Lilac Oaks Campground — Hotel in Valley Center

This campground is very poorly maintained. There are not any directional signs so finding your spot is a scavenger hunt. The campsites are literally on top of each other, packed like sardines in a can. The camp has many long term residents whose campsites resemble that of a hoarder with broken down vehicles and campers. Our tent site was dirt on top of asphalt. As everyone knows there isn’t a way to stake a tent to asphalt, my husband had to break through it with our sludge hammer to be able to stake it down. Our fire ring was extremely dented so making a fire was difficult, and our trash can was over half full upon arrival. There are no functional family sized showers (parent and a small child) in the woman’s shower room with a door so my husband had to give our daughter a shower in the only larger one with a door in the men’s bathroom. The park manager came in yelling that out child can’t be in there and she needed to leave. When we explained why she was in there she said “it’s not right for him to be in there with her”, insinuating it wasn’t ok for a father to bathe his daughter, which is absolutely disgusting. The only reason I’m giving 2 stars is because we stayed right next to the lake and the ducks came right up to us and napped on our site and our daughter loved feeding them. We will never return and I would never recommend...

We decided to go despite the bad reviews as it was our last option. My family and I enjoyed the weekend at this camp. Arriving on Friday Denisse was very friendly and check in was very fast and easy. The spaces are very small and there is no privacy. It was not a problem for us because we took our canopies and parked the cars to create privacy. There are a lot of RVs that are permanent, some spaces were very dirty with garbage. There were very strange people around the campground but we tried to stay in our space and mind our own business. The restrooms near the office were kept clean. There is only one shower, it has a door and hot water. Our children had fun in the pool and looking for animals in the pond. They found toads and crawl fish, and fish. They enjoyed the court for volleyball and air hockey. The only thing that is missing is that there is security during the night, cars passed very quickly and the spaces are very close to the street. Teens were driving without supervision and one of the almost got into out site. There is also no one to enforce quiet hours. Overall we had an O.K time. It is not for you if you are looking for rest, silence and privacy. If we would return just because the children enjoyed...

Okay I don’t know where to really start. But we have been coming here for years. Everytime we come it’s to eat, and sleep, and unwind because we come to Southern California to compete in a dog competition. We have always felt safe and by 10 things always seemed to wind down. We are aware that there are permanent residents. But around the “lake” they pretty much kept it open for weekend campers. This time. All the spots in front of the lake across from us were permanent campers, they all night on one night were drunk and fighting about not driving while they rev’d the engine of their car. Drove out of here psycho and drove back in shortly and started screaming and fighting again. We didn’t feel leaving any of our belongings behind was safe. So we took valuables with us everyday. This is a HUGE difference from last year and years passed. Unfortunately we will not be staying here again. For a little more a night we can have full hookups and less feeling of being unsafe. We are 4 older women that travel and this made all of us uncomfortable and debate wether or not pack up and eat the $230 we spent. But we decided to stick it out because we didn’t know where else to go. Your campground needs...