Pleasure Cove campground

Wyatt Soulie

No swimming No hiking No grilling without your own propane grill No fire pits No pets These are the rules and reality of the campground. I reserved a cabin for two nights for me and my kids. I reserved kayaks in advance. Just under $700 total. We arrived in the afternoon, and left for home the next morning. This place is a barren, drought stricken, hot bright shadless wasteland in the middle of nowhere. If you are not going out on a powered boat, you have no business here. You can't hike anywhere. The cabins are on the side of a cliff, you're walking nowhere but the road. You can't get to the water from your cabin. It's "close" on the map because its a cliff, you have to go to the marina to get to the water. You can't go swimming, theres no swimming allowed anywere near the marina. You have to take a boat out into the lake to swim. You'd have to be incredibly desperate to kayak along the plain bare edge of the record-low water line under the beating sun that's somehow been imported from Nevada desert. I'm not saying the people who work here are doing anything wrong. I'm giving you an idea of what to expect should you stay here. The cabin had an adequate AC. The mini fridge kept items somewhat cool. It's a cabin, not a hotel room, which is fine. But if you didn't bring a boat, you'll have zero reason to step out the door.

Jean Avila

It was my first time at Pleasure Cove Campgrounds and I found the area to be clean and well kept. The campers left their areas clean and the matainince people came by and took all the ashes out of the BBQ pits and a crew of men cleaned out the porta-potties. The store at the Marina was only open till 5 pm but they were well stocked with clothes, food cleaning supplies and wine. Very friendly people and across from the store were two very clean bathrooms with lots of room to change clothes. I was there with about 20 family members and friends and we all had a great time.

Kristin Tintzman

Wouldn’t have such a low rating except for the fact that all we could smell the whole time was the sewer. It made it impossible to sit outside. The place seemed pretty run down and had not been updated in decades. It was nice to snag a place last minute and they were friendly. The shower was however fantastic- besides the typical dirt and bugs with doors open, it at least had exceptional water pressure and was large and spacious to spread out.

Katrina Ong

I wouldn't believe all of the good reviews online... they pretty much buy their reviews. There's an offer where if you write a 5 star review they give you a free shirt, cup or sticker. As an avid camper (camped most of california and been to many places in other states), I have to say this place is probably one of the lesser desired places for basic camping at Lake Baryessa unless MAYBE worth it if you have your own boat. For the price you pay ($45ish a night even on sunday, monday and Tuesday) for a campsite it really wasn't worth it. Ive paid $25 at other basic camp grounds around the area that had more amenities and access to the lake than this place and it was the same safety level around the area. 1. Yes they have a basic bbq grill, small fire ring (with a minor tree hazard - trees need to be trimmed near fire pit) the lots are shady and pretty views, its spacious, 2 car max per site, but it kind of sucks when you're caged in during camping. They lock the gates at 8pm so no in and out privileges past that time. so I guess that makes it safe? 2. It seemed more like hotel rules than anything. Check in at 3pm, check out at noon, quite hours at 10pm, not a lot of areas for hiking and no areas for swimming at the lake unless you have a boat docked (extra fee) or rented (extra fee) then you have to take the boat to get to a good swimming area. No swimming, fishing or boating 100 feet from the docks, which seemed to be the only real entry point to the water. The other hikeable entry points (no vehicle entry to the lake) had horrible marshy areas and the water was not really a great place to swim with dangerous rocks and algae. So basically, if you have no boat no lake water for you! 3. There's no free showers (kind of ridiculous considering the price) and the showers do smell horribly, portapoties are greatly spaced out and accessible so a plus and they're kept pretty clean. 4. Water was accessible, I wouldnt say drinkable but good for cleaning. 5. No added activities or access to even renting activities, kind of wierd when you pay more than a KOA campground which has so many activities available. You can rent a boat, hours are 8am-12 or 12pm to 4pm. Which I guess is ok? But not worth the price for the types of boats available. 6. Dogs are allowed (massive plus) no restrictions on sizing. $10 per dog which is cool. I feel like they tax people here a lot it's pretty sad considering people just want to get away and be one with nature and play on the water. People at the gate are really mean, asked a simple question of where the campsite is and the lady said "just look at this map" and handed us a piece of paper. Oookay, first time there... you didn't hand us the map first and get snarky when we ask where our site is. they arent too friendly in the first place, horrible customer service skills at the gate. we didn't even bother asking other questions because we didn't want to ruin our camping trip. BUT I do have to say the convenience store is pretty nice. The girls working there are the sweetest! Went in there a couple of times and they were always so helpful, I bought a cute sweater and the girl working even cut the tags off of me because I wanted to wear it out the store. I wish I got her name, she deserves a raise with such Great customer service! And the boat dock workers work so hard (men in red vests) they cleaned up some pretty nasty things from the parties that happened over the weekend in the houseboats. They're real MVPs right there. Overall, if you want to basic camp, go somewhere else around the lake. If you have a boat to dock, this is pretty much your time to shine out here. have fun! Can't say much about houseboat rental or cabin rental, but not worth it for us to try it out, seen better been at better places too for a better price too.