our seventh year on the road. We don’t stay in one place for six months, rather we move on down the road every 2 to 5 days. This gives you an understanding of the level of experience we have with traveling. Sanborn Park is a stunning refuge from the busy world. You will find incredible wilderness right in the heart of the city. There are miles of trails in this 3,000 plus acre park. There are walk in tent campsites. Once you enter the redwoods, oaks and fir trees you feel wilderness immediately. This place is a haven for tent campers that need a quick break from city life. --- The RV sites can accommodate rigs up to 30 feet. It is basically a parking lot type of arrangement. Water and 30 amps on site with a dump station. In short, this place is stunningly beautiful. Everything is very clean and the friendly staff is a pleasure to talk to. ---- OK, here’s the negative. The road leading into this park is narrow and dangerous for trucks pulling bigger rigs. There are several blind curves on this extremely narrow road with a one lane bridges to cross. The campground will take rigs up to 30 feet in length, but the restrictions on Sanborn Road leading to the campground limit rigs to less than 25 feet. The bushes and trees lining the road have limbs extending out into the road, and low lying limbs are everywhere in the campground. Our rig is 12’ 8” high, and it was a maze trying to navigate the road. Frequently I had to get over in the other lane to avoid vegetation from brushing the camper. Be very careful in the campground in avoiding low lying limbs. Lastly, DO NOT MISS your turn into this park. The road dead ends about a quarter of a mile away. It is almost impossible to turn around at the end of this road and there is nothing but small narrow private driveways that couldn’t be used to turn around. In short, you are pretty much doomed if you miss your turn and continue looking for a place to turn around. The locals told us that they have seen campers stuck at the end of the road for over six hours waiting for people to move their cars so that they could turn around. In closing, this is a great campground for tent camping and small rigs. This campground should restrict campers to 25 feet or less. Driving the road to the campground is not for the faint of heart. I wish I could give this campground two different ratings. I would give it five stars for campers with tents or rigs under 25 feet. For campers over 25 feet I would give it 3 stars and not recommend traveling here.