KQ Ranch Resort

We stayed here through: https://www.cramember.com/
So if you are not a member contact them first for availability and rates. The park is rundown overall, but the location is great for visiting the Julian area. The staff is friendly and helpful. We stayed in site 200 which was on top of a hill overlooking the main campground. It gave us great views of the mountains and valley. The sites on top of the hill are a bit of a walk to get to the main campground and amenities. I also believe the hill spots are the only ones with full hookups. The rest of the campsites only have water and electric, but the park offers a honey wagon to dump your tanks. The park offered a lot of kid and adult activities throughout the week. The town of Julian was about 15 minutes from the park. There are also numerous hiking and lake trails nearby. The drive into KQ is on a tight single lane road with numerous tight turns, which made for slow driving and caution. We had good cell service on Verizon, averaging 20-30 Mbps down and 1-3 up. We used our mobile router with external antenna on ATT for work, school, streaming, and gaming without issue. We did hear of some guests complaining of spotty service in certain areas of the park. We would definitely stay here again, just for the weather, views, and to visit Julian.

We got here last night. Julian is a great little town, no franchises most stores and restaurants are locally owned. Julian is known for two items Mines (lots of mining in early 20th century) and Apples. You can get every conceivable combination of Apple pie you can think of. We got some food to go last night from the Julian Beer Company, without a doubt the best ribs ever. Today we are going to explore some mines and go shopping.

Great campsite for the whole family. Lots to do for the kids. Very family friendly campsite. Staff is fantastic. Big rig friendly (we had a 40 & 43 foot campers during our visit). We had sites 100 & 101 with full hook ups. Site 100 is big site with a great view.

We got to stay in a nice pull-through site with full hookups. Our free stay was due to a promotion of membership sales. No doubt the park and the staff would be just as nice without the promotion. Our original plan was to stay 4 nights, but the imminent arrival of a severe blizzard with lots of snow caused us to leave after only 2 days. The staff was helpful in alerting us to the danger, and to make tentative plans for another visit in better weather. During the pandemic, we had observed many parks cutting back on activities programs for adults as well as kids, often in combination with a lack of staff. We have not observed whether that general situation has yet reversed after the pandemic. However, the KQ ranch impressed with the range of activities available, including nights with live music, scheduled kids' activities, and colorful activities schedules handed out in printed form.
This is a park with lots of amenities, very different from those that call themselves "resort" based on just a pool and a clubhouse.

The food is great, the amenities are nice. We always enjoy our stay here. Close to the small town of Julian, CA. A couple of miles to Lake Cuyamaca too. Plenty to see and do.