“San Diego Camping at its finest!”
Camping in San Diego, CAWake up to the smell of the ocean air and go to bed beneath the clear night skies filled with bright stars at one of the best campgrounds in San Diego, California. San Diego Metro KOA Resort is the ideal vacation destination if you're looking for a relaxing getaway with ample opportunities for excitement in Southern California. We operate year-round and want to help you have the time of your life, whether you're visiting us for a couple of days in the summer or staying with us for a month in the winter.Make your today! Things to Do While Staying at San Diego KOAIf you've been searching for an exciting camping adventure in San Diego, you've come to the right place. Our San Diego campground is just 15 minutes from Downtown San Diego, offering countless a lively city.Take your children to the famous San Diego Zoo and discover hundreds of animals in realistic habitats. Once you're done there, head to Legoland to let your children's imagination run wild while they participate in many interactive activities. Make sure to leave time for Seaport Village and Old Town State Park to check out the fantastic restaurants and exciting shops!You'll always have something to do at our Chula Vista campground. Our full-time Activities Director works hard to keep the good times rolling with like fun themed weekends, jam-packed activity packages and game areas to challenge your family and friends. When you're ready to relax, take a load off by our pool or hot tub, grab a drink at the Sand Castle Café and get ready for a fun night in The Backyard watching your favorite movies beneath the stars.The Ultimate Campgrounds in San Diego, CaliforniaSan Diego Metro KOA is known and loved for its . Everything is designed to ensure your family and friends create only the best memories. You can find:Pool: What is a holiday without some pool time? Our pool is open all year round and is the perfect place for swimming or enjoying a good book poolside.Jumping Pillow: Let your kids or grandkids bounce out all their energy with the 3,500 square foot Jumping Pillows. Two Jumping Pillows are available for different age groups. Hot tub and sauna: Unwind and soak in the hot tub or relax and re-energize yourself in the sauna. Sand Castle Café: Enjoy a delicious meal while the kids build sand castles on the boardwalk. The café serves farm-to-table style dining — a must-visit when staying at our campground. Bike rentals: Rent a bike and cycle through the grounds, taking in the beautiful outdoor surroundings. The fun bikes include 2-6 person Surrey Bikes, 4-wheel Peddle Carts and 3-wheel Fun Cycles.Playground: The playground is one of the best spots for junior campers! Your kids can play for hours with big slides and fun and great climbing opportunities.Themed fun: We have a full-time activities director, ensuring plenty of planned fun and themed activities for the whole family to enjoy. Ping-Pong: Paddle, bat and smash your way to becoming the family champion with the Ping-Pong in the park. Basketball: Shoot hoops and showcase your skills at our basketball facilities, a family favorite!Campground Amenities That Campers LoveThe KOA Campground offers hours of family fun. You do not have to leave the premises to have the best holiday in the San Diego area. Other amenities that campers love include:Wi-Fi: If you want to post pictures on social media or have the kids watch their favorite show, Wi-Fi facilities are available at the campground. Cable TV: After a full day of fun, you may appreciate cable access.Propane: Forgot your propane or need to top off your tank? No, problem! Propane is available to buy on-site. Firewood: No need to bring along wood — firewood is available for sale on-site.KampK9®: If your friendly canines need to stretch their legs, KampK9 is the place to be. In this park, dogs can run free.Ways to Stay — Camping and Glamping, San DiegoWhen you're thinking about making your San Diego camping reservation with us, you'll be blown away by the camping options we provide. For a traditional camping experience, we offer with hookups and cozy Camping Cabins, offering the essentials to spend your days exploring the great outdoors. Our San Diego campground also offers luxurious ways to stay, like our , which will provide your family with partial kitchens, showers and bathrooms — all the comforts of home. For something even more extravagant, book a few nights in our Australian-themed canvas Glamping Tent, offering a unique camping experience close to the San Diego Bay. Enjoying a road trip by camper? Park your vehicle at our Chula Vista RV resort in Pull-Thru and Back-In , taking advantage of our full-hookup, KOA Patio® and 50-max-amp options. Plus, many of our sites are pet friendly, making it convenient to bring your furry friend along on your camping adventure. Reserve Your San Diego Bay Camping Getaway TodayOur San Diego campground has everything you need to make memories filled with breathtaking views, thrilling activities and endless laughter. Check our availability and at San Diego Metro KOA today!
