Leo Carrillo State Beach — Attraction in Rolling Oaks Ranch

DANGER! DO NOT CAMP HERE IF YOU HAVE PETS AT HOME!!!!

We camped at the once pristine campground at Leo Carillio in late May 2022 at site #138. Unlike in years past, Leo Carrillo is now infested with flea and mange infested squirrels that swarm your campsite and leave fleas and eggs on all of your property -- to be brought back and infest your home and pets -- creating a public health hazard.

Everything we brought was contaminated from FLEAS and FLEA EGGS and mites because the squirrels ARE ALL INFECTED and YOU WILL BRING THE EGGS HOME WITH YOU. DIGUSTING! PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD.

DOGS, CATS, AND CHILDREN ARE AT RISK BY CAMPING HERE. The ravenous squirrels climb all over your gear every morning looking for food.  These rodents have obviously learned from other campers that humans = food, and there is no way to avoid them crawling all over your gear even if you lock up your food. It is a public health hazard and must be addressed by the Rangers before allowing anyone to camp here.

Mange-ridden squirrels aggressively attack the other squirrels and run all over your campsite.

The squirrels overrun the site and will eat through layers of plastic to get to anything that smells like food. They have lost all natural fear of humans.

Our indoor cat and our family is now suffering from MONTHS of treatments and none of us have any flea exposure prior to this.  The fleas have now led to tapeworms and if the family catches them, it may be necessary to demand compensation from the State Park system for their negligence. OUTRAGEOUS! You need to gather up and destroy, neuter and relocate the squirrels at this campground.

Meanwhile, they need to post signs warning campers of the danger -- which may include any and all flea-borne illness including but not limited...

The beach in California is a heavily regulated thing. I must imagine that eventually, scenic views and rest areas in Cali will charge tolls upon entrance. Eventually, simply opening your eyes while contracting some rare form of cancer in California will cost money.

The beach here is a good one, although the campground is not on the beach. Like several others, you have to walk underneath the 101 to see and stand near the ocean. The beach isn't the cleanest, but I blame every average person that doesn't have the decency to pick up their bottles and trash.

The parking gates here open at 8-9ish in the morning and close at 10pm. Paying for a basic campsite without electrical and whatnot is $45 at the time of this review. There are no military discounts, and generally no spaces available same day during the summer, so reserve early.

If you read all this way, I'm impressed and hoped you gained something from this. Don't step in seagull poop, and...

The campsite was great. The camp store was amazing. The tide pools were fun. This would have been 5 stars but the squirrels were horrible. Very very aggressive. We put our snack foods in our tent (chips, snacks, etc) while we went to beach, when we got back squirrels chewed through our tent in several places and pooped everywhere. Our Big Agnes $700 tent was ruined. So lesson learned. However please know we camp every other month in either Yosemite, Joshua tree, Big Sur, San Elijo, sequoias, etc and have never had an issue w snacks kept in our tent (as long as there is no bear box needed of course). We cleaned up the damage and put duct tape on the holes. Next day we placed the bag of snacks in the car while at the beach and there was absolutely no food left in our tent. When we got back, the squirrels broke into the tent again w all new holes. Squirrels were taking food from every camp site if you turned your back for just a second. It was...