Benbow KOA

We stopped here to fill with water and use the dump station before heading into Humboldt State Park but the water/dump station is closed.

Overall a good location in the redwoods and adjacent to a 9 hole golf course. Staff was friendly and helpful and the grounds were generally clean. Paid for a premium site that was supposed to have grass and patio furniture; had the furniture but the grass was dead and had not been watered in a long time.

This is a great location to the 101 for a stop over. There's a golf course, basketball court, pool table, video games, horseshoes, and shuffleboard.
The grounds are very clean and pleasant. The roads are in good shape and easy to navigate without any obstacles.

The 50 amp FHU was strong and reliable. The wifi was not usable. The lady in the office said that due to the Ca wildfires they were experiencing issues with it.
I was able to use my Weboost booster to pull in 13d/l speeds on ATT and 4.6 on T mobile. Even with a booster, Verizon was not usable. The speeds w/out the booster were also very bad (under 1mb d/l). I don't know if it's because of the wildfires or not but I did see on the news there were pretty bad cell issues due to the fires so that may have been a contributing factor.

They advertise a dog park but there wasn't one. There was plenty of room to walk around the campground. Garberville is close by for your shopping needs but be prepared for lots of homeless people and hitchhiker vagabonds galore. Not a nice place to hang out. This was one of the nicest KOAs I have seen, just not much to do around here.

This is our second time staying in the KOA. Easy off and on from Hwy 101. Nice golf course, nice pool. Several family reunions when we were there so Pool very crowded. No Eel river access from campground.
Grass at some sites, full hook ups, typical site close to the next rig.
Front office staff, a bit disorganized, confused reservations, when told laundry machines were broken or there was no hot water in showers, they didn’t seem to care.
Very busy KOA.

Overall the campground was decent with a nice golf course. Most sites were spaced accordingly but larger rigs may have difficulty navigating around the park and especially getting settled. Site 415 is towards the back of the campground and is spacious but lacks a view (next to a cabin). Cable tv connection is terrible with lots of noise, and cell phone service in the area is initially slow but can be provide good speeds with a cell booster. Overall staff was friendly and had a great experience overall.

Noisy, and directly beside highway like most koa’s.

Bathroom’s were clean.

Pool was freezing.

Kind of looked like an abandoned mobile home park.

The camp was clean, had a nice pool, and game room. Internet - wifi was poor even inside the office area. Staff polite. I use Verizon- it had 1-2 bars of service. It is next to the highway so it is nice for a stop over while passing through.

Clean sites, not on top of everyone. Asphalt pads with cement pads for tables and bbq. You hear the 101 noise but not bad. Very helpful at the office and checking in. Looks like a lot of long term cabin stays.

The campground is located in very nice and pretty location. It is pricey and the no phone or information to overnight stay after hours. Nobody picked up the phone or have site available/map for late hours.

I stopped here for one night while traveling northbound on US101. The site was mostly level and it was clean. I only used the electricity hookup, and that worked as expected.

The area was pretty, and there was some highway noise from the 101, but nothing that kept us from sleeping. The park was very accessible, and the playground was good for the kids.