Reviews of San Diego Metro KOA
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Ratings Summary
Cell Coverage
Verizon 4G/5G
Confirmed by 12 users | Last reported on January 22, 2023AT&T 4G/5G
Confirmed by 12 users | Last reported on August 03, 2022T-Mobile 4G/5G
Confirmed by 6 users | Last reported on August 20, 2022This is a large KOA. Spacing is typical for a KOA but not too crowded. There is a lot of activities for kids and 2 dog parks onsite. There's plenty of space for walking around the campground as well.
They have a cafe that serves food, bike rentals, multiple playgrounds, a pool etc. Being in the off season, it was full of kids on the weekends and then fairly quite on the week days.
The staff is friendly, the grounds are very clean and the bathrooms are nice. I didn't use the shower or laundry. They also have onsite propane.
The location is great (only 10 min to San Diego) but yet it was an easy on/off the freeway. The local area it's in (Chula Vista) was not that nice but didn't feel dangerous, just run down.
Price was high but not unexpected for the area. If I were going to stay in San Diego again, I'd stay here for sure.
I didn't try to use their wifi but hotspots were good. ATT was 10mb d/l and Verizon was 49mb d/l without a booster.
Cable channels were good and 50 amp FHU was strong.
Nightly Rate: $73.00
Days Stayed: 8
Site Number: 1521
Cell Coverage Rating
Verizon 4G
AT&T 4G
Stayed here two nights while exploring San Diego but wish we could have stayed more because there is so much to do in the area. KOA had easy check-in and roads are marked so it's easy to find your spot within the property. We had full Verizon cell service. Grounds were clean, shady and peaceful. This KOA has a construction area where it looks like they're building a new, beautiful pool area. They also have bounce pillows, climbing wall and snack shack. Lots of fun for kids, if you have them. We stayed not for the amenities, but for the convenient location.
Showers were clean and separate from bathrooms. You get your own private shower room. Love that.
Our site was a nice, level concrete pull-thru. It's KOA, so they're usually tight but these were larger KOA sites. They have landscaping that somewhat hides the neighbors' hook-ups. You can hear distant freeway noise but not enough to ding them for it. It's the city. Employees constantly driving the campground so it felt safe.
We will be back to the San Diego area and would stay here again. The Maritime Museum was a full day for us. They have ships, including the Star of India, as well as subs you can explore. Overall, a good place for basecamp while exploring.
Nightly Rate: $68.00
Days Stayed: 2
Site Number: 1105
Cell Coverage Rating
Verizon 4G
First time staying here in 10 years. Campground is beautifully landscaped, with nice big RV spots as well as tent and cabin spots. Bike rentals, huge pool, horseshoes and two dog parks and gift shop are just some of the amenities.
Nightly Rate: $105.00
Days Stayed: 2
Site Number: 8007
Cell Coverage Rating
AT&T 5G
PREFACE: Perplexed because I simply cannot figure out how there can be SO MANY kids and dogs here, given the average size of a coach/fifth wheel/trailer. There are at least 200 slips here plus a bunch of cabins and tiny houses. After careful consideration and observation, we have concluded that each individual dwelling unit contains 2.4 adults, 12.7 persons under the age of 18 (PUTAOE) and 1.9 dogs. (This is sarcasm however there are ALOT of children here.)
This is by far the best looking park we’ve stayed in so far; the landscaping is absolutely lush and our two small senior dogs LOVE all the grass and are doing their best to keep it fertilized.
Most of the slips are pull-through with full hookups, level concrete pads, DIsh Network cable TV. Very large pool area and lots of bikes and stuff for rent. Have not been to bath house or laundry however given the way the place is maintained, I’m sure they’re spotless.
AT&T is two bars and property internet is a decent 19 Mb down and 5 Mb up. I’m confident the hamster team here is following the best organic vegan non-GMO diet and a strict exercise routine to create this bandwidth on a daily basis. Bravo!
Average daily rate pre-tax was $107.50 and we got a 10% KOA member discount so this is far and away\the most expensive place we’ve stayed and hey, this is the San Diego Metro KOA Resort! 6/10 which would be a 9/10 If they increased the spaces between rigs and decreased the ratio of PUTAOE to dwelling units. On the other hand, if you’re looking for lots of PUTAOE, look no further!
Gas prices in AZ were in the $4.90 range and we topped off in Yuma. The cheapest gas we’ve seen here in CA are in the low $6.00 range so with our 55 gallon tank, we won’t be buying any CA gas. And finally, loving the temperature here: it’s 8:30 and temp is 68! Love it!
Nightly Rate: $108.00
Days Stayed: 5
Site Number: 2102
Cell Coverage Rating
AT&T 5G
Great place, we had a very large tent site that was in the corner and only had one neighbor. The site was nearly perfect, but basket ball court is on the other side of hedge and was loud into the night. Just kids having fun and glad they could. Dog park was a really nice touch and had all kinds of agility course things. Pool is amazing and lots of amenities. Our two nights were mid-week - Tues and Weds and unfortunately these were the exact two days the cafe was closed. I was able to walk to some shopping since moving the truck would take some tear down. Check in was fast and friendly. Weather was perfect, some traffic noise during the night, but not terrible.
Nightly Rate: $80.00
Days Stayed: 2
Site Number: 3454
Cell Coverage Rating
AT&T 5G
Great place to stay. There were fun activities for the kids, a nice warm pool, a camp store with necessities and treats and plenty of staff around. It seems most Rv sites are pull through. We had a space with a little patch of grass and a picnic table. WiFi is free but slow.
Nightly Rate: $100.00
Days Stayed: 3
Site Number: -
Cell Coverage Rating
T-Mobile 5G
This was our first place after buying our travel trailer. We were here over Christmas. It was quite pleasant, the employees were friendly and helpful, the grounds were neat, restrooms very clean. Standard pull through sites seem small though and next time we will get one of the patio sites. It was close to freeways so a bit noisy when you're outside but didn't keep us awake. All in all avery good first experience. I'm considering it again for Christmas this year.
Nightly Rate: $95.00
Days Stayed: 3
Site Number: -
Cell Coverage Rating
Verizon 5G
Two problems with my stay here and it wasn't the park's fault. The number one problem were the kids not respecting your campsite boundaries.Not only did they ride their bikes through my site, but a couple of kids picked up giant mushrooms growing in the grass and hurled them at the back of my trailer. I was inside and hear the thuds. I came out and told them to scram. I wasn't a happy camper. Not the campground's fault. Also my site was under some power lines that birds would sit on and then have a BM on my trailer. Again, not the campground's fault. In hindsight, I would look for sites that were on the perimeter of the campground and possibly back in sites. I guess I learned that at campgrounds with kids activities, you don't want to be in their line of travel to those activities. It really is a very nice campground. I would stay here again, but choose my site wisely.
Nightly Rate: $2,002.00
Days Stayed: 3
Site Number: 2002
We used to live in San Diego and were worried about the accessibility to the city and surrounding areas from Chula Vista. It’s about 8 miles from most places you’d want to go have nice dinners and nightlife, but it’s an easy drive.
This is laid out like most KOAs with not much space between pads. There are a lot of nice share trees though, and the recently upgraded pool and hot tub are big and super well done. There’s clean upgraded, modern shower stalls and laundry room, and an on-site cafe that serves hot food and has a few craft beers on tap.
Nightly Rate: $74.00
Days Stayed: 6
Site Number: 2101
Cell Coverage Rating
Verizon 4G
T-Mobile 4G
great for kids, i think there is nothing better. the new pool area is open.
Nightly Rate: $63.00
Days Stayed: 2
Site Number: 1904
Cell Coverage Rating
AT&T 4G
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- Sun - Thu: 8:00 am - 8:00 pm
- Fri, Sat: 8:00 am - 9:00 pm
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Wifi
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Wheelchair Accessible
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Credit Cards Accepted
- Max Length
- 70 ft
- Affiliation
- Kampgrounds of America (KOA)
- Sites Count
- 243
- Last Nightly Rate
- 2002.0
- Lowest Nightly Rate
- 63.0
- Back In RV Sites Count
- 30
- Standard Tent Sites Count
- 43
- Pull Through RV Sites Count
- 114
- Longest Vehicle Length Reported
- 40.0
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Laundry
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Boondock
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Firewood
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RV Sites
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Fifty Amp
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Full Hookup
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Dump Station
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Mobile Homes
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Pull Through
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Swimming Pool
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Age Restricted
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Rec Facilities
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Dispersed Sites
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Open Seasonally
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Permit Required
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Back In RV Sites
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Fulltime Residents
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Pull Through RV Sites
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- Rooms Count
- 323
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